I am not sure what I'm doing wrong, but the only podcast I can get onto my iPod is Science Friday, which seems to behave the way I expect it to: when there's an update, it's automatically copied onto my iPod in the Podcast folder. The other three that I have, including a subscription to Quirks and Quarks, have blue dots in the first column, and I can't seem to get it onto my iPod. It seems to download nicely into iTunes, but doesn't copy over to the iPod no matter what I do. (yes, Terry, I've tried making the podcasts into play lists and copying that over; doesn't work.) I'm not sure what the blue dot signifies, but it has to have some meaning, because it's not there for Science Friday, and it is there for all the other podcasts that I can't get onto my iPod. I don't think this can be a feature of my preferences settings, because otherwise why would Science Friday work and Quirks and Quarks not? this is being very frustrating. -becca __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com