"Podcasts" vs. "All songs"/"Shuffle all songs"

When I just shuffle all songs on my ipod the podcasts are also included; Because most of my podcasts are long talks (e.g. BBC news)it's very annoying when you only want to listen to music and you don't have any hands free(when i'm sporting, on the bike etc.etc.)
I remember this was due to an update of Apple; before this update, the podcasts were presented seperately from the "all song"-list.
My question is: is there a possibility in iTunes to have a choice, if you want to include/exclude your podcasts within your "all songs"-list?
I thank you in advance,
mm

I don't know if this works, but there is a checkmark for "Skip when shuffling" on each individual podcast's Options page. Just select a podcast, control+click and choose "Get Info", select the "Options" tab and see if "Skip when shuffling" is checked.
Mac mini & Power Mac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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Maybe some Apps they have bugs when using iOS7.
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goldberry wrote:
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WadeCottingham wrote:
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