Podcasts won't sync

Since the most recent itunes update, my podcasts have not been syncing to my ipod. In itunes under the ipod device>podcasts it displays 2 podcasts that are greyed out. Those two DO appear on my ipod. I have 12 total unplayed podcasts in my itunes library and I cannot get them to sync to my ipod. I have tried various combinations of unsubscribing and resubscribing, ejecting and reattaching the ipod, restarting itunes, and playing with the auto-sync podcast options in itunes.
Nothing has worked so far, and I still only have the two original podcasts on my ipod. it's a 30GB video ipod, if that matters, and I also did a complete restore with no resolution, the problem persists and it seems that it has to do with itunes and the greyed out screen.
Any ideas?

but you can delete any podcast that is screwing up. Minimize the Podcast feed by clicking the arrow next to the name. Then hold shift and maximize the list by clicking the arrow again. I'll expand, but show the titles of all the podcasts available from the RSS feed at that time. You can then just click the download button to replace the ones you deleted.

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