Podcast App for the iPhone - Yecch!

Am I the only one having this problem?

I make up a playlist in iTunes on the iMac and populate it with only podcasts - A B C D E F G

I then sync the iPhone only to find that - B F

are the only podcasts that made it into the playlist on the iPhone.

Why is it that only some of the podcasts in the playlist are synced to the iPhone?

I have been putting up with this annoyance for a long time now and wonder whether others have this same issue.

If nothing else, I would feel better knowing that others shared in my misery.

Is there a solution?

I purchased the app called Harken thinking that it might resolve this issue but it's even worse! It doesn't even show the playlist containing the podcasts! Does Apple have a refund policy when the app fails to live up to expectations? I hate to think of the Harken developer getting money for what I think is a poor product.

Cheers, John