Trouble manually managing podcasts on iPod nano.

I want to automatically sync songs on my iPod nano, but manually manage the podcasts.
In this setup I have trouble deleting the podcasts. After much testing I have come to believe this it is a sofware bug. I will now describe the way to reproduce this 'bug'. I want to know if others have the same problem, or if I'm doing something wrong.
Setup : Windows XP. iTunes 6.0.3.23 , Nano 4Gb 1.1
1. I have setup iTunes to not synchronise podcasts. I've set it to "manually manage podcasts". How then should I get podcasts on my iPod in such a configuration? By manually placing the podcast into a playlist and then syncing that playlist to the iPod. Well.... let's try that.
2. I create a playlist MyPlaylist and manually add two songs ( Song1 , Song2 ) and two podcasts (Podcast1, Podcast2) to the playlist.
3. I go to the preferences of the iPod and select to sync MyPlaylist
4. I let iTunes update the iPod
5. When I browse the iPod from within iTunes I can confirm that as expected both songs and both podcast are now on the iPod
6. I remove Song2 and Podcast2 from the playlist.
7. Again I let iTunes update the iPod
8. When I browse the iPod from within iTunes I see that Song2 has been deleted as expected. But Podcast2 still remains on the iPod. I can not select it and delete it. It just sits there wasting space. If I look at the playlist on the iPod I can see that Podcast2 is not listed in the playlist.
Keep in mind that I do not wish to remove Podcast2 from iTunes. I only wish to remove it from my iPod.
Even if I choose to not sync MyPlaylist at all, the two Podcasts remain on the iPod.
My workaround is to temporarily select that I will manually manage the songs on the iPod. Now I can select the podcast and delete it.
So. Do others have this same weird behavior? Am I doing something wrong?
Nano 4Gb 1.1 Windows XP iTunes 6.0.3.23
Windows XP

I tried dragging the podcast over to my Ipod Nano. While I succeeded in getting the podcast over into the Nano, it shows up in songs, not under the Podcast list.
Are you supposed to specify it is a podcast somehow, or a specific folder to drag it to?
Robert
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