Why do my podcasts disappear from my iPhone 6?

I can watch iTunes tell me its copying over 600+ podcast episodes to my iPhone while syncing, but as soon as I disconnect the phone, most of them are mysteriously gone.  *Poof*  After email, podcasts are what I use most.  If they don't sync, the phone is practically useless to me.  I have tried every combination and permutation of settings I can dream up and rebooted everything more times than I can count and still the problem persists.
How about it, Apple?  Why not spend a few of those billions and hire some software testers before you rush another half-baked product to market.

If you're still having this problem, you might try changing a few settings on your phone.
Turn off wi-fi.
Don't allow Podcasts.app to use cellular data. You'll have to turn it off in two places.
     Settings > Cellular > Podcasts - off
     Settings > Podcasts > Use Cellular Data - off
This will force you to sync your phone over the USB connection. If it works then the problem is probably at the Apple server end.

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