diff --git a/hammond-data/src/models/episode.rs b/hammond-data/src/models/episode.rs
index 2ae3796..10634c7 100644
--- a/hammond-data/src/models/episode.rs
+++ b/hammond-data/src/models/episode.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use diesel::prelude::*;
 use database::connection;
 use errors::*;
 use models::Podcast;
+use models::new_episode::{NewEpisodeMinimal, NewEpisodeMinimalBuilder};
 use schema::episode;
 
 #[derive(Queryable, Identifiable, AsChangeset, Associations, PartialEq)]
@@ -411,3 +412,86 @@ impl EpisodeCleanerQuery {
             .execute(&*tempdb)?)
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Queryable, AsChangeset, PartialEq)]
+#[table_name = "episode"]
+#[changeset_options(treat_none_as_null = "true")]
+#[primary_key(title, podcast_id)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+/// Diesel Model to be used for FIXME.
+pub struct EpisodeMinimal {
+    rowid: i32,
+    title: String,
+    uri: Option<String>,
+    epoch: i32,
+    duration: Option<i32>,
+    guid: Option<String>,
+    podcast_id: i32,
+}
+
+impl From<Episode> for EpisodeMinimal {
+    fn from(e: Episode) -> Self {
+        EpisodeMinimal {
+            rowid: e.rowid,
+            title: e.title,
+            uri: e.uri,
+            guid: e.guid,
+            epoch: e.epoch,
+            duration: e.duration,
+            podcast_id: e.podcast_id,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Into<NewEpisodeMinimal> for EpisodeMinimal {
+    fn into(self) -> NewEpisodeMinimal {
+        NewEpisodeMinimalBuilder::default()
+            .title(self.title)
+            .uri(self.uri)
+            .guid(self.guid)
+            .epoch(self.epoch)
+            .duration(self.duration)
+            .podcast_id(self.podcast_id)
+            .build()
+            .unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
+impl EpisodeMinimal {
+    /// Get the value of the sqlite's `ROW_ID`
+    pub fn rowid(&self) -> i32 {
+        self.rowid
+    }
+
+    /// Get the value of the `title` field.
+    pub fn title(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.title
+    }
+
+    /// Get the value of the `uri`.
+    ///
+    /// Represents the url(usually) that the media file will be located at.
+    pub fn uri(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.uri.as_ref().map(|s| s.as_str())
+    }
+
+    /// Get the `epoch` value.
+    ///
+    /// Retrieved from the rss Item publish date.
+    /// Value is set to Utc whenever possible.
+    pub fn epoch(&self) -> i32 {
+        self.epoch
+    }
+
+    /// Get the `duration` value.
+    ///
+    /// The number represents the duration of the item/episode in seconds.
+    pub fn duration(&self) -> Option<i32> {
+        self.duration
+    }
+
+    /// `Podcast` table foreign key.
+    pub fn podcast_id(&self) -> i32 {
+        self.podcast_id
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hammond-data/src/models/mod.rs b/hammond-data/src/models/mod.rs
index e121734..1d9a4e6 100644
--- a/hammond-data/src/models/mod.rs
+++ b/hammond-data/src/models/mod.rs
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@ pub(crate) use self::new_episode::{NewEpisode, NewEpisodeMinimal};
 pub(crate) use self::new_podcast::NewPodcast;
 pub(crate) use self::new_source::NewSource;
 
-pub use self::episode::{Episode, EpisodeWidgetQuery};
+pub use self::episode::{Episode, EpisodeMinimal, EpisodeWidgetQuery};
 pub(crate) use self::episode::EpisodeCleanerQuery;
 pub use self::podcast::{Podcast, PodcastCoverQuery};
 pub use self::source::Source;
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
-enum IndexState<T> {
+pub enum IndexState<T> {
     Index(T),
     Update(T),
     NotChanged,
diff --git a/hammond-data/src/models/new_episode.rs b/hammond-data/src/models/new_episode.rs
index e0650a7..1933de6 100644
--- a/hammond-data/src/models/new_episode.rs
+++ b/hammond-data/src/models/new_episode.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ use rss;
 
 use dbqueries;
 use errors::*;
-use models::{Insert, Update};
-use models::Episode;
+use models::{Episode, Insert, Update};
 use parser;
 use utils::{replace_extra_spaces, url_cleaner};
 
@@ -168,10 +167,8 @@ impl NewEpisodeMinimal {
             bail!("No url specified for the item.")
         };
 
-        let date = parse_rfc822(
-            // Default to rfc2822 represantation of epoch 0.
-            item.pub_date().unwrap_or("Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000"),
-        );
+        // Default to rfc2822 represantation of epoch 0.
+        let date = parse_rfc822(item.pub_date().unwrap_or("Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000"));
         // Should treat information from the rss feeds as invalid by default.
         // Case: Thu, 05 Aug 2016 06:00:00 -0400 <-- Actually that was friday.
         let epoch = date.map(|x| x.timestamp() as i32).unwrap_or(0);
@@ -216,3 +213,27 @@ impl NewEpisodeMinimal {
             .unwrap()
     }
 }
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+// Ignore the following getters. They are used in unit tests mainly.
+impl NewEpisodeMinimal {
+    pub(crate) fn title(&self) -> &str {
+        self.title.as_ref()
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn uri(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.uri.as_ref().map(|s| s.as_str())
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn guid(&self) -> Option<&str> {
+        self.guid.as_ref().map(|s| s.as_str())
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn epoch(&self) -> i32 {
+        self.epoch
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn podcast_id(&self) -> i32 {
+        self.podcast_id
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hammond-data/src/schema.rs b/hammond-data/src/schema.rs
index d50a2f5..cf22457 100644
--- a/hammond-data/src/schema.rs
+++ b/hammond-data/src/schema.rs
@@ -38,3 +38,5 @@ table! {
         http_etag -> Nullable<Text>,
     }
 }
+
+allow_tables_to_appear_in_same_query!(episode, podcast, source,);