While not a podcast, I would like to mention the iPhone app Podcaster. I have tried hard to break the cord between my phone and my computer and Podcasts were the most frustrating to deal with. Manually looking for new episodes by searching for them in iTunes on the phone and only being able to download when on wifi was killing me. iOS 5 wont appear to help in any way either.
Podcaster allows you to search for and add your favorite podcasts, notifies you of new episodes, downloads them automatically when you are on wifi or you can stream them over 3g.
I used to have to download 1 episode of each of my favourite podcasts, and to check for a new episode go to iPod > Podcasts > Find it and click > click Get More Episodes > iTunes then opens > look at the most recent episode and see if it is new > click Download > Go back to the homescreen > go to iPod > Play the download.
Podcaster is so much easier it has taken a spot in my dock. There are some bugs but I can live with them.
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