Podcast wont play

I've downloaded several podcasts and they will not play in Itunes v.12.xx Windows 8

You can tell from the iTunes display whether or not the podcast was slotted for transfer to the Shuffle and can also pretty much tell whether or not that took place.
If it looks as though it did, then you just have to know how to access it. Podcasts are skipped in Shuffle mode, for starters; they can only be played in Play In Order, and are located at the very top of the list. A quick triple-click of the Play/Pause button will take you back to there.
I'm not sure of the significance of " ... in MP3 format ...". All of the above assumes that you haven't been playing around with the podcast itself and that it was originally downloaded by and is coming from iTunes.
For a quick and simple test, empty out your Shuffle and then load one single podcast into it. Then unmount it and confirm that the podcast can be played.

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