diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/CoverFragment.java b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/CoverFragment.java
index d77c3c4f3..7538b42d0 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/CoverFragment.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/fragment/CoverFragment.java
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.widget.ImageView;
 import android.widget.LinearLayout;
 import android.widget.TextView;
-
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
 import androidx.annotation.Nullable;
 import androidx.fragment.app.Fragment;
-
 import com.bumptech.glide.Glide;
 import com.bumptech.glide.load.resource.bitmap.FitCenter;
 import com.bumptech.glide.load.resource.bitmap.RoundedCorners;
@@ -25,9 +23,11 @@ import com.bumptech.glide.RequestBuilder;
 import com.bumptech.glide.request.RequestOptions;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.R;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.event.PlaybackPositionEvent;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.feed.FeedMedia;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.feed.util.ImageResourceUtils;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.glide.ApGlideSettings;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.util.ChapterUtils;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.util.DateUtils;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.util.EmbeddedChapterImage;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.util.playback.Playable;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.util.playback.PlaybackController;
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import io.reactivex.Maybe;
 import io.reactivex.android.schedulers.AndroidSchedulers;
 import io.reactivex.disposables.Disposable;
 import io.reactivex.schedulers.Schedulers;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.greenrobot.eventbus.EventBus;
 import org.greenrobot.eventbus.Subscribe;
 import org.greenrobot.eventbus.ThreadMode;
@@ -93,7 +94,12 @@ public class CoverFragment extends Fragment {
     }
 
     private void displayMediaInfo(@NonNull Playable media) {
-        txtvPodcastTitle.setText(media.getFeedTitle());
+        String pubDateStr = DateUtils.formatAbbrev(getActivity(), ((FeedMedia) media).getPubDate());
+        txtvPodcastTitle.setText(StringUtils.stripToEmpty(media.getFeedTitle())
+                + "\u00A0"
+                + "・"
+                + "\u00A0"
+                + StringUtils.replace(StringUtils.stripToEmpty(pubDateStr), " ", "\u00A0"));
         txtvEpisodeTitle.setText(media.getEpisodeTitle());
         displayedChapterIndex = -2; // Force refresh
         displayCoverImage(media.getPosition());
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/feed/FeedMedia.java b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/feed/FeedMedia.java
index 4857e899d..b3b3d5c7a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/feed/FeedMedia.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/feed/FeedMedia.java
@@ -477,6 +477,18 @@ public class FeedMedia extends FeedFile implements Playable {
         return item.getPaymentLink();
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Date getPubDate() {
+        if (item == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (item.getPubDate() != null) {
+            return item.getPubDate();
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean localFileAvailable() {
         return isDownloaded() && file_url != null;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/ExternalMedia.java b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/ExternalMedia.java
index 6c107996f..39fceb27c 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/ExternalMedia.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/ExternalMedia.java
@@ -6,10 +6,16 @@ import android.content.SharedPreferences.Editor;
 import android.media.MediaMetadataRetriever;
 import android.os.Parcel;
 import android.os.Parcelable;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.feed.Chapter;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.feed.MediaType;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.util.ChapterUtils;
+import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.util.DateUtils;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
 import org.apache.commons.io.FilenameUtils;
 
@@ -25,6 +31,7 @@ public class ExternalMedia implements Playable {
     private String episodeTitle;
     private String feedTitle;
     private MediaType mediaType;
+    private Date pubDate;
     private List<Chapter> chapters;
     private int duration;
     private int position;
@@ -99,6 +106,19 @@ public class ExternalMedia implements Playable {
             e.printStackTrace();
             throw new PlayableException("NumberFormatException when reading duration of media file");
         }
+
+        String dateStr = mmr.extractMetadata(MediaMetadataRetriever.METADATA_KEY_DATE);
+        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(dateStr)) {
+            try {
+                SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd'T'HHmmss", Locale.getDefault());
+                pubDate = simpleDateFormat.parse(dateStr);
+            } catch (ParseException parseException) {
+                pubDate = DateUtils.parse(dateStr);
+            }
+        } else {
+            pubDate = null;
+        }
+
         setChapters(ChapterUtils.loadChaptersFromFileUrl(this));
     }
 
@@ -147,6 +167,11 @@ public class ExternalMedia implements Playable {
         return duration;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Date getPubDate() {
+        return pubDate;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public int getPosition() {
         return position;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/Playable.java b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/Playable.java
index 5b15913c8..59abdd10a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/Playable.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/danoeh/antennapod/core/util/playback/Playable.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.feed.MediaType;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.preferences.PlaybackPreferences;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.storage.DBReader;
 import de.danoeh.antennapod.core.util.ShownotesProvider;
-
+import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /**
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ public interface Playable extends Parcelable,
      */
     String getFeedTitle();
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the published date
+     */
+    Date getPubDate();
+
     /**
      * Returns a unique identifier, for example a file url or an ID from a
      * database.