diff --git a/larigira/audiogen_podcast.py b/larigira/audiogen_podcast.py
index 3ee7b77..a7c5d8d 100644
--- a/larigira/audiogen_podcast.py
+++ b/larigira/audiogen_podcast.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import random
 import sys
 from subprocess import CalledProcessError, check_output
 
+import dateutil.parser
 import requests
 from lxml import html
 from pytimeparse.timeparse import timeparse
@@ -111,6 +112,7 @@ def get_item_date(el):
             return datetime.datetime.strptime(el_date.text, time_format)
         except:
             continue
+    return dateutil.parser.parse(el_date.text)
 
 
 def get_audio_from_item(item):