diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/Podcast.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/Podcast.php
index f5642a6bb..4b6b609fa 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/Podcast.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/Podcast.php
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@ class Podcast extends BasePodcast
 
             $podcastArray["episodes"] = array();
             foreach ($rss->item as $item) {
+                // Same as above, we need to explicitly cast the SimpleXMLElement 'array' into an actual array
+                foreach($item as $k => $v) {
+                    $item[$k] = (string)$v;
+                }
                 array_push($podcastArray["episodes"], $item);
             }
             return $podcastArray;
@@ -109,6 +113,10 @@ class Podcast extends BasePodcast
 
         $podcastArray["episodes"] = array();
         foreach ($rss->item as $item) {
+            // Same as above, we need to explicitly cast the SimpleXMLElement 'array' into an actual array
+            foreach($item as $k => $v) {
+                $item[$k] = (string)$v;
+            }
             array_push($podcastArray["episodes"], $item);
         }
 
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/modules/rest/controllers/PodcastController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/modules/rest/controllers/PodcastController.php
index 86aa767ae..2913684b3 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/modules/rest/controllers/PodcastController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/modules/rest/controllers/PodcastController.php
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class Rest_PodcastController extends Zend_Rest_Controller
             case "DELETE":
                 foreach($ids as $id) {
                     Podcast::deleteById($id);
-                    $responseBody = "Success";  // TODO
+                    $responseBody = "Success";  // TODO: make this more descriptive
                 }
                 break;
             case "GET":
@@ -186,9 +186,6 @@ class Rest_PodcastController extends Zend_Rest_Controller
                     $responseBody[] = array(
                         "podcast"=>json_encode($podcast),
                         "html"=>$this->view->render($path),
-                        "type"=>"podcast",  // TODO: get rid of these extraneous fields
-                        "id"=>$podcast["id"]
-                        // "id"=>$podcast->getDbId()
                     );
                 }
                 break;