I should note that there is a list view in the podcast app, but for some reason it is in reverse chronological order (newest first). This order won't work for die hard podcast listeners. The list should be in chronological order, otherwise you end up having really old podcasts linger at the bottom of the list.
In my original post I say my list is in reverse chron order, but I mean chronological order.
In iTunes you can go in and change Media Kind from podcast to music as a work around. It's not ideal though, becuase then the track gets moved out of the Podcast section in itunes and you lose feautures like keep only unplayed episodes and keep last x episodes etc. Again one could probably write an applescript, toggling the media kind depending on play count, but seriously, what a hack.
Please, please pretty please add playlists to the podcast app so that it uses the smart playlist from iTunes.