diff --git a/app/Helpers/rss_helper.php b/app/Helpers/rss_helper.php
index 502b2f7b875274c322513b94737034194055b3c9..e785206ccf95ecd9823e5e208b6e1204a4f911e6 100644
--- a/app/Helpers/rss_helper.php
+++ b/app/Helpers/rss_helper.php
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ if (! function_exists('get_rss_feed')) {
                 }
             }
             $item->addChildWithCDATA('description', $episode->getDescriptionHtml($serviceSlug));
-            $item->addChild('duration', $episode->audio_file_duration, $itunesNamespace);
+            $item->addChild('duration', (string) $episode->audio_file_duration, $itunesNamespace);
             $item->addChild('link', $episode->link);
             $episodeItunesImage = $item->addChild('image', null, $itunesNamespace);
             $episodeItunesImage->addAttribute('href', $episode->image->feed_url);
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ if (! function_exists('get_rss_feed')) {
                 );
 
             $episode->number &&
-                $item->addChild('episode', $episode->number, $itunesNamespace);
+                $item->addChild('episode', (string) $episode->number, $itunesNamespace);
             $episode->season_number &&
-                $item->addChild('season', $episode->season_number, $itunesNamespace);
+                $item->addChild('season', (string) $episode->season_number, $itunesNamespace);
             $item->addChild('episodeType', $episode->type, $itunesNamespace);
 
             // add link to episode comments as podcast-activity format
@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ if (! function_exists('get_rss_feed')) {
 
             foreach ($episode->soundbites as $soundbite) {
                 $soundbiteElement = $item->addChild('soundbite', $soundbite->label, $podcastNamespace);
-                $soundbiteElement->addAttribute('start_time', $soundbite->start_time);
-                $soundbiteElement->addAttribute('duration', $soundbite->duration);
+                $soundbiteElement->addAttribute('start_time', (string) $soundbite->start_time);
+                $soundbiteElement->addAttribute('duration', (string) $soundbite->duration);
             }
 
             foreach ($episode->persons as $person) {