diff --git a/pyPodcastParser/Item.py b/pyPodcastParser/Item.py
index 47b353e..06a705f 100644
--- a/pyPodcastParser/Item.py
+++ b/pyPodcastParser/Item.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-from datetime import datetime
 import email.utils
-from time import mktime
+from datetime import datetime
+
 
 class Item(object):
     """Parses an xml rss feed
diff --git a/pyPodcastParser/Podcast.py b/pyPodcastParser/Podcast.py
index 1df745d..0f03205 100644
--- a/pyPodcastParser/Podcast.py
+++ b/pyPodcastParser/Podcast.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
-from datetime import datetime
 import email.utils
-from time import mktime
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 
 from pyPodcastParser.Item import Item
 
 
-class Podcast():
+class Podcast(object):
     """Parses an xml rss feed
 
     RSS Specs http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ class Podcast():
     """
 
     def __init__(self, feed_content):
-        #super(Podcast, self).__init__()
         self.feed_content = feed_content
         self.set_soup()
         self.set_full_soup()