Podcasts no longer sync at all

Hi, I am really at the end of my wits on this. I am currently using a 3rd gen 32GB iTouch, and at the beginning all was beautiful with podcasts - I had set it up so that I subscribed to about 5 or 6 of them in iTunes, and they automatically downloaded the latest ep to my Pc, and whenever I connected my iTouch to the PC, iTunes would copy over any unplayed podcasts, and delete the played ones on my iTouch.
Well, not anymore, one day, it stopepd syncing properly. I have tried unsubscribing and resubscibing to podcasts to no avail, theres unplayed podcasts in iTunes, just sitting there, and they wont copy over to my iTouch. I have to manually drag and delete every podcast now, both in iTunes and on my iTouch becasue all of the automatic managing features seem to be borked.
Am I doing something wrong or is this just an unfixable bug? My apps seem to sync just fine, its just the **** podcasts that dont sync at all.

Rameken, do you have these podcasts in a special playlist? I had the same problem and tried everything I could think of to fix it. Eventually, I noticed a new (I think) checkbox that fixed it for me. I'm assuming (dangerous! <G>) that iTunes for Macs and Windows are similarly set up. Here's what fixed the problem for me:
1. connect your iPod Touch to your computer
2. click on the name of your Touch in the left-hand pane
3. click on the Podcasts tab in the right-hand pane
4. scroll down past the list of podcasts and episodes
5. under "Include Episodes from Playlists" check off the name(s) of the playlist(s) you want to appear on your Touch
6. sync
I hope that works for you as it did for me! Good luck!

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