{"podcast":{"title":"Characters","slug":"characters-690001","podcast_index_feed_id":690001,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CTL1306680285","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/930d0e10-bf70-11ec-9e15-e3ca8f6b8efc/image/cef69a6a588c0b9cc12b5779cb4d0e8b.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Cloud10","episode_count":288,"summary":"Diving deeper on the characters we love to consume! Laura Diez hosts guest conversations and shares stories exploring the portrayals of real people on reality tv, fictionalized women that stay in our memories, and pop culture legends. New episodes Tuesdays and Fridays.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T20:17:26.790728+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001"},"episode":{"title":"The Tragedy of Beyond The Villa","slug":"the-tragedy-of-beyond-the-villa","published_at":"2026-04-28T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001/the-tragedy-of-beyond-the-villa","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL2779148183.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL2779148183.mp3","summary":"From hidden cameras in Fiji to the \"performance\" of a reality show... Beyond the Villa is a social anthropological document of the impacts of a rabid fanbase on the regular people who were cast on the insane global stage that is Love Island. We're asking ourselves: have the new fans \"ruined\" Love Island USA? Or is some level of social media infamy just part of the risk one takes when joining a dating competition show? We're talking about how Beyond the Villa actively breaks the fourth wall in a perhaps progressive take on the concept of a show about the impacts of another show. Find me everywhere: linktr.ee/literallylaurad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"From hidden cameras in Fiji to the \"performance\" of a reality show... Beyond the Villa is a social anthropological document of the impacts of a rabid fanb…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1136,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/characters-690001/episodes/the-tragedy-of-beyond-the-villa/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001/the-tragedy-of-beyond-the-villa.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}