diff --git a/client/assets/app.css b/client/assets/app.css
index c323a37b..5d67df53 100644
--- a/client/assets/app.css
+++ b/client/assets/app.css
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @import './fonts.css';
 @import './transitions.css';
 @import './draggable.css';
+@import './defaultStyles.css';
 
 :root {
   --bookshelf-texture-img: url(/textures/wood_default.jpg);
diff --git a/client/assets/defaultStyles.css b/client/assets/defaultStyles.css
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a4bef5e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/assets/defaultStyles.css
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+
+  This is for setting regular html styles for places where embedding HTML will be
+  like podcast episode descriptions. Otherwise TailwindCSS will have stripped all default markup.
+
+*/
+
+.default-style p {
+  display: block;
+  margin-block-start: 1em;
+  margin-block-end: 1em;
+  margin-inline-start: 0px;
+  margin-inline-end: 0px;
+}
+
+.default-style a {
+  text-decoration: none;
+  color: #5985ff;
+}
+
+.default-style ul {
+  display: block;
+  list-style: circle;
+  list-style-type: disc;
+  margin-block-start: 1em;
+  margin-block-end: 1em;
+  margin-inline-start: 0px;
+  margin-inline-end: 0px;
+  padding-inline-start: 40px;
+}
+
+.default-style li {
+  display: list-item;
+  text-align: -webkit-match-parent;
+}
+
+.default-style li::marker {
+  unicode-bidi: isolate;
+  font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;
+  text-transform: none;
+  text-indent: 0px !important;
+  text-align: start !important;
+  text-align-last: start !important;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/client/components/modals/podcast/ViewEpisode.vue b/client/components/modals/podcast/ViewEpisode.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04ab78c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/components/modals/podcast/ViewEpisode.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+<template>
+  <modals-modal v-model="show" name="podcast-episode-view-modal" :width="800" :height="'unset'" :processing="processing">
+    <template #outer>
+      <div class="absolute top-0 left-0 p-5 w-2/3 overflow-hidden">
+        <p class="font-book text-3xl text-white truncate">Episode</p>
+      </div>
+    </template>
+    <div ref="wrapper" class="p-4 w-full text-sm rounded-lg bg-bg shadow-lg border border-black-300 relative overflow-y-auto" style="max-height: 80vh">
+      <div class="flex mb-4">
+        <div class="w-12 h-12">
+          <covers-book-cover :library-item="libraryItem" :width="48" :book-cover-aspect-ratio="bookCoverAspectRatio" />
+        </div>
+        <div class="flex-grow px-2">
+          <p class="text-base mb-1">{{ podcastTitle }}</p>
+          <p class="text-xs text-gray-300">{{ podcastAuthor }}</p>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+      <p class="text-lg font-semibold mb-6">{{ title }}</p>
+      <div v-if="description" class="default-style" v-html="description" />
+      <p v-else class="mb-2">No description</p>
+    </div>
+  </modals-modal>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+  data() {
+    return {
+      processing: false
+    }
+  },
+  computed: {
+    show: {
+      get() {
+        return this.$store.state.globals.showViewPodcastEpisodeModal
+      },
+      set(val) {
+        this.$store.commit('globals/setShowViewPodcastEpisodeModal', val)
+      }
+    },
+    libraryItem() {
+      return this.$store.state.selectedLibraryItem
+    },
+    episode() {
+      return this.$store.state.globals.selectedEpisode || {}
+    },
+    episodeId() {
+      return this.episode.id
+    },
+    title() {
+      return this.episode.title || 'No Episode Title'
+    },
+    description() {
+      return this.episode.description || ''
+    },
+    media() {
+      return this.libraryItem ? this.libraryItem.media || {} : {}
+    },
+    mediaMetadata() {
+      return this.media.metadata || {}
+    },
+    podcastTitle() {
+      return this.mediaMetadata.title
+    },
+    podcastAuthor() {
+      return this.mediaMetadata.author
+    },
+    bookCoverAspectRatio() {
+      return this.$store.getters['getBookCoverAspectRatio']
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {},
+  mounted() {}
+}
+</script>
diff --git a/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodeTableRow.vue b/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodeTableRow.vue
index 0e318858..b7040098 100644
--- a/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodeTableRow.vue
+++ b/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodeTableRow.vue
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 <template>
   <div class="w-full px-2 py-3 overflow-hidden relative border-b border-white border-opacity-10" @mouseover="mouseover" @mouseleave="mouseleave">
-    <div v-if="episode" class="flex items-center h-24">
+    <div v-if="episode" class="flex items-center h-24 cursor-pointer" @click="$emit('view', episode)">
       <div class="flex-grow px-2">
         <p class="text-sm font-semibold">
           {{ title }}
         </p>
-        <p class="text-sm text-gray-200 episode-subtitle mt-1.5 mb-0.5">{{ description }}</p>
+
+        <p class="text-sm text-gray-200 episode-subtitle mt-1.5 mb-0.5">{{ subtitle }}</p>
+
         <div class="flex items-center pt-2">
-          <div class="h-8 px-4 border border-white border-opacity-20 hover:bg-white hover:bg-opacity-10 rounded-full flex items-center justify-center cursor-pointer" :class="userIsFinished ? 'text-white text-opacity-40' : ''" @click="playClick">
+          <button class="h-8 px-4 border border-white border-opacity-20 hover:bg-white hover:bg-opacity-10 rounded-full flex items-center justify-center cursor-pointer focus:outline-none" :class="userIsFinished ? 'text-white text-opacity-40' : ''" @click.stop="playClick">
             <span class="material-icons" :class="streamIsPlaying ? '' : 'text-success'">{{ streamIsPlaying ? 'pause' : 'play_arrow' }}</span>
             <p class="pl-2 pr-1 text-sm font-semibold">{{ timeRemaining }}</p>
-          </div>
+          </button>
 
