Podcasts in Library

Up until today all my podcasts showed up in my library, but then mysteriously disappeared. It may have happened sometime when the DSL cut out.
Now I can't get them back. I tried adding the Podcasts folder to the library, but it only re-added them to the podcast folder (making an additional copy of each file -- I had to go through and delete the duplicates). If I drag a file from the Podcast folder to the Library, it doesn't show up. The Podcast do still show up in my smart playlists, however.
Any ideas?
-Al

Well, after some playing around it seems like it was just a small glitch. The intended "All" option in the search bar was selected. I clicked on Podcasts to see if anything would show up and they all did. Then I clicked on "All" again, and my problem was solved.
If you were wondering, I like my Podcasts in the library because they are solely one-song casts, such as KEXP's Song of the Day.

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All, all new ....,
tried manually transfer,
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