After some delays due to autobuilder maintenance, gPodder 2.0+git20091013-thp1 is now in Extras-Testing. The package itself is now optified, but if you are upgrading from an older version, you have to uninstall and re-install the package, or else the package might break (although uninstalling and reinstalling gPodder always fixes the issue for me).

Please test the new package in Extras-Testing and rate it / comment on it / report bugs. Thanks