plugins conflicting – the_content tag pulling the wrong code?

Hi

I am running Subscribe2 and I’ve been trying to get it into my sidebar. I have the right php to get it in there, it looks like this:

<?php $content = apply_filters('the_content', '<p><!--subscribe2--></p>');
echo $content; ?>

The problem is, this code is pulling more than what it is supposed to. This is what displays:

20061005 [179:25m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (148)

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Permanent link to this article (13 words, estimated 3 secs reading time)

Now the part in the middle is correct, that’s what Subscribe2 is supposed to display. The stuff above it, the “2006…” is pulled from another plugin that I am running, called Podpress which manages my podcast with my feed. Then at the bottom, the “Permanent link…” comes from Post Teaser, another plugin that I am running.

Now on pages that neither of these plugins are running, this doesn’t happen. Is there a way that I can modify my php code in the sidebar to exclude the content from Post Teaser and Podpress that it is obviously pulling from the wrong place? I don’t know enough about the_content and apply_filters() to know what to change.

Thanks for your time.