diff --git a/lib/BridgeAbstract.php b/lib/BridgeAbstract.php
index 5dc425f9..1456e1c3 100644
--- a/lib/BridgeAbstract.php
+++ b/lib/BridgeAbstract.php
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ abstract class BridgeAbstract
     }
 
     /**
-     * The description is currently not used in feed production
+     * The description is only used in bridge card rendering on frontpage
      */
     public function getDescription()
     {
diff --git a/lib/FeedExpander.php b/lib/FeedExpander.php
index 35b75249..be3a8ca4 100644
--- a/lib/FeedExpander.php
+++ b/lib/FeedExpander.php
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ abstract class FeedExpander extends BridgeAbstract
         $feedParser = new FeedParser();
         $this->feed = $feedParser->parseFeed($xmlString);
         $items = array_slice($this->feed['items'], 0, $maxItems);
+        // todo: extract parse logic out from FeedParser
         foreach ($items as $item) {
             // Give bridges a chance to modify the item
             $item = $this->parseItem($item);
diff --git a/lib/FeedParser.php b/lib/FeedParser.php
index 510bcb32..37d3005b 100644
--- a/lib/FeedParser.php
+++ b/lib/FeedParser.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ final class FeedParser
             $channel = $xml->channel[0];
             $feed['title'] = trim((string)$channel->title);
             $feed['uri'] = trim((string)$channel->link);
-            if (!empty($channel->image)) {
+            if (isset($channel->image->url)) {
                 $feed['icon'] = trim((string)$channel->image->url);
             }
             foreach ($xml->item as $item) {
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ final class FeedParser
             $channel = $xml->channel[0];
             $feed['title'] = trim((string)$channel->title);
             $feed['uri'] = trim((string)$channel->link);
-            if (!empty($channel->image)) {
+            if (isset($channel->image->url)) {
                 $feed['icon'] = trim((string)$channel->image->url);
             }
             foreach ($channel->item as $item) {
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ final class FeedParser
                     }
                 }
             }
-            if (!empty($xml->icon)) {
-                $feed['icon'] = (string)$xml->icon;
-            } elseif (!empty($xml->logo)) {
-                $feed['icon'] = (string)$xml->logo;
+            if (isset($xml->icon)) {
+                $feed['icon'] = (string) $xml->icon;
+            } elseif (isset($xml->logo)) {
+                $feed['icon'] = (string) $xml->logo;
             }
             foreach ($xml->entry as $item) {
                 $feed['items'][] = $this->parseAtomItem($item);
@@ -171,11 +171,7 @@ final class FeedParser
             if (in_array($namespaceName, ['', 'content', 'media'])) {
                 continue;
             }
-            $module = $feedItem->children($namespaceUrl);
-            $item[$namespaceName] = [];
-            foreach ($module as $moduleKey => $moduleValue) {
-                $item[$namespaceName][$moduleKey] = (string) $moduleValue;
-            }
+            $item[$namespaceName] = $this->parseModule($feedItem, $namespaceName, $namespaceUrl);
         }
         if (isset($namespaces['itunes'])) {
             $enclosure = $feedItem->enclosure;
@@ -185,43 +181,27 @@ final class FeedParser
                 'type'      => (string) $enclosure['type'],
             ];
         }
-        if (isset($feedItem->guid)) {
-            // Pluck out a url from guid
-            foreach ($feedItem->guid->attributes() as $attribute => $value) {
-                if (
-                    $attribute === 'isPermaLink'
-                    && (
-                        $value === 'true' || (
-                            filter_var($feedItem->guid, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)
-                            && (empty($item['uri']) || !filter_var($item['uri'], FILTER_VALIDATE_URL))
-                        )
-                    )
-                ) {
-                    $item['uri'] = (string)$feedItem->guid;
-                    break;
+        if (!$item['uri']) {
+            // Let's use guid as uri if it's a permalink
+            if (isset($feedItem->guid)) {
+                foreach ($feedItem->guid->attributes() as $attribute => $value) {
+                    if ($attribute === 'isPermaLink' && ($value === 'true' || (filter_var($feedItem->guid, FILTER_VALIDATE_URL)))) {
+                        $item['uri'] = (string) $feedItem->guid;
+                        break;
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        if (isset($feedItem->pubDate)) {
-            $item['timestamp'] = strtotime((string)$feedItem->pubDate);
-        } elseif (isset($dc->date)) {
-            $item['timestamp'] = strtotime((string)$dc->date);
-        }
+        $item['timestamp'] = $feedItem->pubDate ?? $dc->date ?? '';
+        $item['timestamp'] = strtotime((string) $item['timestamp']);
 
-        if (isset($feedItem->author)) {
-            $item['author'] = (string)$feedItem->author;
-        } elseif (isset($feedItem->creator)) {
-            $item['author'] = (string)$feedItem->creator;
-        } elseif (isset($dc->creator)) {
-            $item['author'] = (string)$dc->creator;
-        } elseif (isset($media->credit)) {
-            $item['author'] = (string)$media->credit;
-        }
+        $item['author'] = $feedItem->author ?? $feedItem->creator ?? $dc->creator ?? $media->credit ?? '';
+        $item['author'] = (string) $item['author'];
 
         if (isset($feedItem->enclosure) && !empty($feedItem->enclosure['url'])) {
             $item['enclosures'] = [
-                (string)$feedItem->enclosure['url'],
+                (string) $feedItem->enclosure['url'],
             ];
         }
         return $item;
@@ -261,4 +241,15 @@ final class FeedParser
         }
         return $item;
     }
+
+    private function parseModule(\SimpleXMLElement $element, string $namespaceName, string $namespaceUrl): array
+    {
+        $result = [];
+        $module = $element->children($namespaceUrl);
+        foreach ($module as $name => $value) {
+            // todo: add custom parsing if it's something other than a string
+            $result[$name] = (string) $value;
+        }
+        return $result;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/FeedParserTest.php b/tests/FeedParserTest.php
index acd93e52..05d5ef69 100644
--- a/tests/FeedParserTest.php
+++ b/tests/FeedParserTest.php
@@ -125,4 +125,59 @@ class FeedParserTest extends TestCase
         $this->assertSame('root', $item['author']);
         $this->assertSame('html', $item['content']);
     }
+
+    public function testAppleItunesModule()
+    {
+        $xml = <<<XML
+        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+        <rss
+            version="2.0"
+            xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
+            xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"
+            xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"
+            xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
+            xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
+            xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0"
+            xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"
+            xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
+        >
+            <channel>
+
+                <item>
+                    <itunes:duration>30:05</itunes:duration>
+                    <enclosure length="48123248" type="audio/mpeg" url="https://example.com/1.mp3" />
+                </item>
+            </channel>
+        </rss>
+        XML;
+
+        $sut = new \FeedParser();
+        $feed = $sut->parseFeed($xml);
+        $expected = [
+            'title' => '',
+            'uri' => '',
+            'icon' => '',
+            'items' => [
+                [
+                    'uri' => '',
+                    'title' => '',
+                    'content' => '',
+                    'timestamp' => '',
+                    'author' => '',
+                    'itunes' => [
+                        'duration' => '30:05',
+                    ],
+                    'enclosure' => [
+                        'url' => 'https://example.com/1.mp3',
+                        'length' => '48123248',
+                        'type' => 'audio/mpeg',
+                    ],
+                    'enclosures' => [
+                        'https://example.com/1.mp3',
+                    ],
+                ]
+            ],
+        ];
+        $this->assertEquals($expected, $feed);
+    }
 }