Why was my Podcast rejected by Itunes?

This is the email I got from Itunes two days after submitting my Switchfoot Podcast.
iTunes Music Store Welcome
Dear Podcast Owner
The following podcast has not been included in the iTunes podcast directory.
Name: Unofficial Switchfoot Podcast
Feed URL: http://aqhyagrl.libsyn.com/rss
Submissions may not be included in the directory for a variety of reasons. For more information, please see the podcast technical specification at http://www.apple.com/itunes/podcasts/techspecs.html.
Sincerely,
The iTunes Music Store Team
I don't understand why they wouldn't take it. It's clean and everything. This is the link I gave them to my RSS feed: http://aqhyagrl.libsyn.com/rss ... I tried it on the Advanced menu, "Subscribe To Podcast" and it worked perfectly.

Thanks, I heard back from Itunes... they told me to change the <title> and <link>, so I did but it still says I'm submitting the same feed. I told them this and they wrote me back and said they would get back with me on why it won't go through. Why is it so difficult to get a podcast up?!

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