{"podcast":{"title":"Close Reads Podcast","slug":"close-reads-podcast-5585685","podcast_index_feed_id":5585685,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/12421/s/13880.rss","website_url":"https://closereads.substack.com/s/close-reads","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/12421/s/13880/82548f5f4be922564651c4527fde16fd.jpg","author":"Goldberry Studios","episode_count":515,"summary":"A Podcast for the Incurable Reader","last_synced_at":"2026-09-03T04:21:29.605779+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-reads-podcast-5585685"},"episode":{"title":"Beloved: 76-158","slug":"beloved-76-158","published_at":"2026-07-09T02:05:54+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-reads-podcast-5585685/beloved-76-158","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-reads-podcast-5585685","url":"https://closereads.substack.com/p/beloved-76-158","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/206228850/9da893db91fddb858b816427818f193c.mp3","summary":"Welcome back to our series on Toni Morrison’s novel. In this episode we focus on Morrison’s engrossing prose, including the way she uses threaded metaphors and symbols, and how it enhances the pathos of the story. Plus, the trauma narrative and whether or not the novel is experimental. As always, happy listening! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit closereads.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Welcome back to our series on Toni Morrison’s novel. In this episode we focus on Morrison’s engrossing prose, including the way she uses threaded metaphor…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3678,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/close-reads-podcast-5585685/episodes/beloved-76-158/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-reads-podcast-5585685/beloved-76-158.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}