diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/podcasts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/podcasts_controller.rb
index 178b33fc8..76cd1cf92 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/podcasts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/podcasts_controller.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ module Admin
       authorize_resource(resource)
 
       if resource.save
-        Podcasts::GetEpisodesJob.perform_later(podcast_id: resource.id) if resource.published
+        Podcasts::GetEpisodesWorker.perform_async(podcast_id: resource.id) if resource.published
         redirect_to(
           [namespace, resource],
           notice: translate_with_resource("create.success"),
diff --git a/app/jobs/podcasts/get_episodes_job.rb b/app/jobs/podcasts/get_episodes_job.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 699e308eb..000000000
--- a/app/jobs/podcasts/get_episodes_job.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-module Podcasts
-  class GetEpisodesJob < ApplicationJob
-    queue_as :podcasts_get_episodes
-
-    def perform(podcast_id:, limit: 1000, force_update: false, feed: Podcasts::Feed)
-      podcast = Podcast.find_by(id: podcast_id)
-      return unless podcast
-
-      feed.new(podcast).get_episodes(limit: limit, force_update: force_update)
-    end
-  end
-end
diff --git a/app/workers/podcasts/get_episodes_worker.rb b/app/workers/podcasts/get_episodes_worker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11d0928e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/podcasts/get_episodes_worker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module Podcasts
+  class GetEpisodesWorker
+    include Sidekiq::Worker
+
+    sidekiq_options queue: :high_priority, retry: 10
+
+    # podcast_data should be a Hash with keys :podcast_id, :limit, and :force_update
+    # :limit and :force_update are both optional - there are default values
+    def perform(podcast_data = {})
+      # Sidekiq turns arguments into Strings so the Ruby keyword argument sorcery doesn't work here
+      # prevent any mismatch between String keys and Symbol keys
+      podcast_data.symbolize_keys!
+
+      podcast_id = podcast_data[:podcast_id]
+      limit = podcast_data[:limit] || 1_000
+      force_update = podcast_data[:force_update] || false
+
+      podcast = Podcast.find_by(id: podcast_id)
+      return unless podcast
+
+      Podcasts::Feed.new(podcast).get_episodes(limit: limit, force_update: force_update)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/fetch.rake b/lib/tasks/fetch.rake
index 135d6bd05..cd1810551 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/fetch.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/fetch.rake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ desc "This task is called by the Heroku scheduler add-on"
 
 task get_podcast_episodes: :environment do
   Podcast.published.select(:id).find_each do |podcast|
-    Podcasts::GetEpisodesJob.perform_later(podcast_id: podcast.id, limit: 5)
+    Podcasts::GetEpisodesWorker.perform_async({ podcast_id: podcast.id, limit: 5 })
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/requests/admin/podcasts_spec.rb b/spec/requests/admin/podcasts_spec.rb
index 010fc1189..5fc069b07 100644
--- a/spec/requests/admin/podcasts_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/admin/podcasts_spec.rb
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ RSpec.describe "Admin::Podcasts", type: :request do
     end
 
     it "enqueues a job after creating a podcast" do
-      expect do
+      sidekiq_assert_enqueued_jobs(1, only: Podcasts::GetEpisodesWorker) do
         post "/admin/podcasts", params: { podcast: valid_attributes }
-      end.to have_enqueued_job(Podcasts::GetEpisodesJob).exactly(:once)
+      end
     end
 
     it "doesn't enqueue a job when creating an unpublished podcast" do
       valid_attributes[:published] = false
-      expect do
+      sidekiq_assert_no_enqueued_jobs(only: Podcasts::GetEpisodesWorker) do
         post "/admin/podcasts", params: { podcast: valid_attributes }
-      end.not_to have_enqueued_job(Podcasts::GetEpisodesJob)
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/jobs/podcasts/get_episodes_job_spec.rb b/spec/workers/podcasts/get_episodes_worker_spec.rb
similarity index 50%
rename from spec/jobs/podcasts/get_episodes_job_spec.rb
rename to spec/workers/podcasts/get_episodes_worker_spec.rb
index b2eed9616..1d06d341f 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/podcasts/get_episodes_job_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/workers/podcasts/get_episodes_worker_spec.rb
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 require "rails_helper"
 
-RSpec.describe Podcasts::GetEpisodesJob, type: :job do
-  include_examples "#enqueues_job", "podcasts_get_episodes", podcast_id: 10
+RSpec.describe Podcasts::GetEpisodesWorker, type: :worker do
+  # Passing in a random podcast_data since the worker doesn't actually run
+  include_examples "#enqueues_on_correct_queue", "high_priority", [{ podcast_id: 456, limit: 999, force_update: false }]
 
-  describe "#perform_now" do
+  describe "#perform" do
     let(:podcast) { create(:podcast) }
     let(:feed) { instance_double(Podcasts::Feed) }
+    let(:worker) { subject }
 
     before do
       allow(Podcasts::Feed).to receive(:new).and_return(feed)
@@ -13,12 +15,12 @@ RSpec.describe Podcasts::GetEpisodesJob, type: :job do
     end
 
     it "calls the service" do
-      described_class.perform_now(podcast_id: podcast.id, limit: 5, force_update: true)
+      worker.perform(podcast_id: podcast.id, limit: 5, force_update: true)
       expect(feed).to have_received(:get_episodes)
     end
 
     it "doesn't call the service when the podcast is not found" do
-      described_class.perform_now(podcast_id: Podcast.maximum(:id).to_i + 1, limit: 5)
+      worker.perform(podcast_id: Podcast.maximum(:id).to_i + 1, limit: 5)
       expect(feed).not_to have_received(:get_episodes)
     end
   end