Podcasts don't sync

My ipod worked really well until last week. Started playing it all night. Now when I sync it won't remove unwanted content or add new podcasts.
I've even deleted stuff from the playlist and now it won't sync the playlist.
so I restored it to factory condition (successful restore. didn't fix issue)
updated all the software
created this account in community
synced about 12 times
there are new podcasts in my podcast section. They won't go on my ipod.
Tells me I don't have room for everything, will put as much as it can.
So I checked manually manage and still no joy
What to do?

I'm not 100% sure about this.  I know some users have just created an On-The-Go playlist for their podcats.  They added the podcasts to the playlist in the order they wanted them to play in and it worked just fine when they listen to that playlist.
I know you can also set up a Smart Playlist in iTunes for the podcasts (sorted by Date) and then sync that to your iPod.
B-rock

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