{"podcast":{"title":"Decanonized","slug":"decanonized-7780635","podcast_index_feed_id":7780635,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/decanonized","website_url":"https://www.decanonized.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/W4vh4Qytsmbi4QhFjW2jJkLO1r9F9iBfL0qOH4fnpls/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jNjU3/MjNiNWY2ZjhjZThh/YWQwMTJhNzdkNzZk/ZTA4MS5wbmc.jpg","author":"Olivia Giovetti","episode_count":8,"summary":"An opera podcast where the sacred is subjective. Every other week, host Olivia Giovetti is joined by a guest who is just as obsessed with opera (including singers, composers, and critics) to discuss one work in-depth and ask the simple question: Is it actually great?","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T22:18:46.348367+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/decanonized-7780635"},"episode":{"title":"Der Rosenkavalier with Ben Miller","slug":"der-rosenkavalier-with-ben-miller","published_at":"2026-03-31T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/decanonized-7780635/der-rosenkavalier-with-ben-miller","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/decanonized-7780635","url":"https://www.decanonized.com/episodes/strauss-der-rosenkavalier","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/36af429f/e38caaee.mp3","summary":"Time, nostalgia, and very fancy lesbians? It must be Der Rosenkavalier. Writer, historian, and co-host of Bad Gays Ben Miller joins us for a discussion of Richard Strauss’s four-and-a-half hour work of where both nothing happens and everything happens. Topics include: whether Rosenkavalier is a comedy or tragedy, the Viennese aristocracy, opera queens and mezzosexuals, the “German she-devil” who sued the Met (and won), and one of opera’s most problematic characters. Show page (including a playlist, recommended reading, opera synopsis and more): https://www.decanonized.com/episodes/strauss-der-rosenkavalier More info: https://www.decanonized.com Follow Decanonized on Instagram at @decanonized Follow Ben at: https://benwritesthings.com, on Instagram at @benwritesthings and on Bluesky at benwritesthings.bsky.social","meta_description":"Time, nostalgia, and very fancy lesbians? It must be Der Rosenkavalier. Writer, historian, and co-host of Bad Gays Ben Miller joins us for a discussion of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3534,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/decanonized-7780635/episodes/der-rosenkavalier-with-ben-miller/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/decanonized-7780635/der-rosenkavalier-with-ben-miller.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}