Rearranging order of podcasts

Hi,
I have installed an alarm on my computer which automatically starts up an iTunes podcast.
I would therefore like to change the order of podcasts on the list, in order to be able to choose which podcast plays first when the alarm rings. However, iTunes will not allow me to change the podcast order. Does anybdy know how to do this?
Many thanks!

The short answer is "you can't": the iPod always orders them by date. However, you CAN change the dates in your file properties (in iTunes) which will change the order; of course it will also throw off your list, but it's an option (I've done it).

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Hi Dean,
I'm wondering if something's wrong with my podcast, because that's not what happens on mine. For example I have my podcasts in this order:
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Haunted New Jersey
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Haunted New Jersey
Hometown Tales Podcast
NPR Technology
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I'm using iTunes 5.0.1 and my iPod shuffle's firmware is 1.1.2. I can't seem to change the play order of podcasts withing the shuffle. I can move them between songs but their (the podcasts) order stays the same relative to each other, i.e. older podcasts always appear after newer ones (based on the date). I can rearrange them when the shuffle is connected and it says updating then ok to disconnect. The thing is, when I disconnect and reconnect, the podcasts' play order revert back.

I discovered all of this to be the case last week when I bought my first shuffle.
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Podcasts and music are handled differently on the iPod shuffle. From what I tell, new podcasts are always placed first when the shuffle is updated. Music is placed last.
Music (and audiobooks) can be manually resorted. Podcasts cannot.
Only music is selected when the iPod shuffle is in 'shuffle' mode. To play podcasts (and audiobooks) your iPod shuffle MUST be in 'play in order' mode.
Check out this article for the official word from Apple: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300558

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Oh? What a strange assumption — I listen to them all
the time. Do you always assume that others share your
ignorance and difficulties? That must be comforting.
Speaking only for myself, then, I have no indication
in my iTunes of your "download" date. "Release" is a
date column that is displayed in the Podcast playlist
section of iTunes and, significantly, it is the only
one which can be sorted upon.
Sorry, it is called "Date Added", not "download date". I checked again and you are right, it is the release date according to which podcasts are sorted (and played in the shuffle). I was confused because of encounters with podcasts where the actual release date and the date of the content are not consistent.
The date info in the Release column never changes; if
it shows September 2005 when I first subscribe to
some podcast, that same date is still displayed after
I download (using "Get") in March 2006.
Sorting on Release in iTunes does just that, and it
is that order which, as far as I've ever been able to
tell or determine, absolutely determines the order of
podcast play in the Shuffle.
Given the choice between my experience and your
claims and assurances, I believe I'll just stick with
what I know to be the case.
I did but to no avail. The reason I am so ****
......... etc.
You did what but to no avail? Put in your
iTunes Feedback and are now cranky that things didn't
just automatically change by that very afternoon?
I did file a bug report approximately 6 months ago and didn't open my mouth again on this issue (removal of restrictions to change play order of podcasts) until now. And yes, after six months I am starting to get cranky.
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Hi TonyMac,
I don't know if there's a way, and I am annoyed by this missing feature too.
I just wanted to advise you against upgrading to firmware v50, as the podcast section of the music player lost important functionality.
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connect your iPod to your computer.
click the podcast bit of your iPod on the left hand side. (so it brings up which podcasts you have on your iPod)
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unfortunately you can only do this for your entire podcast collection. i subscribe to some audiobook podcasts, and for some reason the episodes seem to have been released with the earlier episodes on later dates, meaning listening to the sequentially would mean listening to them backwards, but otherwise this works perfectly.
hope that helps.

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