---
title: Beyond Blocks
description: A podcast about Drupal, open-source, and related software development topics.
use: [podcast_episodes]
permalink: /podcast.xml
---

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="stylesheet.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0">
  <channel>
    <atom:link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="{{ site.url }}{{ page.url|trim('/', 'right') }}" title="MP3 Audio"/>
    <atom:link rel="hub" href="https://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/>
    <title>{{ page.title }}</title>
    <itunes:new-feed-url>{{ site.url }}{{ page.url }}</itunes:new-feed-url>
    <description>{{ page.description }}</description>
    <copyright>© 2025 Oliver Davies</copyright>
    <language>en</language>
    <pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 07:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
    <lastBuildDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2025 07:09:06 +0000</lastBuildDate>
    <link>{{ site.url }}</link>
    <image>
      <url>{{ site.url }}/files/beyond-blocks.jpg</url>
      <title>{{ page.title }}</title>
      <link>{{ site.url }}</link>
    </image>
    <itunes:category text="Technology"/>
    <itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type>
    <itunes:author>Oliver Davies</itunes:author>
    <itunes:image href="{{ site.url }}/files/beyond-blocks.jpg"/>
    <itunes:summary>{{ page.description }}</itunes:summary>
    <itunes:subtitle>{{ page.description }}</itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
    <itunes:owner>
      <itunes:name>Oliver Davies</itunes:name>
    </itunes:owner>
    <itunes:complete>No</itunes:complete>
    <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
    {% for episode in data.podcast_episodes %}
      {% set episodeNumber = episode.url|trim('/')|split('/')|last|split('-')|first %}
      {% set title = episode.topic ~ ' with ' ~ episode.guests|join(' and ') %}
      {% set durationParts = episode.duration|split(':') %}
      <item>
        <title>{{ title }}</title>
        <itunes:episode>{{ episodeNumber }}</itunes:episode>
        <podcast:episode>{{ episodeNumber }}</podcast:episode>
        <itunes:title>{{ title }}</itunes:title>
        <itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType>
        <guid isPermaLink="false">{{ episodeNumber }}</guid>
        <link>{{ site.url }}{{ episode.url|trim('/', 'right') }}</link>
        <description>
          <![CDATA[{{ episode.blocks.content|raw -}}]]>
        </description>
        <content:encoded>
          <![CDATA[{{ episode.blocks.content|raw -}}]]>
        </content:encoded>
        <pubDate>{{ episode.date }}</pubDate>
        <author>Oliver Davies</author>
        <enclosure url="{{ site.url }}/files/bb/episodes/{{ episode.episode_filename }}" length="{{ episode.file_size }}" type="audio/mpeg"/>
        <itunes:author>Oliver Davies</itunes:author>
        <itunes:duration>{{ (durationParts[0] * 60 * 60) + (durationParts[1] * 60) + durationParts[2] }}</itunes:duration>
        <itunes:summary>
          <![CDATA[{{ episode.blocks.content|raw -}}]]>
        </itunes:summary>
        <itunes:keywords></itunes:keywords>
        <itunes:explicit>No</itunes:explicit>
      </item>
    {%- endfor -%}
  </channel>
</rss>