diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/Podcast.php b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/Podcast.php
index 6a52cb18b..d2323ce51 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/Podcast.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/models/airtime/Podcast.php
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ class InvalidPodcastException extends Exception
 {
 }
 
+class PodcastNotFoundException extends \Aws\CloudFront\Exception\Exception
+{
+}
+
 
 /**
  * Skeleton subclass for representing a row from the 'podcast' table.
@@ -16,32 +20,54 @@ class InvalidPodcastException extends Exception
  */
 class Podcast extends BasePodcast
 {
-    /** Creates a Podcast object from an array containing metadata.
+    // These fields should never be modified with POST/PUT data
+    private static $privateFields = array(
+        "id",
+        "url",
+        "type",
+        "owner"
+    );
+
+    /** Creates a Podcast object from the given podcast URL.
      *  This is used by our Podcast REST API
-     * @param $podcastArray An array containing metadata for a Podcast object.
      *
-     * @return Podcast Array
+     * @param $podcastArray An array containing the URL for a Podcast object.
+     *
+     * @return array - Podcast Array with a full list of episodes
      * @throws Exception
+     * @throws InvalidPodcastException
+     * @throws PodcastLimitReachedException
      */
+
     public static function create($podcastArray)
     {
         if (Application_Service_PodcastService::podcastLimitReached()) {
             throw new PodcastLimitReachedException();
         }
 
-        // TODO are we implementing this here??
-        if (!Application_Service_PodcastService::validatePodcastUrl($podcastArray["url"])) {
+        $rss = Application_Service_PodcastService::getPodcastFeed($podcastArray["url"]);
+        if (!$rss) {
             throw new InvalidPodcastException();
         }
 
         try {
             $podcast = new Podcast();
-            $podcast->fromArray($podcastArray, BasePeer::TYPE_FIELDNAME);
+            $podcast->setDbUrl($podcastArray["url"]);
+            $podcast->setDbTitle($rss->title);
+            $podcast->setDbCreator($rss->author);
+            $podcast->setDbDescription($rss->description);
             $podcast->setDbOwner(self::getOwnerId());
             $podcast->setDbType(IMPORTED_PODCAST);
             $podcast->save();
 
-            return $podcast->toArray(BasePeer::TYPE_FIELDNAME);
+            $podcastArray = array();
+            array_push($podcastArray, $podcast->toArray(BasePeer::TYPE_FIELDNAME));
+
+            $podcastArray["episodes"] = array();
+            foreach ($rss->item as $item) {
+                array_push($podcastArray["episodes"], $item);
+            }
+            return $podcastArray;
         } catch(Exception $e) {
             $podcast->delete();
             throw $e;
@@ -49,6 +75,85 @@ class Podcast extends BasePodcast
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Fetches a Podcast's rss feed and returns all its episodes with
+     * the Podcast object
+     *
+     * @param $podcastId
+     *
+     * @throws PodcastNotFoundException
+     * @return array - Podcast Array with a full list of episodes
+     */
+    public static function getPodcastById($podcastId)
+    {
+        $podcast = PodcastQuery::create()->findPk($podcastId);
+        if (!$podcast) {
+            throw new PodcastNotFoundException();
+        }
+
+        $rss = Application_Service_PodcastService::getPodcastFeed($podcast->getDbUrl());
+
+        $podcastArray = array();
+        array_push($podcastArray, $podcast->toArray(BasePeer::TYPE_FIELDNAME));
+
+        $podcastArray["episodes"] = array();
+        foreach ($rss->item as $item) {
+            array_push($podcastArray["episodes"], $item);
+        }
+
+        return $podcastArray;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Updates a Podcast object with the given metadata
+     *
+     * @param $podcastId
+     * @param $data
+     * @return array
+     * @throws Exception
+     * @throws PodcastNotFoundException
+     */
+    public static function updateFromArray($podcastId, $data)
+    {
+        $podcast = PodcastQuery::create()->findPk($podcastId);
+        if (!$podcast) {
+            throw new PodcastNotFoundException();
+        }
+
+        $data = self::removePrivateFields($data);
+
+        $podcast->fromArray($data, BasePeer::TYPE_FIELDNAME);
+        $podcast->save();
+
+        return $podcast->toArray(BasePeer::TYPE_FIELDNAME);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Deletes a Podcast and its podcast episodes
+     *
+     * @param $podcastId
+     * @throws Exception
+     * @throws PodcastNotFoundException
+     */
+    public static function deleteById($podcastId)
+    {
+        $podcast = PodcastQuery::create()->findPk($podcastId);
+        if ($podcast) {
+            $podcast->delete();
+        } else {
+            throw new PodcastNotFoundException();
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static function removePrivateFields($data)
+    {
+        foreach (self::$privateFields as $key) {
+            unset($data[$key]);
+        }
+
+        return $data;
+    }
+
     //TODO move this somewhere where it makes sense
     private static function getOwnerId()
     {
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/modules/rest/controllers/PodcastController.php b/airtime_mvc/application/modules/rest/controllers/PodcastController.php
index ceefc281e..2f54d537d 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/modules/rest/controllers/PodcastController.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/modules/rest/controllers/PodcastController.php
@@ -50,8 +50,12 @@ class Rest_PodcastController extends Zend_Rest_Controller
         }
 
