Syncing podcast playlist

I've subscribed to a podcast and made several smart playlists to play them in a certain order. This works fine on my old iPod (Classic). Now I'm trying to get these on my new iPod Nano.
I can sync the podcast to the Nano, the files are there and I can play them. When I look under 'Playlists', it tells me that there are 6 playlists, as there should be. But I can't get any further: I can't see the names of the playlists, nor can I access their contents (which are the podcast episodes that are on the Nano anyway).
I don't get any error messages, there is enough space on the Nano to hold the playlists.
What am I doing wrong?

I just got a nano for the explicit reason of playing podcasts continuously. I ran into the exact same issue as you. I know the playlists are there but I couldn't play them.
I also have a TomTom (GPS) with the cable to connect to an ipod. I connected them and in the TomTom, it can see the playlists fine and play them.
After I disconnect the nano, I can continue to play the playlist (in correct order and everything, just like I could with the 5.5 classic iPod which died recently). This is under "now playing" in the main menu.
It's frustrating because now after every sync with iTunes, I attach it to the TomTom so I can use the thing properly.
It's not a good solution. I should have looked here before I bought the nano.

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Update, I now cannot change the order of play in iTunes. I clicked on something and it has locked the order of play.
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