{"podcast":{"title":"CrashCourse","slug":"crashcourse-8026346","podcast_index_feed_id":8026346,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/crashcourse","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/38c08426-a6bd-11f1-91f8-6b6a1069d5d0/image/9eab713ede6dcfbffb186db0005b9dae.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"CrashCourse","episode_count":637,"summary":"At Crash Course, we believe that high-quality educational videos should be available to everyone for free! Subscribe for weekly videos from our current courses! The Crash Course team has produced more than 60 courses on a wide variety of subjects, ranging from the humanities to sciences and so much more! We also recently teamed up with Arizona State University to bring you more courses on the Study Hall channel.Links:Support us on Patreon!: http://patreon.com/crashcourseInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/crashcourseBluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thecrashcourse.bsky.socialTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crashcourseFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/YouTubeCrashCourse","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T12:17:13.000428+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashcourse-8026346"},"episode":{"title":"Crash Course Religions Preview","slug":"crash-course-religions-preview","published_at":"2026-09-18T16:51:49+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashcourse-8026346/crash-course-religions-preview","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashcourse-8026346","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/HD2012429110.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/HD2012429110.mp3","summary":"Welcome to Crash Course Religions! Over the next 24 episodes, John Green will explore the history and culture of religions and how they offer frameworks for making sense of our lives — while being incredibly slippery things to pin down. We’ll discover how we define, debate, and contest what religion means, whether we’re personally religious or not. Episode 1 premieres on September 10, 2024.This content is based on an introductory university-level curriculum and the input of an advisory board of religious scholars. By the end of this course, you should be able to: *Use tools and concepts in the study of religion to understand religious practices and worldviews.*Unpack the history and culture of several major and minoritized religious traditions.*Analyze inter-religious and intra-religious connections, influences, and frictions.*Develop an informed historical perspective on contemporary religious issues and debates.***Support us for $5/month on Patreon to keep Crash Course free for everyone forever! https://www.patreon.com/crashcourseOr support us directly: https://complexly.com/supportJoin our Crash Course email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/crashcourse/emailGet our special Crash Course Educators newsletter: http://eepurl.com/iBgMhYThanks to the following patrons for their generous monthly contributions that help keep Crash Course free for everyone forever:Emily Beazley, Brandon Thomas, Forrest Langseth, oranjeez, Rie Ohta, Jack Hart, UwU, Leah H., David Fanska, Andrew Woods, Ken Davidian, Stephen Akuffo, Toni Miles, Steve Segreto, Kyle & Katherine Callahan, Laurel Stevens, Krystle Young, Burt Humburg, Scott Harrison, Mark & Susan Billian, Alan BridgemEmily Beazley, Brandon Thomas, Forrest Langseth, oranjeez, Rie Ohta, Jack Hart, UwU, Le…","meta_description":"Welcome to Crash Course Religions! Over the next 24 episodes, John Green will explore the history and culture of religions and how they offer frameworks f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":310,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crashcourse-8026346/episodes/crash-course-religions-preview/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crashcourse-8026346/crash-course-religions-preview.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}