         try {
-            //https://github.com/aaronsnoswell/itunes-podcast-feed/blob/master/feed.php
-
+            $this->getResponse()
+                ->setHttpResponseCode(200)
+                ->appendBody(json_encode(Podcast::getPodcastById($id)));
+        } catch (PodcastNotFoundException $e) {
+            $this->podcastNotFoundResponse();
+            Logging::error($e->getMessage());
         } catch (Exception $e) {
 
         }
@@ -82,8 +86,9 @@ class Rest_PodcastController extends Zend_Rest_Controller
                 ->appendBody("ERROR: Podcast limit reached.");
         }
         catch (InvalidPodcastException $e) {
-            $this->invalidDataResponse();
-            Logging::error($e->getMessage());
+            $this->getResponse()
+                ->setHttpResponseCode(400)
+                ->appendBody("ERROR: Invalid Podcast.");
         }
         catch (Exception $e) {
             $this->unknownErrorResponse();
@@ -94,12 +99,50 @@ class Rest_PodcastController extends Zend_Rest_Controller
 
     public function putAction()
     {
-        Logging::info("podcast put");
+        $id = $this->getId();
+        if (!$id) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            $requestData = json_decode($this->getRequest()->getRawBody(), true);
+
+            $podcast = Podcast::updateFromArray($id, $requestData);
+
+            $this->getResponse()
+                ->setHttpResponseCode(201)
+                ->appendBody(json_encode($podcast));
+        }
+        catch (PodcastNotFoundException $e) {
+            $this->podcastNotFoundResponse();
+            Logging::error($e->getMessage());
+        }
+        catch (Exception $e) {
+            $this->unknownErrorResponse();
+            Logging::error($e->getMessage());
+        }
     }
 
     public function deleteAction()
     {
-        Logging::info("delete podcast");
+        $id = $this->getId();
+        if (!$id) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+            Podcast::deleteById($id);
+            $this->getResponse()
+                ->setHttpResponseCode(204);
+        }
+        catch (PodcastNotFoundException $e) {
+            $this->podcastNotFoundResponse();
+            Logging::error($e->getMessage());
+        }
+        catch (Exception $e) {
+            $this->unknownErrorResponse();
+            Logging::error($e->getMessage());
+        }
     }
 
     private function getId()
@@ -120,4 +163,11 @@ class Rest_PodcastController extends Zend_Rest_Controller
         $resp->appendBody("An unknown error occurred.");
     }
 
+    private function podcastNotFoundResponse()
+    {
+        $resp = $this->getResponse();
+        $resp->setHttpResponseCode(404);
+        $resp->appendBody("ERROR: Podcast not found.");
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/airtime_mvc/application/services/PodcastService.php b/airtime_mvc/application/services/PodcastService.php
index dac1513ca..7ea5a9800 100644
--- a/airtime_mvc/application/services/PodcastService.php
+++ b/airtime_mvc/application/services/PodcastService.php
@@ -19,16 +19,24 @@ class Application_Service_PodcastService
     }
 
     /**
-     * Returns true if the given podcast URL is valid.
+     * Returns parsed rss feed, or false if the given URL cannot be downloaded
      *
      * @param $podcastUrl String containing the podcast feed URL
      *
-     * @return bool
+     * @return mixed
      */
-    public static function validatePodcastUrl($podcastUrl)
+    public static function getPodcastFeed($podcastUrl)
     {
-        //TODO
-        return true;
+        try {
+            return Feed::loadRss($podcastUrl);
+        } catch (FeedException $e) {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static function getPodcastEpisodeFeed($podcast)
+    {
+
     }
 
 }
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