Why doesn't iTunes know when I've listened to a podcast on my iPhone?

Hey Guys
Here's a problem that's always plagued my apple experience. Today I downloaded and listened to several podcasts at work. When I came home itunes has no reccord of these podcasts ever being downloaded or ever listened too. I hate it!!!!
I don't know if I'm missing something here but it's kind of a pain in the but because I have to manually go into itunes and "mark them as played". I'd really like it if I listened to a podcast on any of my devices, they would all talk to eachother. That's one of the detials I'e always liked about apple is that all their pieces work well together, except this.
Does anyone know of a solution?
Thanks
Alex

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