diff --git a/src/parser/__test__/fixtures/podcast-image-example.xml b/src/parser/__test__/fixtures/podcast-image-example.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fc8248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parser/__test__/fixtures/podcast-image-example.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<rss xmlns:podcast="https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/docs/1.0.md"
+  xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0">
+  <channel>
+    <title>Podcast with Phase 8 Image Tag</title>
+    <description>This is an example feed demonstrating the new podcast:image tag from Phase 8.</description>
+    <link>http://example.com/podcast</link>
+    <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
+    <language>en-US</language>
+    <generator>Phase 8 Example</generator>
+    <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2020 04:30:38 GMT</pubDate>
+    <lastBuildDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2020 04:30:38 GMT</lastBuildDate>
+    <managingEditor>john@example.com (John Doe)</managingEditor>
+    <webMaster>support@example.com (Tech Support)</webMaster>
+    
+    <!-- Phase 8: New podcast:image tag with all attributes -->
+    <podcast:image 
+      href="https://example.com/images/podcast-cover.jpg" 
+      alt="Podcast cover art showing an antenna emanating signal waves"
+      aspect-ratio="1/1" 
+      type="image/jpeg" 
+      width="1400" 
+      height="1400" 
+      purpose="artwork"/>
+    
+    <!-- Multiple images for different use cases -->
+    <podcast:image 
+      href="https://example.com/images/podcast-banner.jpg" 
+      alt="Podcast banner for social sharing"
+      aspect-ratio="16/9" 
+      type="image/jpeg" 
+      width="1920" 
+      height="1080" 
+      purpose="artwork social"/>
+    
+    <podcast:image 
+      href="https://example.com/images/publisher-logo.png" 
+      alt="Publisher logo"
+      aspect-ratio="1/1" 
+      type="image/png" 
+      width="512" 
+      height="512" 
+      purpose="publisher"/>
+    
+    <itunes:author>John Doe</itunes:author>
+    <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
+    <itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type>
+    <itunes:category text="News"/>
+    <itunes:category text="Technology"/>
+
+    <itunes:image>https://example.com/images/pci_avatar-massive.jpg</itunes:image>
+
+    <item>
+      <title>Episode 1 - Introduction to Phase 8</title>
+      <description>&lt;p&gt;This episode introduces the new podcast:image tag from Phase 8!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
+      <link>https://example.com/podcast/ep0001</link>
+      <guid isPermaLink="true">https://example.com/ep0001</guid>
+      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2020 04:30:38 GMT</pubDate>
+      <author>John Doe (john@example.com)</author>
+      <itunes:image>https://example.com/ep0001/artMd.jpg</itunes:image>
+      <itunes:explicit>no</itunes:explicit>
+      <enclosure url="https://mp3s.nashownotes.com/PC20-17-2020-12-25-Final.mp3" length="76606111" type="audio/mpeg"/>
+      
+      <!-- Phase 8: podcast:image at episode level with multiple formats -->
+      <podcast:image 
+        href="https://example.com/ep0001/episode-cover.jpg" 
+        alt="Episode 1 cover art"
+        aspect-ratio="1/1" 
+        type="image/jpeg" 
+        width="800" 
+        height="800" 
+        purpose="artwork"/>
+      
+      <podcast:image 
+        href="https://example.com/ep0001/episode-banner.mp4" 
+        alt="Episode 1 animated banner"
+        aspect-ratio="16/9" 
+        type="video/mp4" 
+        width="1920" 
+        height="1080" 
+        purpose="artwork social canvas"/>
+    </item>
+  </channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/src/parser/phase/__test__/phase-8.test.ts b/src/parser/phase/__test__/phase-8.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..06e68d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parser/phase/__test__/phase-8.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+/* eslint-disable sonarjs/no-duplicate-string */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-assignment */
+/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access */
+import * as helpers from "../../__test__/helpers";
+
+const phase = 8;
+
+describe("phase 8", () => {
+  let feed;
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    feed = await helpers.loadSimple();
+  });
+
+  describe("podcast:image", () => {
+    const supportedName = "image";
+
+    it("correctly identifies a basic feed", () => {
+      const result = helpers.parseValidFeed(feed);
+
+      expect(result).not.toHaveProperty("podcastImage");
+      expect(helpers.getPhaseSupport(result, phase)).not.toContain(supportedName);
+    });
+
+    it("ignores missing href", () => {
+      const xml = helpers.spliceFeed(
+        feed,
+        // missing href, not valid
+        `<podcast:image type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>`
+      );
+      const result = helpers.parseValidFeed(xml);
+
+      expect(result).not.toHaveProperty("podcastImage");
+      expect(helpers.getPhaseSupport(result, phase)).not.toContain(supportedName);
+    });
+
+    it("extracts a basic image with only href", () => {
+      const xml = helpers.spliceFeed(
+        feed,
+        `<podcast:image href="https://example.com/image.jpg"/>`
+      );
