[Feature Request] RSS feed podcast items should carry their own titles based on their creator

[jontvrk]

Clear and concise description of the problem

In my RSS client (Emacs elfeed), all podcasts possess the title Podfetch instead of the actual podcast name like Monero Talk or Ungovernable Misfits, and this makes it impossible to understand which podcasts episode belongs to which podcast creator.

A slice from my RSS reader:

2026-04-11 FCMP Update and More with Diego Salazar of Cypher Stack | EPI 3 Podfetch (podcast,unread)
2026-04-11 Cryptosquid Unpacks the NEW StartOS | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 36    Podfetch (podcast,unread)

for example, this should be like this:

2026-04-11 FCMP Update and More with Diego Salazar of Cypher Stack | EPI 3 Monero Talk (podcast,unread)
2026-04-11 Cryptosquid Unpacks the NEW StartOS | FREEDOM TECH FRIDAY 36    Ungovernable Misfits (podcast,unread)

and also when I open a podcast feed item, it seems like:

Title: FCMP Update and More with Diego Salazar of Cypher Stack | EPI 379
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2026 23:00:00 UTC
Feed: Podfetch
Tags: podcast
Link: 4de55c72-2fb3-4fda-8964-64124b22eea8
Enclosure: <REDACTED>

Suggested solution

As I checked the XML file of RSS feed, I saw that podcasts don't have their own <title> field, but they inherit

<channel>
  <title>Podfetch</title>
  ...

at the beginning of the XML file.

So, letting each podcast to have their own title like <title>Monero Talk</title> would make it clear which podcast item belongs to which podcast creator.

PS: what is Link part? It just contains a hash value 4de55c72-2fb3-4fda-8964-64124b22eea8 that doesn't redirect me to any website. And I already have the podcast URL in Enclosure: field anyway, so what's the purpose of the Link field?

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[SamTV12345]

In my RSS client (Emacs elfeed), all podcasts possess the title Podfetch instead of the actual podcast name like Monero Talk or Ungovernable Misfits, and this makes it impossible to understand which podcasts episode belongs to which podcast creator.

I think you are using the general rss feed endpoint. There is a feed endpoint per podcast show. Unfortunately the RSS spec does not allow just adding new channel tags and of course manipulating the author field is just producing enourmous title lengths.

[jontvrk]

Yes, I use general rss feed endpoint. I'm considering podfetch as my single source of the truth. I only wanna change podfetch, I only wanna manage (add/remove) podcasts via podfetch, and don't need to make any other changes in my clients etc. So, this is the reason why I use general rss feed endpoint. When I want to add a new podcast, I just want to open podfetch, add it, and forget. If I use per-podcast feed endpoint, then I need to add/remove feeds on my RSS reader for each podcast I add/remove. If the RSS spec doesn't allow that, then no big deal, I could live with that. But if it is somehow easily solvable, then I'd appreciate a fix though.

[SamTV12345]

Yes, I use general rss feed endpoint. I'm considering podfetch as my single source of the truth. I only wanna change podfetch, I only wanna manage (add/remove) podcasts via podfetch, and don't need to make any other changes in my clients etc. So, this is the reason why I use general rss feed endpoint. When I want to add a new podcast, I just want to open podfetch, add it, and forget. If I use per-podcast feed endpoint, then I need to add/remove feeds on my RSS reader for each podcast I add/remove. If the RSS spec doesn't allow that, then no big deal, I could live with that. But if it is somehow easily solvable, then I'd appreciate a fix though.

Then I think you need to add the podcasts by id. So multiple feeds. If I simply add channel or something tags no podcast service will understand this new format I think. Do you have a better solution to this?