['On February 1, New York City lost Edward Irving Koch, one of the most colorful and controversial mayors in its history. Koch was born in the Bronx, raised in Newark, and then returned to the Big Apple where he launched his political career. Koch, who was 88, ran City Hall from 1978 to 1989.', OrderedDict([('@xmlns:itunes', 'http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd'), ('#text', 'On February 1, New York City lost Edward Irving Koch, one of the most colorful and controversial mayors in its history. Koch was born in the Bronx, raised in Newark, and then returned to the Big Apple where he launched his political career. Koch, who was 88, ran City Hall from 1978 to 1989.')])]