Heya Shasta,
Welcome to the board, hopefully we can be of some assistance. :-)
Personally, I'd recomend using Replay AV with the Media Guide:
Here's how to download Podcasts using Replay A/V:
Download and install
Replay A/V. (You can get a free demo and not pay a dime to try it out)
There is a step-by-step tutorial here for how to do this with Replay AV as well:
How to download Podcasts
I hope this helps.
