diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/stitcher.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/stitcher.py
index 3044aaa42..1866b5ee5 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/stitcher.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/stitcher.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
 from .common import InfoExtractor
+import re
 
 
 class StitcherIE(InfoExtractor):
-    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?stitcher\.com/podcast/[\/a-z\-]+\d+\?.+'
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?stitcher\.com/podcast/[\/a-z\-]+(?P<id>\d+)|\?[a-z=]+'
     _TEST = {
         'url': 'http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-talking-machines/e/40789481?autoplay=true',
         'md5': '391dd4e021e6edeb7b8e68fbf2e9e940',
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ class StitcherIE(InfoExtractor):
     }
 
     def _real_extract(self, url):
-        audio_id = self._search_regex(r'[a-z\/\-\:\/\/.]+?(\d+?)\?.+', url, "audio_id")
+        audio_id = self._match_id(url)
 
         webpage = self._download_webpage(url, audio_id)
 
         title = self._og_search_title(webpage)
-        url = self._search_regex(r'[\s\S]*episodeURL: "(.+?)"[\s\S]*', webpage, 'url')
-        episode_image = self._search_regex(r'[\s\S]*episodeImage: "(.+?)"[\s\S]*', webpage, 'thumbnail')
-        duration = int(self._search_regex(r'[\s\S]*duration: (\d+?),[\s\S]*', webpage, 'duration')) / 60
+        url = self._search_regex(r'episodeURL: "(.+?)"', webpage, 'url')
+        episode_image = self._search_regex(r'episodeImage: "(.+?)"', webpage, 'episode_image', fatal=False)
+        duration = self._search_regex(r'simpleDuration: "(\d+?) minutes"', webpage, 'duration', fatal=False)
 
         return {
             'id': audio_id,