Track inaccessible on iPod after changing "Media Kind" to "podcast"

I had downloaded some mp3 of an NPR piece, which was on my 5th generation iPod Nano as a music track. In iTunes, under "Music" under my iPod, I clicked "Get Info" on the track, went to the options tab, and changed the "Media Kind" to "Podcast". The track immediately disappeared. I now have no way to access it! It's not listed under Music or under Podcasts, either through iTunes or on the iPod itself after I eject it.
I thought maybe the file was somehow deleted off the iPod. I decided to test this by first noting the capacity that iTunes shows for my iPod -- 7.12 GB audio, 145.7 MB other, 91.1 MB free. Then I picked an MPEG song file that I didn't particularly care about on my iPod, and changed the "Media Kind" from "Music" to "Podcast". Again, it disappeared. The capacity numbers didn't change.
This seems really bad: my iPod is now burdened with at least two sound files that I cannot access, even to delete!
I am using "manually manage music and videos" on this iPod and I would really like to avoid wiping the iPod of the exact set of songs I like on it!

I'm having the exact same problem.
Latest software on all devices (Mac).
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