Setting to delete played podcasts?

Is there a setting I can make on iTunes for my Nano where it will automatically delete the podcasts I've already listened to from the iPod when I sync it? It's annoying to me to have to go back in to iTunes and delete the podcasts I've already listened to one by one.
Thanks!

Well, why don't you tell us what it is?

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