I still think it’s only a matter of time before Google Music adds podcast subscriptions natively. But until that happens, I’ve found a solution to get podcasts into your Google Music account that uses iTunes as the podcast manager.

With Google Music, you can download the Music Manager, a small application that acts as the link between your computer and Google Music. With Music Manager, you can upload your current library (you specify the location) or download the music you’ve purchased through Google (someday I expect the ability to also download music you’ve uploaded). But iTunes podcasts aren’t included in that library upload by default.

Under the Advanced tab in Music Manager is a checkbox to ‘Include podcasts in uploads’. Check that box and now you’ve got your podcasts available in the cloud, accessible from the web and the Google Music app on your Android phone. If you leave both iTunes and Music Manager running in the background, new podcasts will be downloaded and uploaded without any supervision.

Here are a few of my favorite podcasts:

• This American Life (iTunes) (RSS)
• Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me (iTunes) (RSS)
• TEDTalks – video (iTunes) (RSS)
• Stuff You Missed In History Class (iTunes) (RSS)