diff --git a/lib/Parser/Construct.php b/lib/Parser/Construct.php
index d74929f..f5c117e 100644
--- a/lib/Parser/Construct.php
+++ b/lib/Parser/Construct.php
@@ -34,14 +34,13 @@ trait Construct {
      * Accepts IDN hosts and Unicode localparts
      */
     protected function validateMail(string $addr): bool {
-        $out = preg_match("/^(.+?)@([^@]+)$/", $addr, $match);
-        if (!$out) {
+        if (!preg_match("/^(.+?)@([^@]+)$/", $addr, $match)) {
             return false;
         }
         $local = $match[1];
         $domain = $match[2];
         // PHP's filter_var does not accept IDN hosts, so we have to perform an IDNA transformation first
-        $domain = idn_to_ascii($domain, \IDNA_NONTRANSITIONAL_TO_ASCII | \IDNA_CHECK_BIDI | \IDNA_CHECK_CONTEXTJ, \INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_UTS46); // settings for IDNA2008 algorithm (I think)
+        $domain = idn_to_ascii($domain, \IDNA_NONTRANSITIONAL_TO_ASCII | \IDNA_CHECK_BIDI | \IDNA_CHECK_CONTEXTJ, \INTL_IDNA_VARIANT_UTS46);
         if ($domain !== false) {
             $addr = "$local@$domain";
             return (bool) filter_var($addr, \FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL, \FILTER_FLAG_EMAIL_UNICODE);
diff --git a/lib/Parser/XML/Construct.php b/lib/Parser/XML/Construct.php
index 14f24c0..7224b05 100644
--- a/lib/Parser/XML/Construct.php
+++ b/lib/Parser/XML/Construct.php
@@ -146,6 +146,65 @@ abstract class Construct {
         return null;
     }
 
+    /** Finds and parses RSS person-texts and returns a collection of person objects
+     *
+     * Each can have a name, e-mail address, or both
+     *
+     * The following forms will yield both a name and address:
+     *
+     * - user@example.com (Full Name)
+     * - Full Name <user@example.com>
+     * - Full Name <mailto:user@example.com>
+     */
+    protected function fetchPeople(string $query, string $role): ?PersonCollection {
+        $out = new PersonCollection;
+        foreach ($this->fetchString($query, ".+", true) ?? [] as $person) {
+            if (!strlen($person)) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $p = new Person;
+            if (preg_match("/^([^@\s]+@\S+) \((.+?)\)$/", $person, $match)) { // tests "user@example.com (Full Name)" form
+                if ($this->validateMail($match[1])) {
+                    $p->name = trim($match[2]);
+                    $p->mail = $match[1];
+                } else {
+                    $p->name = $person;
+                }
+            } elseif (preg_match("/^((?:\S|\s(?!<))+) <(?:mailto:)?([^>]+)>$/", $person, $match)) { // tests "Full Name <user@example.com>" form
+                if ($this->validateMail($match[2])) {
+                    $p->name = trim($match[1]);
+                    $p->mail = $match[2];
+                } else {
+                    $p->name = $person;
+                }
+            } elseif ($this->validateMail($person)) {
+                $p->name = $person;
+                $p->mail = $person;
+            } else {
+                $p->name = $person;
+            }
+            $p->role = $role;
+            $out[] = $p;
+        }
+        return count($out) ? $out : null;
+    }
+
+    /** Returns at most a single person: podcasts implicitly have only one author or webmaster */
+    protected function fetchPodPerson(string $prefix, string $role): ?PersonCollection {
+        assert(in_array($prefix, ["apple", "gplay"]));
+        assert(in_array($role, ["author", "webmaster"]));
+        $prefix = ($role === "webmaster") ? "$prefix:owner/$prefix" : $prefix;
+        $out = new PersonCollection;
+        $p = new Person;
+        $p->name = $this->fetchString("$prefix:author", ".+") ?? "";
+        $p->mail = $this->fetchString("$prefix:email", "[^@]+@.+");
+        $p->role = $role;
+        if (strlen($p->name)) {
+            $out[] = $p;
+        }
+        return count($out) ? $out : null;
+    }
+
     /** Returns a node-list of Atom link elements with the desired relation or equivalents.
      *
      * Links without an href attribute are excluded.
@@ -262,6 +321,23 @@ abstract class Construct {
         return $populated ? $out : null;
     }
 
+    /** Finds and parses Atom person-constructs, and returns a collection of Person objects */
+    protected function fetchAtomPeople(string $query, string $role): ?PersonCollection {
+        $nodes = $this->xpath->query($query, $this->subject);
+        $out = new PersonCollection;
+        foreach ($nodes as $node) {
+            $p = new Person;
+            $p->mail = $this->fetchString("atom:email", $node);;
+            $p->name = $this->fetchString("atom:name", $node) ?? $p->mail;
+            $p->url = $this->fetchUrl("atom:uri", $node);
+            $p->role = $role;
+            if (strlen($p->name ?? "")) {
+                $out[] = $p;
+            }
+        }
+        return count($out) ? $out : null;
+    }
+
     /** Primitive to fetch an Atom feed/entry identifier */
     protected function getIdAtom(): ?string {
         return $this->fetchString("atom:id", ".+");
diff --git a/lib/Parser/XML/Feed.php b/lib/Parser/XML/Feed.php
index 28022d4..1c6d6b7 100644
--- a/lib/Parser/XML/Feed.php
+++ b/lib/Parser/XML/Feed.php
@@ -194,10 +194,26 @@ class Feed extends Construct implements \MensBeam\Lax\Parser\Feed {
     }
 
     public function getPeople(): PersonCollection {
-        $authors = $this->getAuthorsAtom() ?? $this->getAuthorsDC() ?? $this->getAuthorsPod() ?? $this->getAuthorsRss2() ?? new PersonCollection;
-        $contributors = $this->getContributorsAtom() ?? $this->getContributorsDC() ?? new PersonCollection;
-        $editors = $this->getEditorsRss2() ?? new PersonCollection;
-        $webmasters = $this->getWebmastersPod() ?? $this->getWebmastersRss2() ?? new PersonCollection;
+        $authors = 
+            $this->fetchAtomPeople("atom:author", "author")     // Atom authors
+            ?? $this->fetchPeople("dc:creator", "author")       // Dublin Core creators
+            ?? $this->fetchPeople("rss2:author", "author")      // RSS 2.0 authors
+            ?? $this->fetchPodPerson("gplay", "author")         // Google Play author
+            ?? $this->fetchPodPerson("apple", "author")         // iTunes author
+            ?? new PersonCollection;
+        $contributors = 
+            $this->fetchAtomPeople("atom:contributor", "contributor")   // Atom contributors
+            ?? $this->fetchPeople("dc:contributor", "contributor")      // Dublin Core contributors
+            ?? new PersonCollection;
+        $editors = 
+            $this->fetchPeople("rss2:managingEditor", "editor")     // RSS 2.0 editors
+            ?? $this->fetchPeople("dc:publisher", "editor")         // Dublin Core publishers
+            ?? new PersonCollection;
+        $webmasters = 
+            $this->fetchPeople("rss2:webMaster", "webmaster")   // RSS 2.0 authors
+            ?? $this->fetchPodPerson("gplay", "webmaster")      // Google Play author
+            ?? $this->fetchPodPerson("apple", "webmaster")      // iTunes author
+            ?? new PersonCollection;
         return $authors->merge($contributors, $editors, $webmasters);
     }