{"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":503,"summary":"A Podcast for the Incurable Reader","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T16:17:29.697394+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-reads-podcast-5585685"},"episode":{"title":"The Age of Innocence: To the End","slug":"the-age-of-innocence-to-the-end","published_at":"2026-01-27T15:29:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-reads-podcast-5585685/the-age-of-innocence-to-the-end","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/close-reads-podcast-5585685","url":"https://closereads.substack.com/p/the-age-of-innocence-to-the-end","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/185970400/f03a757bd05042eca90d8f8216a77b00.mp3","summary":"Welcome back to our series on Edith Wharton’s very complex (and wonderful) novel. This week, in discussing the ending, we find ourselves at, well, a loss for words. Nevertheless, we persist. We attempt to reckon with the complicated nature of May’s character, Newland’s fatalism and paralyzed life of the mind, the question of whether he’s a tragic character, how we may or may not re-think the countess in light of the ending, and much more! As always, happy listening! To learn about The Tapestry curriculum from the CiRCE Institute click here! 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 Edith Wharton’s very complex (and wonderful) novel. This week, in discussing the ending, we find ourselves at, well, a loss…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5405,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/close-reads-podcast-5585685/episodes/the-age-of-innocence-to-the-end/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/the-age-of-innocence-to-the-end.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}