# George Saunders Says Ditching These Three Delusions Can Save You

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-interview-5452112/george-saunders-says-ditching-these-three-delusions-can-save-you
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-interview-5452112/george-saunders-says-ditching-these-three-delusions-can-save-you.md
Podcast: [The Interview](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-interview-5452112)
Published: 2026-01-10T10:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-interview
Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/6qj4J/nyt.simplecastaudio.com/db4d7883-cea7-4c02-bd16-15ce235fa210/episodes/652f51d1-d0d4-4890-9dfe-cf869f981ab5/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=db4d7883-cea7-4c02-bd16-15ce235fa210&awEpisodeId=652f51d1-d0d4-4890-9dfe-cf869f981ab5&feed=ksGYZ_Z3
Processing state: processed
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-interview-5452112/episodes/george-saunders-says-ditching-these-three-delusions-can-save-you
Duration seconds: 3136

## Resource

The celebrated author on the challenges of being kind, the benefits of meditation and the reality check of death.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-interview-5452112/episodes/george-saunders-says-ditching-these-three-delusions-can-save-you/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-interview-5452112/george-saunders-says-ditching-these-three-delusions-can-save-you.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.