diff --git a/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Data/PodcastDbContext.cs b/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Data/PodcastDbContext.cs
index 432be7c..1e9df17 100644
--- a/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Data/PodcastDbContext.cs
+++ b/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Data/PodcastDbContext.cs
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Podcast.Infrastructure.Data.Models;
+using Podcast.Infrastructure.Http;
+using Podcast.Infrastructure.Http.Feeds;
 
 namespace Podcast.Infrastructure.Data;
 
 public class PodcastDbContext : DbContext
 {
+    private readonly ShowClient _showClient;
+
     protected PodcastDbContext()
     {
     }
 
-    public PodcastDbContext(DbContextOptions options) : base(options)
+    public PodcastDbContext(DbContextOptions options, ShowClient showClient) : base(options)
     {
+        _showClient = showClient;
     }
 
     public DbSet<Show> Shows => Set<Show>();
@@ -23,6 +28,7 @@ public class PodcastDbContext : DbContext
     {
         modelBuilder.Entity<Feed>().HasData(Seed.Feeds);
         modelBuilder.Entity<Category>().HasData(Seed.Categories);
+        modelBuilder.Entity<Show>().HasQueryFilter(show => _showClient.CheckLink(show.Link).Result);
         modelBuilder.Entity<FeedCategory>().HasData(Seed.FeedCategories);
         modelBuilder.Entity<FeedCategory>().HasKey(prop => new { prop.FeedId, prop.CategoryId });
         base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
diff --git a/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Http/Feeds/FeedClient.cs b/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Http/Feeds/FeedClient.cs
index 6c6515e..854ddd5 100644
--- a/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Http/Feeds/FeedClient.cs
+++ b/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Http/Feeds/FeedClient.cs
@@ -7,17 +7,6 @@ using Podcast.Infrastructure.Data.Models;
 
 namespace Podcast.Infrastructure.Http.Feeds;
 
-public class JitterHandler : DelegatingHandler
-{
-    protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-    {
-        // Who would do such a thing?!
-        // TODO fix this horrible perf leak!
-        await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(Random.Shared.NextInt64()));
-        return await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
-    }
-}
-
 public class FeedClient : IFeedClient
 {
     private static readonly XmlSerializer XmlSerializer = new(typeof(Rss));
diff --git a/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Http/ShowClient.cs b/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Http/ShowClient.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4f01bb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.Infrastructure/Http/ShowClient.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace Podcast.Infrastructure.Http
+{
+    public class JitterHandler : DelegatingHandler
+    {
+        protected override async Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+        {
+            // Who would do such a thing?!
+            // TODO fix this horrible perf leak!
+            await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(Random.Shared.NextInt64()));
+            return await base.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public class ShowClient
+    {
+        private readonly HttpClient _httpClient;
+
+        public ShowClient(HttpClient httpClient)
+        {
+            _httpClient = httpClient;
+        }
+
+        public async Task<bool> CheckLink(string showLink)
+        {
+            var response = await _httpClient.GetAsync(showLink, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead);
+            return response.IsSuccessStatusCode;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.MinimalAPI/Program.cs b/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.MinimalAPI/Program.cs
index 4a55b6a..6fd559e 100644
--- a/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.MinimalAPI/Program.cs
+++ b/src/Services/Podcasts/Podcast.MinimalAPI/Program.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.RateLimiting;
 using System.Threading.RateLimiting;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
 using Swashbuckle.AspNetCore.SwaggerGen;
+using Podcast.Infrastructure.Http;
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ var connectionString = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("PodcastDb")!;
 builder.Services.AddSqlServer<PodcastDbContext>(connectionString);
 var queueConnectionString = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("FeedQueue");
 builder.Services.AddSingleton(new QueueClient(queueConnectionString, "feed-queue"));
-builder.Services.AddHttpClient<IFeedClient, FeedClient>().AddHttpMessageHandler<JitterHandler>();
+builder.Services.AddHttpClient<IFeedClient, FeedClient>();
+builder.Services.AddHttpClient<ShowClient>().AddHttpMessageHandler<JitterHandler>();
 
 // Authentication and authorization-related services
 builder.Services.AddAuthentication().AddJwtBearer();