Why is sorting "song" order different on iPod than in iTunes?

I have a podcast of the Economist and have created a smart playlist in order to allow the podcasts to show up in my playlists and to disappear from my iPod after listening to them and then syncing.
However, the ordering of the playlist on my iPod does not match the ordering in iTunes. Why is this? Also, when I look at the playlist in iTunes under the iPod in the Devices area it does not show any episodes in the playlist.
This seems like a bug, or am I doing something wrong?

Can someone point me to a forum somewhere where I can get help with this? I'm obviously posting to the wrong place. Thanks!

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