@Shawn,
fascinating. Yes. That did change everything. So, now, when you go to the show page and click Booze and Phasers: http://www.geekgirlauthority.com/shows-geek-girl/ - no code comes up. Or when you directly click the show page: http://www.geekgirlauthority.com/category/shows/booze-phasers-podcast/
It makes so much sense to me NOW. Are there any other suggestions or was this the problem?
Questions - would any of this have affected the length of time that iTunes takes to approve?
@Angelo, yes it seems that I'm a bit confused on category vs channel. I'm going to fix this problem presently than move forward with my research. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply - I may hit you back up soon once I've got this problem covered.