diff --git a/podcast/rb-podcast-manager.c b/podcast/rb-podcast-manager.c
index 82019da..d5edc87 100644
--- a/podcast/rb-podcast-manager.c
+++ b/podcast/rb-podcast-manager.c
@@ -710,8 +710,8 @@ download_file_info_cb (GFile *source,
 
 	g_assert (rb_is_main_thread ());
 
-	rb_debug ("got file info results for %s",
-		  get_remote_location (data->entry));
+	rb_debug ("got file info results for %s", 
+                 get_remote_location (data->entry));
 
 	src_info = g_file_query_info_finish (source, result, &error);
 
@@ -1103,6 +1103,32 @@ rb_podcast_manager_add_post (RhythmDB *db,
 	if (entry)
 		return NULL;
 
+        /*does the title with this filesize already exist?*/
+	RhythmDBQueryModel *existing_entries = NULL;
+        existing_entries = rhythmdb_query_model_new_empty (db);
+        rhythmdb_do_full_query (db, RHYTHMDB_QUERY_RESULTS (existing_entries),
+                RHYTHMDB_QUERY_PROP_EQUALS,
+                RHYTHMDB_PROP_TYPE,
+                RHYTHMDB_ENTRY_TYPE_PODCAST_POST,
+                RHYTHMDB_QUERY_PROP_EQUALS,
+                RHYTHMDB_PROP_SUBTITLE,
+                subtitle,
+                RHYTHMDB_QUERY_PROP_EQUALS,
+                RHYTHMDB_PROP_TITLE,
+                title,
+                RHYTHMDB_QUERY_PROP_EQUALS,
+                RHYTHMDB_PROP_FILE_SIZE,
+                filesize,
+                RHYTHMDB_QUERY_END);
+        if (existing_entries != NULL) {
+            GtkTreeIter iter;
+
+            /* look for an existing entry; don't add duplicate titles */
+            if (gtk_tree_model_get_iter_first (GTK_TREE_MODEL (existing_entries), &iter)) {
+                return NULL;
+            }
+        }
+
 	entry = rhythmdb_entry_new (db,
 				    RHYTHMDB_ENTRY_TYPE_PODCAST_POST,
 				    uri);
@@ -1808,7 +1834,7 @@ rb_podcast_manager_insert_feed (RBPodcastManager *pd, RBPodcastChannel *data)
 	GList *lst_songs;
 
 	new_feed = TRUE;
-
+        
 	/* processing podcast head */
 	entry = rhythmdb_entry_lookup_by_location (db, (gchar *)data->url);
 	if (entry) {
@@ -1909,54 +1935,60 @@ rb_podcast_manager_insert_feed (RBPodcastManager *pd, RBPodcastChannel *data)
 	updated = FALSE;
 	download_last = (eel_gconf_get_integer (CONF_STATE_PODCAST_DOWNLOAD_INTERVAL) != UPDATE_MANUALLY);
 	for (lst_songs = data->posts; lst_songs != NULL; lst_songs = g_list_next (lst_songs)) {
-		RBPodcastItem *item = (RBPodcastItem *) lst_songs->data;
-		RhythmDBEntry *post_entry;
-
-		if (existing_entries != NULL) {
-			GtkTreeIter iter;
-			RhythmDBEntry *entry = NULL;
-
-			/* look for an existing entry with this remote location */
-			if (gtk_tree_model_get_iter_first (GTK_TREE_MODEL (existing_entries), &iter)) {
-				do {
-					entry = rhythmdb_query_model_iter_to_entry (existing_entries, &iter);
-					if (strcmp (get_remote_location (entry), item->url) == 0) {
-						break;
-					}
-					entry = NULL;
-
-				} while (gtk_tree_model_iter_next (GTK_TREE_MODEL (existing_entries), &iter));
-			}
-
-			if (entry != NULL) {
-				/* mark this entry as still being available */
-				rhythmdb_query_model_remove_entry (existing_entries, entry);
-			}
-		}
-
-		if (item->pub_date > last_post || item->pub_date == 0) {
-			updated = TRUE;
-
-			post_entry =
-				rb_podcast_manager_add_post (db,
-							     title,
-							     (gchar *) item->title,
-							     (gchar *) data->url,
-							     (gchar *) (item->author ? item->author : data->author),
-							     (gchar *) item->url,
-							     (gchar *) item->description,
-							     (gulong) (item->pub_date > 0 ? item->pub_date : data->pub_date),
-							     (gulong) item->duration,
-							     item->filesize);
-			if (post_entry && item->pub_date >= new_last_post) {
-				if (item->pub_date > new_last_post) {
-					g_list_free (download_entries);
-					download_entries = NULL;
-				}
-				download_entries = g_list_prepend (download_entries, post_entry);
-				new_last_post = item->pub_date;
-			}
-		}
+            RBPodcastItem *item = (RBPodcastItem *) lst_songs->data;
+            RhythmDBEntry *post_entry;
+
+            /*
+               cull existing items off of the internal list if they have not been downloaded
+               and do not exist in the feed anymore
+               */
+            if (existing_entries != NULL) {
+                GtkTreeIter iter;
+                RhythmDBEntry *entry = NULL;
+
+                /* look for an existing entry with this remote location */
+                if (gtk_tree_model_get_iter_first (GTK_TREE_MODEL (existing_entries), &iter)) {
+                    /* cull off entries which no longer exist in the feed */
+                    do {
+                        entry = rhythmdb_query_model_iter_to_entry (existing_entries, &iter);
+                        if (strcmp (get_remote_location (entry), item->url) == 0) {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                        entry = NULL;
+
+                    } while (gtk_tree_model_iter_next (GTK_TREE_MODEL (existing_entries), &iter));
+                }
+
+                if (entry != NULL) {
+                    /* mark this entry as still being available */
+                    rhythmdb_query_model_remove_entry (existing_entries, entry);
+                }
+            }
+
+            /* sync up all posts in the feed */
+            post_entry =
+                rb_podcast_manager_add_post (db,
+                        title,
+                        (gchar *) item->title,
+                        (gchar *) data->url,
+                        (gchar *) (item->author ? item->author : data->author),
+                        (gchar *) item->url,
+                        (gchar *) item->description,
+                        (gulong) (item->pub_date > 0 ? item->pub_date : data->pub_date),
+                        (gulong) item->duration,
+                        item->filesize);
+
+            if (post_entry)
+                updated = TRUE;
+            
+            if (post_entry && item->pub_date > new_last_post) {
+                if (item->pub_date > new_last_post) {
+                    g_list_free (download_entries);
+                    download_entries = NULL;
+                }
+                download_entries = g_list_prepend (download_entries, post_entry);
+                new_last_post = item->pub_date;
+            }
 	}
 
 	if (download_last) {
@@ -1976,8 +2008,7 @@ rb_podcast_manager_insert_feed (RBPodcastManager *pd, RBPodcastChannel *data)
 	g_list_free (download_entries);
 
 	if (updated)
-		g_signal_emit (pd, rb_podcast_manager_signals[FEED_UPDATES_AVAILABLE],
-			       0, entry);
+		g_signal_emit (pd, rb_podcast_manager_signals[FEED_UPDATES_AVAILABLE], 0, entry);
 
 	if (data->pub_date > new_last_post)
 		new_last_post = data->pub_date;
