Updated the package with the following changes (list may be incomplete):

gpodder (0.11.1+svn-maemo4) chinook; urgency=low
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* Support for hardware keys
* Show/hide channel navigator and size/released columns
* Add support for hildon banners (drop-in replacement for pynotify)
* Make the quit dialog work and hildonize it
* change some dialogs to better fit the screen
* set "podcasts" tab title to the currently selected podcast
* Hide channel navigator column header
* Hide advanced properties in the episode info dialog

I've updated the link in the original post to point to the new package Have a look!