# Close Encounters

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-science-podcast-7320349/close-encounters
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-science-podcast-7320349/close-encounters.md
Podcast: [Popcorn Science Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-science-podcast-7320349)
Published: 2026-05-17T11:16:38+00:00
Episode link: https://www.popcornscience.ca/close-encounters/
Audio file: https://www.popcornscience.ca/close-encounters/50c00251badaa9afed4f1ef9c9bdb906.m4a
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popcorn-science-podcast-7320349/episodes/close-encounters
Duration seconds: 3809

## Resource

In this episode of "Popcorn Science," discuss the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popcorn-science-podcast-7320349/episodes/close-encounters/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-science-podcast-7320349/close-encounters.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.