diff --git a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
index 2c83d33..947d12b 100644
--- a/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
+++ b/api/app/Http/Controllers/NewsController.php
@@ -168,6 +168,10 @@ QUERY;
               $podcast = app('db')->select(PodcastController::$BASE_SQL . ' AND `podcast`.`id` = :podcastId', ['podcastId' => $blogItem->podcast_id]);
               $podcast = count($podcast) ? $podcast[0] : null;
             }
+            else
+            {
+              $podcast = null;
+            }
 
             $result[] = new \Model\NewsItem($blogItem, $pictures, $podcast);
         }