{"podcast":{"title":"Demon Toast","slug":"demon-toast-7080801","podcast_index_feed_id":7080801,"rss_url":"https://feeds.castos.com/j3omd","website_url":"https://demontoast.castos.com","image_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/66c91aff23ab06-62555790/images/podcast/covers/c1a-wqzzw-mk1p089gs1dp-d48aat.png","author":"King Loke","episode_count":37,"summary":"A show exploring horror and gothic poetry and fiction, as well as the spooky and polarizing artists and writers who make them possible. The official podcast of Death Wish Poetry Magazine and Demon Land Books.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/demon-toast-7080801"},"episode":{"title":"Annihilation","slug":"annihilation","published_at":"2025-06-28T15:06:37+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/demon-toast-7080801/annihilation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/demon-toast-7080801","url":"https://demontoast.castos.com/episodes/annihilation-4","audio_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/66c91aff23ab06-62555790/2077469/c1e-gm22pammm53id9m98-9jrkg838amx2-mesqjo.mp3?awCollectionId=62091&awEpisodeId=https%3A%2F%2Fpermalink.castos.com%2Fpodcast%2F62091%2Fepisode%2F2077469&aw_0_1st.ri=castos&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.castos.com%2Fj3omd&aw_0_azn.pgenre=%5BArts%2CArts%3A+Books%2CTV+%26+Film%5D&aw_0_cnt.url=https%3A%2F%2Fdemontoast.castos.com%2Fepisodes%2Fannihilation-4&aw_0_azn.planguage=en&q_co=298e1461d39b10ed97791b7411c6955cff144e78304ed02414876edf1c03d5f1","summary":"“Annihilation” is the first book in the Southern Reach series, and the inspiration for the 2018 movie, starring Natalie Portman. An essential read in the New Weird and Eco-Horror subgenres, VanderMeer’s novel is given the Demon Toast treatment as King Loke, Adrian, and returning guest, Justin, examine and discuss this bizarre, insanity-inducing novel and movie.Join the Demon Toast Podcast crew in their latest dive into the spooky, creepy and macabre on all your favourite podcasting platforms!Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio, AmazonMusic, Pandora, PocketCasts!Don’t forget to subscribe to our Patreon for exclusive shows and content! Like our show on all platforms, leave us a comment or review and subscribe for more haunting content! Hosts @lokewolffather • @shalottlilly • Special Guest Host: Justin!✨Social Media Sorceress✨ @tuxnmedia","meta_description":"“Annihilation” is the first book in the Southern Reach series, and the inspiration for the 2018 movie, starring Natalie Portman. An essential read in the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5726,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/demon-toast-7080801/episodes/annihilation/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/demon-toast-7080801/annihilation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}