VideoCenter works, but it tends to truncate the names of the episodes in the play list, so it's hard to tell which episode is what for some shows.
Also, it takes a while to flip thru the list of shows if you just want to see a list of new/old episodes in the video(podcast) list.
Plus it's hard to delete shows. With Gpodder, I just highlight a few and click the delete button when I'm done. With videocenter, you have to dig trough menus to delete.

I'm by NO means saying gpodder is the best, but it works for me.

While I think this is harsh, I do agree with your sentiments below.