{"podcast":{"title":"After Skool","slug":"after-skool-7266906","podcast_index_feed_id":7266906,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN4785861166","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d84d5eb8-0562-11f0-a673-0fa7e12365a2/image/1652d8a9c0d2d3ab4dd2b522f3798944.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"After Skool","episode_count":211,"summary":"We cannot change the world. But we can change ourselves...and that will change the world. The goal of this podcast is to empower the individual and deliver profound ideas through art. Find After Skool on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AfterSkool/videos Disclaimer: This podcast is an independent initiative inspired by the thought-provoking content of After Skool. It is created by a viewer who appreciates the depth of the ideas shared and wants to make them more accessible in an audio format. While every effort is made to preserve the essence of the original content, this is not an official After Skool production, nor is it affiliated with or endorsed by After Skool. All rights to the original material belong to After Skool. If you have any concerns regarding this podcast, please feel free to reach out.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T20:19:03.884209+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/after-skool-7266906"},"episode":{"title":"Fyodor Dostoevsky - Timeless Philosophy of a Tormented Genius - Written by Eternalised | After Skool","slug":"fyodor-dostoevsky-timeless-philosophy-of-a-tormented-genius-written-by-eternalised-after-skool","published_at":"2026-09-12T23:40:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/after-skool-7266906/fyodor-dostoevsky-timeless-philosophy-of-a-tormented-genius-written-by-eternalised-after-skool","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/after-skool-7266906","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN6834355924.mp3?updated=1778674417","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/PODAGEN6834355924.mp3?updated=1778674417","summary":"Fyodor Dostoevsky - Timeless Philosophy of a Tormented Genius - Written by Eternalised Fyodor Dostoevsky (11 November 1821 - 9 February 1881), sometimes transliterated as Dostoyevsky, was a Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist. Numerous literary critics regard him as one of the greatest novelists in all of world literature, as many of his works are considered highly influential masterpieces.Dostoevsky's literary works explore the human condition in the troubled political, social, and spiritual atmospheres of 19th-century Russia, and engage with a variety of philosophical and religious themes. His most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), and The Brothers Karamazov (1880). His 1864 novella Notes from Underground is considered to be one of the first works of existentialist literature.Born in Moscow in 1821, Dostoevsky was introduced to literature at an early age through fairy tales and legends, and through books by Russian and foreign authors. His mother died in 1837 when he was 15, and around the same time, he left school to enter the Nikolayev Military Engineering Institute. After graduating, he worked as an engineer and briefly enjoyed a lavish lifestyle, translating books to earn extra money. In the mid-1840s he wrote his first novel, Poor Folk, which gained him entry into Saint Petersburg's literary circles. However, he was arrested in 1849 for belonging to a literary group, the Petrashevsky Circle, that discussed banned books critical of Tsarist Russia. Dostoevsky was sentenced to death but the sentence was commuted at the last moment. He spent four years in a Siberian prison camp, followed by six years of compulsory military service in exile. In the following years, Dostoevsky worked as a j…","meta_description":"Fyodor Dostoevsky - Timeless Philosophy of a Tormented Genius - Written by Eternalised Fyodor Dostoevsky (11 November 1821 - 9 February 1881), sometimes t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1369,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/after-skool-7266906/episodes/fyodor-dostoevsky-timeless-philosophy-of-a-tormented-genius-written-by-eternalised-after-skool/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/after-skool-7266906/fyodor-dostoevsky-timeless-philosophy-of-a-tormented-genius-written-by-eternalised-after-skool.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}