Re-downloading podcast episodes to fix missing files?

I had a number of podcast episodes stored on an external drive that died. Now these episodes show up in iTunes with a gray exclamation point next to them, because iTunes can't find the corresponding files. I'd like to fix this problem by having iTunes re-download the missing episodes (since most are still available from the podcast server), but I can't seem to find a way to do this. Any advice?
(Note that iTunes still "remembers" some metadata about the episodes, such as whether I've watched/listened to the episode or not, ratings, etc. I would like to retain this information. That's why I haven't just deleted the podcast and re-subscribed.)
Thanks!

I just found a solution to this issue today. Try the following:
Delete the problematic file(s) in iTunes.
Close the podcast directory by clicking on the enclosing triangle.
Reopen the podcast using the Option key and clicking on triangle.
Missing podcasts will now appear with the "Get" flag.
Hope that works for you.
best regards
MAJ

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