Podcasts showing up as Audiobooks

I just got a nano and tried synching some podcasts, audiobooks, and music to it, using iTunes. I configured my nano to include the "Podcasts" and "Audiobooks" menus on the main menu. Unfortunately, the podcasts are not displayed under the "Podcasts" menu, but under the "Audiobooks" menu, along with the audiobooks.
At first I thought it was because I was using iPodderX to download the podcasts, then importing them into iTunes. I ended up trying to subscribe to a couple of the podcasts using iTunes (unfortunately, not all podcasts are not on iTMS), but they still show up under "Audiobooks" when they're synched to the nano.
Does anyone know why this may be happening, and if there's a way to fix it?
Thanks,
Sergio

Is there a way to see the content in iTunes and delete manually? Or am I stuck needing to 'restore' (which I think means deleting everything)?
There is, but it requires you to manually manage your iPod's contents by enabling the Manually manage music and videos option from under the iPod's Summary tab in iTunes.
Once you have done that you can click the small black triangle next to your iPod in the left hand pane of iTunes to open up a submenu of content. Select music, movies, podcasts, etc to bring up a list of that type of content that is currently on your iPod. Highlight the desired content and hit the Delete key to remove it. Here is more information on manually managing your iPod's contents in iTunes.
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
Otherwise, if you want to continue with having your iPod automatically sync content from iTunes you must configure your iPod to no longer sync the content you dont want on your iPod via the iPod's Music, Movies, Books, Podcasts configuration tabs that are accessible by selecting your iPod from under the Devices section in the left hand side bar of iTunes.
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