+      const result = helpers.parseValidFeed(xml);
+
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty("podcastImage");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("href", "https://example.com/image.jpg");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).not.toHaveProperty("type");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).not.toHaveProperty("width");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).not.toHaveProperty("height");
+      expect(helpers.getPhaseSupport(result, phase)).toContain(supportedName);
+    });
+
+    it("extracts an image with all attributes", () => {
+      const xml = helpers.spliceFeed(
+        feed,
+        `<podcast:image href="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="Test image" aspect-ratio="1/1" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400" purpose="artwork"/>`
+      );
+      const result = helpers.parseValidFeed(xml);
+
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty("podcastImage");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("href", "https://example.com/image.jpg");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("alt", "Test image");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("aspectRatio", "1/1");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("type", "image/jpeg");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("width", 1400);
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("height", 1400);
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("purpose", "artwork");
+      expect(helpers.getPhaseSupport(result, phase)).toContain(supportedName);
+    });
+
+    it("extracts an image with partial attributes", () => {
+      const xml = helpers.spliceFeed(
+        feed,
+        `<podcast:image href="https://example.com/image.png" type="image/png" width="800"/>`
+      );
+      const result = helpers.parseValidFeed(xml);
+
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty("podcastImage");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("href", "https://example.com/image.png");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("type", "image/png");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("width", 800);
+      expect(result.podcastImage).not.toHaveProperty("height");
+      expect(helpers.getPhaseSupport(result, phase)).toContain(supportedName);
+    });
+
+    it("handles numeric width and height as integers", () => {
+      const xml = helpers.spliceFeed(
+        feed,
+        `<podcast:image href="https://example.com/image.jpg" width="1920" height="1080"/>`
+      );
+      const result = helpers.parseValidFeed(xml);
+
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty("podcastImage");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("width", 1920);
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("height", 1080);
+      expect(typeof result.podcastImage?.width).toBe("number");
+      expect(typeof result.podcastImage?.height).toBe("number");
+    });
+
+    it("extracts aspect-ratio attribute", () => {
+      const xml = helpers.spliceFeed(
+        feed,
+        `<podcast:image href="https://example.com/image.jpg" aspect-ratio="16/9"/>`
+      );
+      const result = helpers.parseValidFeed(xml);
+
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty("podcastImage");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("aspectRatio", "16/9");
+    });
+
+    it("extracts purpose attribute", () => {
+      const xml = helpers.spliceFeed(
+        feed,
+        `<podcast:image href="https://example.com/image.jpg" purpose="artwork social"/>`
+      );
+      const result = helpers.parseValidFeed(xml);
+
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty("podcastImage");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("purpose", "artwork social");
+    });
+
+    it("extracts alt attribute for accessibility", () => {
+      const xml = helpers.spliceFeed(
+        feed,
+        `<podcast:image href="https://example.com/image.jpg" alt="An antenna emanating signal waves"/>`
+      );
+      const result = helpers.parseValidFeed(xml);
+
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty("podcastImage");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("alt", "An antenna emanating signal waves");
+    });
+
+    it("handles video type with aspect-ratio", () => {
+      const xml = helpers.spliceFeed(
+        feed,
+        `<podcast:image href="https://example.com/video.mp4" type="video/mp4" aspect-ratio="9/16" width="1200"/>`
+      );
+      const result = helpers.parseValidFeed(xml);
+
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty("podcastImage");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("href", "https://example.com/video.mp4");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("type", "video/mp4");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("aspectRatio", "9/16");
+      expect(result.podcastImage).toHaveProperty("width", 1200);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/parser/phase/index.ts b/src/parser/phase/index.ts
index bd05e09..e08d0dd 100644
--- a/src/parser/phase/index.ts
+++ b/src/parser/phase/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import * as phase4 from "./phase-4";
 import * as phase5 from "./phase-5";
 import * as phase6 from "./phase-6";
 import * as phase7 from "./phase-7";
+import * as phase8 from "./phase-8";
 import * as pending from "./phase-pending";
 import { XmlNodeSource } from "./types";
 
