{"podcast":{"title":"Dumpster Fire with Bridget Phetasy","slug":"dumpster-fire-with-bridget-phetasy-4088197","podcast_index_feed_id":4088197,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2497884.rss","website_url":"https://www.phetasy.com/s/dumpster-fire-podcast","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/6s3pe7app08oog170hpi2se54irc?.jpg","author":"We make burgers out of your sacred cows","episode_count":353,"summary":"Dumpster Fire is a satirical show, created and hosted by comedian Bridget Phetasy, that takes a look at the week in news, current events, and politics. We make burgers out of your sacred cows. Delicious. www.phetasy.com","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T10:19:27.744459+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dumpster-fire-with-bridget-phetasy-4088197"},"episode":{"title":"E342. America Has A Literacy Crisis And It’s Not What You Think - Dumpster Fire","slug":"e342-america-has-a-literacy-crisis-and-it-s-not-what-you-think-dumpster-fire","published_at":"2026-08-19T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dumpster-fire-with-bridget-phetasy-4088197/e342-america-has-a-literacy-crisis-and-it-s-not-what-you-think-dumpster-fire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dumpster-fire-with-bridget-phetasy-4088197","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1119/pscrb.fm/rss/p/www.buzzsprout.com/2497884/episodes/19668310-e342-america-has-a-literacy-crisis-and-it-s-not-what-you-think-dumpster-fire.mp3","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/1119/pscrb.fm/rss/p/www.buzzsprout.com/2497884/episodes/19668310-e342-america-has-a-literacy-crisis-and-it-s-not-what-you-think-dumpster-fire.mp3","summary":"America has a literacy crisis and the teachers are going viral on TikTok crying about it. Gambling is more popular than reading. Harvard students are using ChatGPT to translate A Clockwork Orange because they think it's in Old English. Bridget breaks down how we got here and who's actually to blame. #LiteracyCrisis #EndOfReading #DumpsterFire Topics covered: literacy crisis, end of reading, Atlantic magazine literacy, teachers TikTok crying, AI and books, ChatGPT replacing reading...","meta_description":"America has a literacy crisis and the teachers are going viral on TikTok crying about it. Gambling is more popular than reading. Harvard students are usin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1349,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dumpster-fire-with-bridget-phetasy-4088197/episodes/e342-america-has-a-literacy-crisis-and-it-s-not-what-you-think-dumpster-fire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dumpster-fire-with-bridget-phetasy-4088197/e342-america-has-a-literacy-crisis-and-it-s-not-what-you-think-dumpster-fire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}