Syncing Podcasts -- More Options Needed (Your ingenuity is appreciated )

I subscribe to ChinesePod Podcasts for Chinese lessons, and I get new lessons everyday. It really fills up my iPod nano, so I need to only sync some, but not all of the lessons. The problem is that I need more than just 10 lessons at a time on my iPod. I want to have access to about 100 at a time. However, the only options are
1-10 most recent unplayed
1-10 least recent unplayed
1-10 most recent new
1-10 least recent new
I really hope one day Apple allows users to customize how many Podcasts they want to sync, but until then does anyone know of a way to modify some Preference file or something to let me sync 100 of the most recent podcasts?
Your ingenuity is appreciated.
* Here's a picture of the limited options as of now:
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Article updated, changed Live ID to Microsoft account and added procedure available in Nokia Suite from v3.6.x
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