# Prodigal | Two Lost Sons

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cr-messages-6410516/prodigal-two-lost-sons
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/cr-messages-6410516/prodigal-two-lost-sons.md
Podcast: [CR Messages](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cr-messages-6410516)
Published: 2026-06-17T13:54:15+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/crossroadsrowlett/2922454
Audio file: https://content.rss.com/episodes/212711/2922454/crossroadsrowlett/2026_06_17_13_53_19_ba935389-1466-4766-89c2-192c959c41e9.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cr-messages-6410516/episodes/prodigal-two-lost-sons
Duration seconds: 2807

## Resource

We tend to think about this story as a story of a lost son, a prodigal. The truth is that the crowd listening to Jesus would not have been shocked by the lost prodigal son; they were absolutely shaken by the revelation that the older brother was also lost, religiously lost. This would cause them to consider some hard questions about themselves, and it should do the same for us. Being lost is easy to see; being religiously lost can be much harder to see and even harder to admit.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cr-messages-6410516/episodes/prodigal-two-lost-sons/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/cr-messages-6410516/prodigal-two-lost-sons.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.