Updating podcasts results in iTunes freezing

Updating podcasts results in iTunes freezing
iTunes works until it searches for new podcasts and then it stops working and shows the spinning beachball of death.
I am running 11.0.2 and it started immediately after installing it.
I have reinstalled itunes numerous times.
I am running 10.8.3
Help

Well if the content is split over two different folders it can't also be in the same one. There must be some kind of semantic difference between the two, e.g. different non-printing characters...
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