Podcasts won't sync to ipod; podcast icon gone

I have been happily downloading podcasts to Itunes and syncing them to my ipod nano 4th generation for months. Suddenly, after syncing two podcasts (Itunes said successfully), there were no podcasts on the nano and when I connected it again, the podcast icon under the device menu for the nano on Itunes was gone.
I have reset and restored the nano, reloaded all the songs, unsubscribed to the podcasts and resubscribed. Now when I try and sync a podcast, I receive the message that the ipod could not be synced, because the required disk could not be found. What the heck happened?

elaraine wrote:
I'm having a similar problem in that I cannot a way to keep podcasts on my iPod. Every time I sync my iPod, iTunes automatically removes all episodes that I've already listened to, even if I want to keep them and they are still present in my iTunes library on the computer.
I think this is a different problem!
I've already checked the option in "Settings" that says keep "all episodes." But the iPod doesn't keep all episodes, only iTunes.
I assume you mean the settings _in iTunes_ for iTunes. To control what stays on your iPod, connect the iPod to iTunes and click on the device when it shows up in iTunes. You should see the Summary pane. Just along from there is the Podcasts pane. Select that and on this pane you can select *Keep all epsiodes* (on the iPod). Make your choice and Sync again to activate the change. If you have problems with this, post again.
Phil

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I have some podcasts that aren't syncing to my iPod.
I have tried resetting my iPod.
I have tried un-syncing, letting it complete, disconnecting my iPod then reconnecting it and choosing "sync all podcasts". When I do that, all the podcasts sync over except for those ones.
I have tried selecting specifically those podcasts only, and choosing sync. The little swirly sync icon shows up for a second, then disappears, and no podcasts are synced.
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elaraine wrote:
I'm having a similar problem in that I cannot a way to keep podcasts on my iPod. Every time I sync my iPod, iTunes automatically removes all episodes that I've already listened to, even if I want to keep them and they are still present in my iTunes library on the computer.
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I assume you mean the settings _in iTunes_ for iTunes. To control what stays on your iPod, connect the iPod to iTunes and click on the device when it shows up in iTunes. You should see the Summary pane. Just along from there is the Podcasts pane. Select that and on this pane you can select *Keep all epsiodes* (on the iPod). Make your choice and Sync again to activate the change. If you have problems with this, post again.
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iTunes: Creating playlists of your favorite songs
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