Why can't I listen to my podcast?

Hi,
Totally new to podcasts. Downloaded one and I press play in iTunes, but nothing happens. I double click it and it just checks for the most recent episode. Thank you.

I'm guessing that what you're double-clicking on is the podcast entry in the iTunes store podcast directory? You can't play podcasts from there - it's just like music, except you don't even get the 30 second sample.
Once you've downloaded an episode, you go to Podcasts in your Library and play the downloaded copy.
If I guessed wrong, maybe you could describe in more detail what you're doing and seeing.

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