diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a8b026f4..dbe3b763 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 # Binary
-app/GermanTechPodcasts
\ No newline at end of file
+app/GermanTechPodcasts
+
+emails*.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/Makefile b/app/Makefile
index 00fa8447..9df863d0 100644
--- a/app/Makefile
+++ b/app/Makefile
@@ -28,3 +28,7 @@ run: build ## Compiles and starts the application
 .PHONY: test
 test: ## Runs all unit tests
 	go test -v -race ./...
+
+.PHONY: extract-emails
+extract-emails: build ## Extracts contact emails from RSS feeds and saves to JSON file
+	./GermanTechPodcasts extractEmails --json-directory ../generated --output ../emails_with_authors.json
diff --git a/app/cmd/extractEmails.go b/app/cmd/extractEmails.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb785277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/cmd/extractEmails.go
@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"log"
+	"net/http"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+	"time"
+
+	libIO "github.com/EngineeringKiosk/GermanTechPodcasts/io"
+	"github.com/mmcdole/gofeed"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+type AuthorInfo struct {
+	Name  string `json:"name,omitempty"`
+	Email string `json:"email,omitempty"`
+}
+
+type EmailResult struct {
+	PodcastName string       `json:"podcastName"`
+	RSSFeed     string       `json:"rssFeed"`
+	Emails      []string     `json:"emails"`
+	Authors     []AuthorInfo `json:"authors,omitempty"`
+	Error       string       `json:"error,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// extractEmailsCmd represents the extractEmails command
+var extractEmailsCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "extractEmails",
+	Short: "Extract contact email addresses from podcast RSS feeds",
+	Long: `This command reads all podcast JSON files and extracts contact email addresses
+from their RSS feeds. It looks for email addresses in various RSS fields like 
+managingEditor, webMaster, author, and description.`,
+	RunE: cmdExtractEmails,
+}
+
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(extractEmailsCmd)
+
+	extractEmailsCmd.Flags().String("json-directory", "", "Directory containing the podcast JSON files")
+	extractEmailsCmd.Flags().String("output", "", "Optional: Output file to write results (if not provided, prints to stdout)")
+
+	extractEmailsCmd.MarkFlagRequired("json-directory")
+}
+
+func cmdExtractEmails(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	jsonDir, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("json-directory")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	outputFile, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("output")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Reading files with extension %s from directory %s", libIO.JSONExtension, jsonDir)
+	jsonFiles, err := libIO.GetAllFilesFromDirectory(jsonDir, libIO.JSONExtension)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	log.Printf("%d files found with extension %s in directory %s", len(jsonFiles), libIO.JSONExtension, jsonDir)
+
+	// Create RSS parser
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: 30 * time.Second}
+	fp := gofeed.NewParser()
+	fp.Client = client
+
+	var results []EmailResult
+
+	// Process each podcast file
+	for _, f := range jsonFiles {
+		absJsonFilePath := filepath.Join(jsonDir, f.Name())
+		log.Printf("Processing file %s", absJsonFilePath)
+		
+		jsonFileContent, err := os.ReadFile(absJsonFilePath)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Error reading file %s: %v", absJsonFilePath, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		podcastInfo := &PodcastInformation{}
+		err = json.Unmarshal(jsonFileContent, podcastInfo)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("Error unmarshaling JSON from %s: %v", absJsonFilePath, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if podcastInfo.RSSFeed == "" {
+			log.Printf("Skipping %s: no RSS feed URL", podcastInfo.Name)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		result := processRSSFeed(*podcastInfo, fp)
+		results = append(results, result)
+	}
+
+	// Output results
+	if outputFile != "" {
+		return writeResultsToFile(results, outputFile)
+	} else {
+		return printResults(results)
+	}
+}
+
+func processRSSFeed(podcast PodcastInformation, fp *gofeed.Parser) EmailResult {
+	result := EmailResult{
+		PodcastName: podcast.Name,
+		RSSFeed:     podcast.RSSFeed,
+		Emails:      []string{},
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Parsing RSS feed for %s: %s", podcast.Name, podcast.RSSFeed)
+	
+	feed, err := fp.ParseURL(podcast.RSSFeed)
+	if err != nil {
+		result.Error = err.Error()
+		log.Printf("Error parsing RSS feed for %s: %v", podcast.Name, err)
+		return result
+	}
+
+	// Use maps to avoid duplicates
+	emails := make(map[string]bool)
+	authors := make(map[string]AuthorInfo) // Use email as key to avoid duplicates
+
+	// Check managingEditor and webMaster fields (available in custom fields for RSS)
+	if managingEditor, ok := feed.Custom["managingEditor"]; ok {
+		addEmailsFromText(managingEditor, emails)
