Podcasts show up/play in iTunes but do NOT sync to the iPod - help!

Hi,
I can download and play the strongbad emails podcasts in iTunes. But when I tell itunes to sync it to the iPod, it says 'update' complete, but then no data is actually transferred to the iPod. I read the instructions for how to sync podcasts, and I am doing it exactly right (and my music is syncing fine). It's very weird.
One thing worth noting is that when I go to the 'sync podcasts' screen, and select 'all podcasts', the podcasts are grayed out (as though it isn't recognizing them as podcasts, even though I downloaded them from the apple store). But then if i select them manually, they are black again and I can select them-- however, as I said, when I try to sync them, no data gets transferred. My best guess is that for some reason iTunes is not recognizing them as being able to be sync'd. Can anyone help?

I am having similar problems. My iPod says that the podcasts are on there but when I got to listen there is nothing. Any help will be great!

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