From 70f50eec2ab043141b7b5d32d3dffad84a58cbd9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Freno <michael@freno.me>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 16:45:34 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] covert html on fetch instead

---
 src/api/rss-parser.ts      | 12 ++++++------
 src/tabs/Feed/FeedItem.tsx |  5 ++---
 src/tabs/Feed/FeedPage.tsx |  1 -
 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/api/rss-parser.ts b/src/api/rss-parser.ts
index 50acd5c..d834393 100644
--- a/src/api/rss-parser.ts
+++ b/src/api/rss-parser.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ const decodeEntities = (value: string) =>
     .replace(/&#39;/g, "'")
 
 /**
- * Clean a description field: detect HTML vs plain text, and convert
+ * Clean a field (description or title): detect HTML vs plain text, and convert
  * HTML to readable plain text. Plain text just gets entity decoding.
  */
-const cleanDescription = (raw: string): string => {
+const cleanField = (raw: string): string => {
   if (!raw) return ""
   const decoded = decodeEntities(raw)
   const type = detectContentType(decoded)
@@ -76,15 +76,15 @@ const parseEpisodeType = (raw: string): EpisodeType | undefined => {
 
 export const parseRSSFeed = (xml: string, feedUrl: string): Podcast & { episodes: Episode[] } => {
   const channel = xml.match(/<channel[\s\S]*?<\/channel>/i)?.[0] ?? xml
-  const title = decodeEntities(getTagValue(channel, "title")) || "Untitled Podcast"
-  const description = cleanDescription(getTagValue(channel, "description"))
+  const title = cleanField(getTagValue(channel, "title")) || "Untitled Podcast"
+  const description = cleanField(getTagValue(channel, "description"))
   const author = decodeEntities(getTagValue(channel, "itunes:author"))
   const lastUpdated = new Date()
 
   const items = channel.match(/<item[\s\S]*?<\/item>/gi) ?? []
   const episodes = items.map((item, index) => {
-    const epTitle = decodeEntities(getTagValue(item, "title")) || `Episode ${index + 1}`
-    const epDescription = cleanDescription(getTagValue(item, "description"))
+    const epTitle = cleanField(getTagValue(item, "title")) || `Episode ${index + 1}`
+    const epDescription = cleanField(getTagValue(item, "description"))
     const pubDate = new Date(getTagValue(item, "pubDate") || Date.now())
 
     // Audio URL + file size + MIME type from <enclosure>
diff --git a/src/tabs/Feed/FeedItem.tsx b/src/tabs/Feed/FeedItem.tsx
index 10369ea..02d2a96 100644
--- a/src/tabs/Feed/FeedItem.tsx
+++ b/src/tabs/Feed/FeedItem.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 import type { Feed, FeedVisibility } from "@/types/feed";
 import { format } from "date-fns";
-import { htmlToText } from "@/utils/html-to-text";
 import { useTheme } from "@/context/ThemeContext";
 
 interface FeedItemProps {
@@ -55,7 +54,7 @@ export function FeedItem(props: FeedItemProps) {
         </text>
         <text fg={visibilityColor()}>{visibilityIcon()}</text>
         <text fg={props.isSelected ? "white" : theme.accent}>
-          {htmlToText(props.feed.customName || props.feed.podcast.title)}
+          {props.feed.customName || props.feed.podcast.title}
         </text>
         {props.showEpisodeCount && <text fg="gray">({episodeCount()})</text>}
       </box>
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ export function FeedItem(props: FeedItemProps) {
         <text fg="yellow">{pinnedIndicator()}</text>
         <text fg={props.isSelected ? "white" : theme.text}>
           <strong>
-            {htmlToText(props.feed.customName || props.feed.podcast.title)}
+            {props.feed.customName || props.feed.podcast.title}
           </strong>
         </text>
       </box>
diff --git a/src/tabs/Feed/FeedPage.tsx b/src/tabs/Feed/FeedPage.tsx
index 85c5613..79d71ba 100644
--- a/src/tabs/Feed/FeedPage.tsx
+++ b/src/tabs/Feed/FeedPage.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import { format } from "date-fns";
 import type { Episode } from "@/types/episode";
 import type { Feed } from "@/types/feed";
 import { useTheme } from "@/context/ThemeContext";
-import { htmlToText } from "@/utils/html-to-text";
 
 type FeedPageProps = {
   focused: boolean;