I want to subscribe to certain podcasts and have them automatically download and appear on my device when new episodes come out. I also want these to delete after they have been listened to.

Is there a way to do this?

Do you then have to plug in the iPod to the PC and sync with itunes, or will the fact that it is connected to wifi be enough?

Do the settings need to be done on the device or on itunes on the PC?

Thanks - been playing about with this, but can't seem to get my head round it. lol

I don't think you can get it to delete them after you've listened but subscribing in itunes certainly downloads new episodes when they're available. It also marks the ones you've listened to already.

You could also make a smart playlist to sync.
Set the conditions so that the play count is less than 1, so when you've heard it, the play count goes up and it drops out of the list.

There are lots of apps that download podcasts if you have a touch. I use Pocket Casts on Android (but there is an iOS version) and I use Downcast on my iPad. Much easier than messing with iTunes.

Thank you FiendishlyC. I'll give that a go. I've been trying to do everything through itunes on the ipod itself and got no where with it. Set up subscriptions, but they never appear and I still have to download them manually.