How can i put podcasts and songs in my playlist?

I know this issue came up in the last update, but the solution does not seem to work anymore. I want/need to put podcasts into my itunes playlists. The Podcast app takes all the podcasts out of iTunes and will not allow them to be played in playlists in the iPhone 5s. I tried uninstalling the Podcast app and then restarting the phone. That used to work but apparently does not work any more. I'm sure there is a simple answer but I could not get any help from Apple support. Any suggestions???