I have an iPhone 4 (A1349), updated to iOS 7.1.2. I synch on a McBook Pro.
My issue is that I have unchecked synch podcasts
in iTunes, and yet podcasts are still listed on the phone's Podcasts
app. I have tried both to uncheck Sync Podcasts
in iTunes and to keep it checked but to uncheck the Automatically include ...
box. In both cases the podcast app still lists the podcasts I subscribe to, and some episodes under those folders. The episodes listed include cloud as well as downloaded episodes. The episodes are playable. An example of such a podcast is Freakonomics Radio
, but all my subscriptions are listed.