podcasts not synching with ipod classic (itunes 12.0.1))

HI . .

My beloved ipod classic was stolen last month. Just replaced it with a new (used) ipod 7th gen 160G. I'm on a MBP, latest version of Itunes (mistake). Music syncs fine. Some of the podcasts (my favorites) are not even showing up in the summary, so that I could attempt to sync them, but they are still there in itunes.

Any suggestions .. thank you!