{"podcast":{"title":"Direct Edition","slug":"direct-edition-6758597","podcast_index_feed_id":6758597,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2638426.rss","website_url":"https://directeditionpodcast.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/pjbcsxzmjn6u84j73511bo81f8br?.jpg","author":"Dave","episode_count":117,"summary":"A Podcast About Nothing... and Everything Dave from West Coast Davengers discusses all things comics, pop culture, movies, music, collecting with a nice dose of everyday life. Mix that up with some great interviews and you've got Direct Edition!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T04:21:05.691690+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/direct-edition-6758597"},"episode":{"title":"Connor Valentin Of Dissentience - The Crossroads of Music, Art & Kaiju","slug":"connor-valentin-of-dissentience-the-crossroads-of-music-art-kaiju","published_at":"2026-04-06T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/direct-edition-6758597/connor-valentin-of-dissentience-the-crossroads-of-music-art-kaiju","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/direct-edition-6758597","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2638426/episodes/19655464-connor-valentin-of-dissentience-the-crossroads-of-music-art-kaiju.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2638426/episodes/19655464-connor-valentin-of-dissentience-the-crossroads-of-music-art-kaiju.mp3","summary":"Guitarist and frontman Connor Valentin (Dissentience) joins Dave to chat about the band's new EP 'Kaiju' . They talk about giant monsters, comics, and the crossover between art and music. Valentin shares how McFarlane toys and Marvel Legends action figures shaped his early creative interests, filling his vintage Marvel tryout book with work from Mark Bagley and Erik Larsen, and the inseparable art-music connection of Pushead, Raymond Pettibon, and Derek Riggs. The two discuss Godz...","meta_description":"Guitarist and frontman Connor Valentin (Dissentience) joins Dave to chat about the band's new EP 'Kaiju' . They talk about giant monsters, comics, and the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5200,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/direct-edition-6758597/episodes/connor-valentin-of-dissentience-the-crossroads-of-music-art-kaiju/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/direct-edition-6758597/connor-valentin-of-dissentience-the-crossroads-of-music-art-kaiju.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}