# Marathon Is Both a Miracle and a Monster

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-besties-745210/marathon-is-both-a-miracle-and-a-monster
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-besties-745210/marathon-is-both-a-miracle-and-a-monster.md
Podcast: [The Besties](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-besties-745210)
Published: 2026-03-27T07:00:00+00:00
Episode link: http://besties.fan/
Audio file: https://afp-9384.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/c707e48c-0e5b-4dcd-a183-3a248de67b6e/episodes/ea66b0a1-4b35-40fe-9f49-9f9cd3d0bf97/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=c707e48c-0e5b-4dcd-a183-3a248de67b6e&awEpisodeId=ea66b0a1-4b35-40fe-9f49-9f9cd3d0bf97&feed=Urk3897_
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-besties-745210/episodes/marathon-is-both-a-miracle-and-a-monster
Duration seconds: 3256

## Resource

Frushtick and Griffin were Destiny dudes, and yet it's Plante who has fallen in love with Bungie's new extraction shooter. What's so appealing about Marathon? Is the extraction genre's difficulty a dealbreaker? Who is this game even for?

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-besties-745210/episodes/marathon-is-both-a-miracle-and-a-monster/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-besties-745210/marathon-is-both-a-miracle-and-a-monster.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.