Stop podcast auto sync between iTunes

Hi There,
I have an itunes account on an old windows machine attached to my NAS, that holds all my music and film - sharing it with my apple tv, my wifes itunes account etc. with home sharing. On my macbook I use the same apple id to have a portalble version on the library with me - downloading just what to watch or listen to when on the road - the only difference is podcasts - my wife hate it - I love it - so i'm downloading alot of this on my macbook - but all of a sudden they start filling up the NAS with all my Podcast content as well - which was not in the master plan.. any settings that can prevent me from having the same profile on two different itunes machines with the same apple id?

Hold the Shift key and launch iTunes.
Select *Choose library* and select the _iTunes library.itl_ file in the \iTunes\ folder you want to use.
You can then delete the other \iTunes\ folder.

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