@@ -92,6 +93,9 @@ const feeds: FeedUpdate[] = [
   phase7.podcastChat,
   phase7.podcastPublisher,
 
+  // Phase 8
+  phase8.podcastImage,
+
   pending.id,
   pending.social,
   pending.podcastRecommendations,
@@ -119,6 +123,8 @@ const items: ItemUpdate[] = [
 
   phase7.podcastChat,
 
+  phase8.podcastImage,
+
   pending.podcastRecommendations,
   pending.podcastGateway,
 ];
diff --git a/src/parser/phase/phase-8.ts b/src/parser/phase/phase-8.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e70243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/parser/phase/phase-8.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import {
+  ensureArray,
+  extractOptionalIntegerAttribute,
+  extractOptionalStringAttribute,
+  getAttribute,
+  getKnownAttribute,
+} from "../shared";
+import type { XmlNode } from "../types";
+
+export type Phase8PodcastImage = {
+  href: string;
+  alt?: string;
+  aspectRatio?: string;
+  width?: number;
+  height?: number;
+  type?: string;
+  purpose?: string;
+};
+
+export const podcastImage = {
+  phase: 8,
+  name: "image",
+  tag: "podcast:image",
+  nodeTransform: (node: XmlNode | XmlNode[]): XmlNode =>
+    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-return
+    ensureArray(node).find((n) => getAttribute(n, "href")),
+  supportCheck: (node: XmlNode): boolean => Boolean(getAttribute(node, "href")),
+  fn(node: XmlNode): { podcastImage: Phase8PodcastImage } {
+    return {
+      podcastImage: {
+        href: getKnownAttribute(node, "href"),
+        ...extractOptionalStringAttribute(node, "alt"),
+        ...extractOptionalStringAttribute(node, "aspect-ratio", "aspectRatio"),
+        ...extractOptionalIntegerAttribute(node, "width"),
+        ...extractOptionalIntegerAttribute(node, "height"),
+        ...extractOptionalStringAttribute(node, "type"),
+        ...extractOptionalStringAttribute(node, "purpose"),
+      },
+    };
+  },
+};
diff --git a/src/parser/types.ts b/src/parser/types.ts
index c5119f6..a39d096 100644
--- a/src/parser/types.ts
+++ b/src/parser/types.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import type {
 import type { Phase5Blocked, Phase5BlockedPlatforms, Phase5SocialInteract } from "./phase/phase-5";
 import type { Phase6RemoteItem, Phase6TxtEntry } from "./phase/phase-6";
 import type { Phase7Chat, Phase7Publisher } from "./phase/phase-7";
+import type { Phase8PodcastImage } from "./phase/phase-8";
 import {
   PhasePendingPodcastId,
   PhasePendingSocial,
@@ -197,6 +198,8 @@ export interface FeedObject extends BasicFeed {
   /** PENDING AND LIKELY TO CHANGE This tag tells the an application what the content contained within the feed IS, as opposed to what the content is ABOUT in the case of a category. */
   medium?: Phase4Medium;
   podcastImages?: Phase4PodcastImage[];
+  /** Phase 8: specifies a single image for a podcast at the channel level */
+  podcastImage?: Phase8PodcastImage;
   podcastRecommendations?: PhasePendingPodcastRecommendation[];
   // #endregion
 }
@@ -264,6 +267,8 @@ export interface Episode {
 
   // #region Pending Phase
   podcastImages?: Phase4PodcastImage[];
+  /** Phase 8: specifies a single image for a podcast at the episode level */
+  podcastImage?: Phase8PodcastImage;
   podcastRecommendations?: PhasePendingPodcastRecommendation[];
   podcastGateway?: PhasePendingGateway;
   // #endregion