Quick tip: If you enjoy smart playlists, and use them for things like TV Shows or Podcasts, but have the dilemma where you want your most recently added, but sorted by oldest, check this out:

For this example, we'll do a 'Newest Podcasts' smart playlist listed oldest first.

1. Choose File>Smart Playlist
2. Select Genre and next to Contains, type: Podcast
3. Next, add another set of rules, and select Play Count and set it to 0
4. Check the limit box, set it to a reasonable number, I use 25. And sort by Most Recently Added
5. The real trick is this: once your smart playlist is created, click the Date Added column to sort in the reverse order

Now you can simply play the podcast at the top, and listen to or watch the episodes as they came in oldest to newest.