A new patent from Apple was published recently which now puts a new menu item in to the iPod specifically for Podcasts. The Patent Application is 20060265637, Utilization Of Podcasts on Portable Media Devices. The podcast menu item is basically a way of filing your podcasts that are downloaded. When you open up the new podcast menu item you will see a list of podcasts in which you can click on to listen.
Via: ZDNet