Using and syncing Podcast app in iOS8

Hi,
I just finished upgrading to iOS8 on my iphone and now my podcasts aren't syncing. In the past, with iOS7 and before, I would use itunes on my computer to download podcasts I wanted to listen to. I would then sync them to my iphone manually as they tended to be fairly large in size and I didnt want to use data to listen to them and I don't have reliable access to wifi all the time. This worked like a charm and I would often sync several hours onto my iphone so I could listen to it later where ever I wanted to. However, since the iOS8 update, suddenly this no longer works. itunes tries to sync and it seems to register that it is going to do it by indicating how much space will be left free on my phone, but when I tell it to sync, nothing actually happens and the podcasts do not get transferred over to my phone for later listening like it used to. I don't know if there is a switch that got turned off with the update or if it just doesnt do this anymore. I am hoping some one out there can tell me how to resolve this.
Thanks very much.
K

I tested this here but it works fine for me. I went to http://www.echo.msk.ru/programs/personalno/ using Chrome, tapped the link to the feed at the top right, opened it with Podcast . It has 21 episodes and i could download (not stream) the first 3 without issues. Have you tested this both on WiFi and mobile data?
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