diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ff0a81b..718423d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ To access the podcast episodes, call `getEpisodes` on the `Poddle` object:
 $episodes = $poddle->getEpisodes();
 ```
 
+By default, `getEpisodes` will throw an error if any of the episodes is malformed. If you want a more forgiving behavior, pass `true` into the call to silently ignore the invalid episodes.
+
 This method returns a [lazy collection](https://laravel.com/docs/11.x/collections#lazy-collections) of `\PhanAn\Poddle\Values\Episode` objects. You can iterate over the collection to access each episode:
 
 ```php
diff --git a/src/Poddle.php b/src/Poddle.php
index 4d8242d..7ebd73d 100644
--- a/src/Poddle.php
+++ b/src/Poddle.php
@@ -59,11 +59,19 @@ public function getChannel(): Channel
         );
     }
 
-    public function getEpisodes(): EpisodeCollection
+    public function getEpisodes(bool $ignoreInvalids = false): EpisodeCollection
     {
-        return new EpisodeCollection(function (): Generator {
+        return new EpisodeCollection(function () use ($ignoreInvalids): Generator {
             foreach ($this->xmlReader->element('rss.channel.item')->collectLazy() as $item) {
-                yield Episode::fromXmlElement($item);
+                try {
+                    yield Episode::fromXmlElement($item);
+                } catch (Throwable $e) {
+                    if ($ignoreInvalids) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    throw $e;
+                }
             }
         });
     }