Suddenly can't play podcast

I created "Car Playlist" in iTunes on my iMac and downloaded all episodes to the playlist
chose "include episodes from the playlists" and checked Car Playlist
synced my iPhone 5s
opened Podcasts and selected iTunes Playlists
chose Car Playlist
played Car Playlist in the car yesterday for 1 hour
stopped for several hours
tried to continue where I left off
pushed the play button, nothing happens
When I open Podcasts it shows Now Playing what I was listening to, but pushing the play button does nothing.  I have tried skipping ahead to the next episode to play that but the same thing happens.  I have tried playing one podcast that I played a portion of, then skipped forward to the next podcast.  When I try to play the first podcast, it shows where I was when last played - 7:32 into the episode, but I cannot play it.  Does anyone know why I am having this problem?  And why could I play the playlist when I first got in the car, but not when I drove home?  It's the same playlist after all.

This problem continued until I re-selected the iTunes playlist > Car Playlist, then I was again able to play the podcast episodes.

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