+	}
+	if webMaster, ok := feed.Custom["webMaster"]; ok {
+		addEmailsFromText(webMaster, emails)
+	}
+
+	// Check author fields
+	if feed.Author != nil {
+		if feed.Author.Email != "" {
+			emails[feed.Author.Email] = true
+			authors[feed.Author.Email] = AuthorInfo{
+				Name:  feed.Author.Name,
+				Email: feed.Author.Email,
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	for _, author := range feed.Authors {
+		if author.Email != "" {
+			emails[author.Email] = true
+			authors[author.Email] = AuthorInfo{
+				Name:  author.Name,
+				Email: author.Email,
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Check description for emails
+	if feed.Description != "" {
+		addEmailsFromText(feed.Description, emails)
+	}
+
+	// Check iTunes fields
+	if feed.ITunesExt != nil {
+		if feed.ITunesExt.Owner != nil && feed.ITunesExt.Owner.Email != "" {
+			emails[feed.ITunesExt.Owner.Email] = true
+			authors[feed.ITunesExt.Owner.Email] = AuthorInfo{
+				Name:  feed.ITunesExt.Owner.Name,
+				Email: feed.ITunesExt.Owner.Email,
+			}
+		}
+		if feed.ITunesExt.Author != "" {
+			addEmailsFromText(feed.ITunesExt.Author, emails)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Check first 3 episodes for contact info
+	episodesToCheck := len(feed.Items)
+	if episodesToCheck > 3 {
+		episodesToCheck = 3
+	}
+	
+	for i := 0; i < episodesToCheck; i++ {
+		item := feed.Items[i]
+		
+		if item.Author != nil && item.Author.Email != "" {
+			emails[item.Author.Email] = true
+			authors[item.Author.Email] = AuthorInfo{
+				Name:  item.Author.Name,
+				Email: item.Author.Email,
+			}
+		}
+		for _, author := range item.Authors {
+			if author.Email != "" {
+				emails[author.Email] = true
+				authors[author.Email] = AuthorInfo{
+					Name:  author.Name,
+					Email: author.Email,
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if item.Description != "" {
+			addEmailsFromText(item.Description, emails)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Convert maps to slices
+	for email := range emails {
+		result.Emails = append(result.Emails, email)
+	}
+	
+	for _, author := range authors {
+		result.Authors = append(result.Authors, author)
+	}
+
+	if len(result.Emails) > 0 {
+		log.Printf("Found %d email(s) and %d author(s) for %s: %v", len(result.Emails), len(result.Authors), podcast.Name, result.Emails)
+	} else {
+		log.Printf("No emails found for %s", podcast.Name)
+	}
+
+	return result
+}
+
+func addEmailsFromText(text string, emails map[string]bool) {
+	// Regular expression to match email addresses
+	emailRegex := regexp.MustCompile(`[a-zA-Z0-9._%+-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,}`)
+	matches := emailRegex.FindAllString(text, -1)
+	
+	for _, match := range matches {
+		// Clean up the email (remove any trailing punctuation)
+		email := strings.Trim(match, ".,;!?")
+		emails[email] = true
+	}
+}
+
+func writeResultsToFile(results []EmailResult, filename string) error {
+	file, err := os.Create(filename)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	encoder := json.NewEncoder(file)
+	encoder.SetIndent("", "  ")
+	
+	if err := encoder.Encode(results); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Results written to %s", filename)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func printResults(results []EmailResult) error {
+	// Print summary to stderr so JSON can be piped cleanly
+	log.Printf("Found emails from %d podcasts", len(results))
+	
+	foundEmails := 0
+	totalEmails := 0
+	for _, result := range results {
+		if len(result.Emails) > 0 {
+			foundEmails++
+			totalEmails += len(result.Emails)
+		}
+	}
+	log.Printf("Emails found in %d/%d podcasts (%d total emails)", foundEmails, len(results), totalEmails)
+
+	// Print JSON to stdout
+	encoder := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
+	encoder.SetIndent("", "  ")
+	return encoder.Encode(results)
+}
diff --git a/app/go.mod b/app/go.mod
index 9bf3bd60..ae210cc1 100644
--- a/app/go.mod
+++ b/app/go.mod
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 module github.com/EngineeringKiosk/GermanTechPodcasts
 
-go 1.25
+go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/gosimple/slug v1.15.0
-	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.10.1
+	github.com/mmcdole/gofeed v1.3.0
+	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/PuerkitoBio/goquery v1.8.0 // indirect
+	github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/gosimple/unidecode v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.12 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.10 // indirect
+	github.com/mmcdole/goxpp v1.1.1-0.20240225020742-a0c311522b23 // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/concurrent v0.0.0-20180306012644-bacd9c7ef1dd // indirect
+	github.com/modern-go/reflect2 v1.0.2 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.4.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.5.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/app/go.sum b/app/go.sum
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+++ b/app/go.sum
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