diff --git a/workflow/process_episode.bash b/workflow/process_episode.bash
index 25b0909..51ce5e6 100755
--- a/workflow/process_episode.bash
+++ b/workflow/process_episode.bash
@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@ function check_variable_is_correct() {
           echo_error "The \"ep_num\" variable is not a valid number between 1 and 9999."
         fi
       ;;
+      
+      
       shownotes_edited)
         if [[ ! -s "${shownotes_edited}" || -z "${shownotes_edited}" ]]
         then
@@ -133,6 +135,11 @@ function check_variable_is_correct() {
         then
           echo_error "The \"episode_summary_json\" variable has not a valid \"application/json\" mime type."
         fi
+        jq '.' "${episode_summary_json}"  >/dev/null 2>&1
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+        then
+          echo_error "The file \"${episode_summary_json}\" is not valid json."
+        fi
       ;;
       assets_csv)
         if [[ ! -s "${assets_csv}" || -z "${assets_csv}" ]]
@@ -153,7 +160,43 @@ function check_variable_is_correct() {
         then
           echo_error "The \"assets_json\" variable has not a valid \"application/json\" mime type."
         fi
+        jq '.' "${assets_json}"  >/dev/null 2>&1
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+        then
+          echo_error "The file \"${assets_json}\" is not valid json."
+        fi
       ;;
+      files_json)
+        if [[ ! -s "${files_json}" || -z "${files_json}" ]]
+        then
+          echo_error "The \"files_json\" variable/file is missing."
+        fi
+        if [ "$( file --brief --mime-type "${files_json}" | grep --count 'application/json' )" -ne "1" ]
+        then
+          echo_error "The \"files_json\" variable has not a valid \"application/json\" mime type."
+        fi
+        jq '.' "${files_json}"  >/dev/null 2>&1
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+        then
+          echo_error "The file \"${files_json}\" is not valid json."
+        fi
+      ;;
+      files_xml)
+        if [[ ! -s "${files_xml}" || -z "${files_xml}" ]]
+        then
+          echo_error "The \"files_xml\" variable/file is missing."
+        fi
+        if [ "$( file --brief --mime-type "${files_xml}" | grep --count 'text/xml' )" -ne "1" ]
+        then
+          echo_error "The \"files_xml\" variable has not a valid \"text/xml\" mime type."
+        fi
+        xmllint --format "${files_xml}" >/dev/null 2>&1
+        if [ $? -ne 0 ]
+        then
+          echo_error "The file \"${files_xml}\" is not valid xml."
+        fi
+      ;;
+      
       
       album)
         if [[ -z "${album}" || "${album}" == "null" ]]
@@ -1686,23 +1729,90 @@ function upload_files_to_the_internet_archive() {
 
   check_variable_is_correct working_dir ep_num
 
-  if [ -z "${assets_json}" ]
+  # Get the file list from the IA
+  if [ -z "${files_xml}" ]
   then
-    assets_json="${working_dir}/episode_summary.json"
+    files_xml="${working_dir}/hpr${ep_num}_files.xml"
   fi
 
-  if [ ! -s "${assets_json}" ]
+  if [ ! -s "${files_xml}" ]
   then
-    echo_debug "The \"assets_json\" variable/file is missing."
-    if [ "$( curl --silent --netrc --write-out '%{http_code}'  https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/cms/say.php?id=${ep_num} --output "${assets_json}" )" != 200 ]
+    echo_debug "Getting the \"files_xml\" variable/file from the HPR site."
+    if [ "$( curl --silent --netrc --location --write-out '%{http_code}' https://archive.org/download/hpr${ep_num}/hpr${ep_num}_files.xml --output "${files_xml}" )" != 200 ]
+    then
+      echo_error "Could not find file list \"https://archive.org/download/hpr${ep_num}/hpr${ep_num}_files.xml\""
+    fi
+  fi
+  check_variable_is_correct files_xml
+  
+  # Get the file list from the HPR db
+  if [ -z "${files_json}" ]
+  then
+    files_json="${working_dir}/hpr${ep_num}_files.json"
+  fi
+
+  if [ ! -s "${files_json}" ]
+  then
+    echo_debug "Getting the \"files_json\" variable/file from the HPR site."
+    if [ "$( curl --silent --netrc --write-out '%{http_code}'  https://hub.hackerpublicradio.org/cms/assets.php?id=${ep_num} --output "${files_json}" )" != 200 ]
     then
       echo_error "The Episode hpr${ep_num} has not been posted"
     fi
   fi
-  check_variable_is_correct assets_json
-
+  check_variable_is_correct files_json
+  
+  for this_file in $( jq --raw-output ".hpr${ep_num} | keys | @tsv" "${files_json}" )
+  do
+    db_file_info="$( jq --raw-output ".hpr${ep_num}.[] | select(.filename==\"${this_file}\") | [ .filename, .size, .sha1sum ] | @tsv" "${files_json}" )"
+    ia_file_info="$( xmlstarlet sel -T -t -m "/files/file[@name=\"${this_file}\"]" -v "concat(@name, '→', size, '→', sha1)" -n "${files_xml}" | sed 's/→/\t/g' )"
+    if [ -z "${db_file_info}" ]
+    then
+      echo_error "The information for \"${this_file}\" could not be found in \"${files_json}\""
+    fi
+    if [ ! -z "${ia_file_info}" ]
+    then
+      if [ "${db_file_info}" == "${ia_file_info}" ]
+      then
+        echo_debug "The file \"${this_file}\" on HPR and on the IA matches."
+        continue
+      else
+        echo_debug "The file \"${this_file}\" on HPR and on the IA do not match."
+      fi
+    fi
+    
+    echo_debug "Transferring \"${this_file}\" to the IA"
+    
+    this_file_path="${working_dir}/${this_file}"
+    
+    if [ ! -s "${this_file_path}" ]
+    then
+      echo_error "The file \"${this_file}\" could not be found in the working directory \"${working_dir}\"."
+    fi
+    
+    this_file_path_sha1="$( sha1sum $this_file_path | awk '{print $1}' )"
+    db_file_info_sha1="$( echo ${db_file_info} | awk '{print $NF}' )"
+    
+    if [ "${this_file_path_sha1}" != "${db_file_info_sha1}" ]
+    then
+      echo_error "The sha1 sum of the local file \"${this_file}\" does not match the HPR database."
+      continue
+    else
+      ia upload hpr${ep_num} "${this_file_path}" --header "x-archive-keep-old-version:0" --retries=5 --no-derive --no-backup
+    fi
+    
+  done
+
+}
+
+function hide_me() {
+
+echo "hidden"
+#   
 
 
+  # Compare assets_json to files_xml
+  # locate the different files and upload them
+  
 #   if [ "$( find ${working_dir} -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type f \( -iname "hpr${ep_num}.flac" -or -iname "hpr${ep_num}.mp3" -or -iname "hpr${ep_num}.ogg" -or -iname "hpr${ep_num}.opus" -or -iname "hpr${ep_num}_source.*" -or -iname "hpr${ep_num}.srt" -or -iname "hpr${ep_num}.txt" -or -iname "hpr${ep_num}.wav" \) | wc --lines )" -ne "8" ]
 #   then
 #     echo_error "There are not 8 derived files for the Internet Archive."