diff --git a/Evergreen/FeedList/FeedListFeed.swift b/Evergreen/FeedList/FeedListFeed.swift
index 8a0b658ad..017f32bfb 100644
--- a/Evergreen/FeedList/FeedListFeed.swift
+++ b/Evergreen/FeedList/FeedListFeed.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,13 @@
 
 import Foundation
 import RSCore
+import RSParser
+import RSWeb
+
+extension Notification.Name {
+
+	public static let FeedListFeedDidBecomeAvailable = Notification.Name(rawValue: "FeedListFeedDidBecomeAvailable")
+}
 
 final class FeedListFeed: Hashable, DisplayNameProvider {
 
@@ -15,6 +22,13 @@ final class FeedListFeed: Hashable, DisplayNameProvider {
 	let url: String
 	let homePageURL: String
 	let hashValue: Int
+	var lastDownloadAttemptDate: Date? = nil
+
+	var parsedFeed: ParsedFeed? = nil {
+		didSet {
+			postFeedListFeedDidBecomeAvailableNotification()
+		}
+	}
 
 	var nameForDisplay: String { // DisplayNameProvider
 		get {
@@ -46,8 +60,52 @@ final class FeedListFeed: Hashable, DisplayNameProvider {
 		self.init(name: name, url: url, homePageURL: homePageURL)
 	}
 
+	func downloadIfNeeded() {
+
+		guard let lastDownloadAttemptDate = lastDownloadAttemptDate else {
+			downloadFeed()
+			return
+		}
+
+		let cutoffDate = Date().addingTimeInterval(-(30 * 60)) // 30 minutes in the past
+		if lastDownloadAttemptDate < cutoffDate {
+			downloadFeed()
+		}
+	}
+
 	static func ==(lhs: FeedListFeed, rhs: FeedListFeed) -> Bool {
 
 		return lhs.hashValue == rhs.hashValue && lhs.url == rhs.url && lhs.name == rhs.name && lhs.homePageURL == rhs.homePageURL
 	}
 }
+
+private extension FeedListFeed {
+
+	func postFeedListFeedDidBecomeAvailableNotification() {
+
+		NotificationCenter.default.post(name: .FeedListFeedDidBecomeAvailable, object: self, userInfo: nil)
+	}
+
+	func downloadFeed() {
+
+		lastDownloadAttemptDate = Date()
+		guard let feedURL = URL(string: url) else {
+			return
+		}
+
+		downloadUsingCache(feedURL) { (data, response, error) in
+
+			guard let data = data, error == nil else {
+				return
+			}
+			
+			let parserData = ParserData(url: self.url, data: data)
+			FeedParser.parse(parserData) { (parsedFeed, error) in
+
+				if let parsedFeed = parsedFeed, parsedFeed.items.count > 0 {
+					self.parsedFeed = parsedFeed
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/Evergreen/FeedList/FeedListTimelineViewController.swift b/Evergreen/FeedList/FeedListTimelineViewController.swift
index 29bcacbbc..534a62410 100644
--- a/Evergreen/FeedList/FeedListTimelineViewController.swift
+++ b/Evergreen/FeedList/FeedListTimelineViewController.swift
@@ -10,8 +10,47 @@ import Cocoa
 
 final class FeedListTimelineViewController: NSViewController {
 
+	var selectedFeed: FeedListFeed? = nil {
+		didSet {
+			if let selectedFeed = selectedFeed {
+				selectedFeed.downloadIfNeeded()
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	override func viewDidLoad() {
 
 		view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
+
+		NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(sidebarSelectionDidChange(_:)), name: .FeedListSidebarSelectionDidChange, object: nil)
+
+		NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(self, selector: #selector(feedDidBecomeAvailable(_:)), name: .FeedListFeedDidBecomeAvailable, object: nil)
+	}
+
+	@objc func feedDidBecomeAvailable(_ note: Notification) {
+
+		guard let feed = note.object as? FeedListFeed else {
+			return
+		}
+
+		if feed == selectedFeed {
+			reloadTimeline()
+		}
+	}
+
+	@objc func sidebarSelectionDidChange(_ note: Notification) {
+
+		guard let feed = note.userInfo?[FeedListUserInfoKey.selectedObject] as? FeedListFeed else {
+			selectedFeed = nil
+			return
+		}
+		selectedFeed = feed
+	}
+}
+
+private extension FeedListTimelineViewController {
+
+	func reloadTimeline() {
+		//
 	}
 }
diff --git a/Evergreen/FeedList/FeedListViewController.swift b/Evergreen/FeedList/FeedListViewController.swift
index ca295dd04..ef1c0abda 100644
--- a/Evergreen/FeedList/FeedListViewController.swift
+++ b/Evergreen/FeedList/FeedListViewController.swift
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ import Cocoa
 import RSTree
 import RSCore
 
+extension Notification.Name {
+
+	static let FeedListSidebarSelectionDidChange = Notification.Name(rawValue: "FeedListSidebarSelectionDidChange")
+}
+
+struct FeedListUserInfoKey {
+
+	static let selectedObject = "selectedObject"
+}
+
 final class FeedListViewController: NSViewController {
 
 	@IBOutlet var outlineView: NSOutlineView!
@@ -82,18 +92,16 @@ extension FeedListViewController: NSOutlineViewDelegate {
 
 	func outlineViewSelectionDidChange(_ notification: Notification) {
 
-//		// TODO: support multiple selection
-//
-//		let selectedRow = self.outlineView.selectedRow
-//
-//		if selectedRow < 0 || selectedRow == NSNotFound {
-//			postSidebarSelectionDidChangeNotification(nil)
-//			return
-//		}
-//
-//		if let selectedNode = self.outlineView.item(atRow: selectedRow) as? Node {
-//			postSidebarSelectionDidChangeNotification([selectedNode.representedObject])
-//		}
+		let selectedRow = self.outlineView.selectedRow
+
+		if selectedRow < 0 || selectedRow == NSNotFound {
+			postSidebarSelectionDidChangeNotification(nil)
+			return
+		}
+
+		if let selectedNode = self.outlineView.item(atRow: selectedRow) as? Node {
+			postSidebarSelectionDidChangeNotification(selectedNode.representedObject)
+		}
 	}
 
 	private func configure(_ cell: SidebarCell, _ node: Node) {
@@ -157,4 +165,15 @@ private extension FeedListViewController {
 			configure(cell, node)
 		}
 	}
+
+	func postSidebarSelectionDidChangeNotification(_ selectedObject: Any?) {
+
+		var userInfo = [AnyHashable: Any]()
+
+		if let selectedObject = selectedObject {
+			userInfo[FeedListUserInfoKey.selectedObject] = selectedObject
+		}
+
+		NotificationCenter.default.post(name: .FeedListSidebarSelectionDidChange, object: self, userInfo: userInfo)
+	}
 }