           <ui-tooltip :text="userIsFinished ? 'Mark as Not Finished' : 'Mark as Finished'" direction="top">
             <ui-read-icon-btn :disabled="isProcessingReadUpdate" :is-read="userIsFinished" borderless class="mx-1 mt-0.5" @click="toggleFinished" />
@@ -66,10 +68,11 @@ export default {
     title() {
       return this.episode.title || ''
     },
+    subtitle() {
+      return this.episode.subtitle || ''
+    },
     description() {
-      if (this.episode.subtitle) return this.episode.subtitle
-      var desc = this.episode.description || ''
-      return desc
+      return this.episode.description || ''
     },
     duration() {
       return this.$secondsToTimestamp(this.episode.duration)
diff --git a/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodesTable.vue b/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodesTable.vue
index 6401c893..300ecf0d 100644
--- a/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodesTable.vue
+++ b/client/components/tables/podcast/EpisodesTable.vue
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     </div>
     <p v-if="!episodes.length" class="py-4 text-center text-lg">No Episodes</p>
     <template v-for="episode in episodesSorted">
-      <tables-podcast-episode-table-row :key="episode.id" :episode="episode" :library-item-id="libraryItem.id" class="item" @remove="removeEpisode" @edit="editEpisode" />
+      <tables-podcast-episode-table-row :key="episode.id" :episode="episode" :library-item-id="libraryItem.id" class="item" @remove="removeEpisode" @edit="editEpisode" @view="viewEpisode" />
     </template>
 
     <modals-podcast-remove-episode v-model="showPodcastRemoveModal" :library-item="libraryItem" :episode="selectedEpisode" />
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@ export default {
       this.$store.commit('globals/setSelectedEpisode', episode)
       this.$store.commit('globals/setShowEditPodcastEpisodeModal', true)
     },
+    viewEpisode(episode) {
+      this.$store.commit('setSelectedLibraryItem', this.libraryItem)
+      this.$store.commit('globals/setSelectedEpisode', episode)
+      this.$store.commit('globals/setShowViewPodcastEpisodeModal', true)
+    },
     init() {
       this.episodesCopy = this.episodes.map((ep) => ({ ...ep }))
     }
diff --git a/client/layouts/default.vue b/client/layouts/default.vue
index 19e9b882..5c5ae4d1 100644
--- a/client/layouts/default.vue
+++ b/client/layouts/default.vue
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     <modals-edit-collection-modal />
     <modals-bookshelf-texture-modal />
     <modals-podcast-edit-episode />
+    <modals-podcast-view-episode />
     <modals-authors-edit-modal />
     <readers-reader />
   </div>
diff --git a/client/store/globals.js b/client/store/globals.js
index bbc383dd..16d1ef91 100644
--- a/client/store/globals.js
+++ b/client/store/globals.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export const state = () => ({
   showUserCollectionsModal: false,
   showEditCollectionModal: false,
   showEditPodcastEpisode: false,
+  showViewPodcastEpisodeModal: false,
   showEditAuthorModal: false,
   selectedEpisode: null,
   selectedCollection: null,
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ export const mutations = {
   setShowEditPodcastEpisodeModal(state, val) {
     state.showEditPodcastEpisode = val
   },
+  setShowViewPodcastEpisodeModal(state, val) {
+    state.showViewPodcastEpisodeModal = val
+  },
   setEditCollection(state, collection) {
     state.selectedCollection = collection
     state.showEditCollectionModal = true
diff --git a/server/utils/htmlSanitizer.js b/server/utils/htmlSanitizer.js
index 81ccdcff..cc046de8 100644
--- a/server/utils/htmlSanitizer.js
+++ b/server/utils/htmlSanitizer.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ const sanitizeHtml = require('../libs/sanitizeHtml')
 function sanitize(html) {
   const sanitizerOptions = {
     allowedTags: [
-      'p', 'ol', 'ul', 'a', 'strong', 'em'
+      'p', 'ol', 'ul', 'li', 'a', 'strong', 'em'
     ],
     disallowedTagsMode: 'discard',
     allowedAttributes: {
diff --git a/server/utils/podcastUtils.js b/server/utils/podcastUtils.js
index c29f02e9..a5c2ab4e 100644
--- a/server/utils/podcastUtils.js
+++ b/server/utils/podcastUtils.js
@@ -81,9 +81,16 @@ function extractEpisodeData(item) {
     }
   }
 
+  // Full description with html
+  if (item['content:encoded']) {
+    const rawDescription = (extractFirstArrayItem(item, 'content:encoded') || '').trim()
+    episode.description = htmlSanitizer.sanitize(rawDescription)
+  }
+
+  // Supposed to be the plaintext description but not always followed
   if (item['description']) {
     const rawDescription = extractFirstArrayItem(item, 'description') || ''
-    episode.description = htmlSanitizer.sanitize(rawDescription)
+    if (!episode.description) episode.description = htmlSanitizer.sanitize(rawDescription)
     episode.descriptionPlain = htmlSanitizer.stripAllTags(rawDescription)
   }