Podcasts show up on ipod in music folder

how can i keep podcasts from appearing in my music folder on my ipod??
they go into both the podcast folder AND the music floder.
thx

I have a somewhat similar problem.
In iTunes (on windows xp), I have set up the podcasts tab of my ipod to have the "sync" box unchecked.
This seems to me that it would NOT sync my podcasts which is what I want... music is better anyways.
However,
When I go into my ipod nano 2nd gen, the podcasts folder is not in music (GOOD SO FAR). When I go to music, sort by genre, and choose "podcast" my podcasts are there and can play... therefore they are taking up space (and not even showing up in the front door).
Anyone else able to re-create this? Any fixes?

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