use XML::Simple; my $p= XML::Simple->new(); my $doc= $p->XMLin(shift); #### http://www.blahfoo.com/stuff/podtech.rss #### uft8 "\xE2" does not map to Unicode at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/XML/SAX/PurePerl/Reader/Stream.ps line 37