{"podcast":{"title":"ELI5 Explain Like I'm 5: Bite sized answers to stuff you should know about - in a mini podcast","slug":"eli5-explain-like-i-m-5-bite-sized-answers-to-stuff-you-should-know-about-in-a-mini-podcast-484092","podcast_index_feed_id":484092,"rss_url":"https://rss.introcast.io/1452382842/feeds.megaphone.fm/eli5","website_url":"https://twitter.com/ELI5ThePodcast","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a236296e-0968-11ef-bce5-579e039a4337/image/312a2e32dcf9031354a45b3d5450445f.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"ELI5 Explain Like I'm Five Podcast","episode_count":364,"summary":"Explain Like I'm Five, aka ELI5, is the mini-podcast series where we take the questions you always wanted to ask, and talk about them in a way that is easy to understand. Made possible by the amazing reddit community at r/explainlikeimfive. See episode show notes for user credits.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eli5-explain-like-i-m-5-bite-sized-answers-to-stuff-you-should-know-about-in-a-mini-podcast-484092"},"episode":{"title":"ELI5 Cupping Therapy - can bruises really heal you?","slug":"eli5-cupping-therapy-can-bruises-really-heal-you","published_at":"2026-03-13T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eli5-explain-like-i-m-5-bite-sized-answers-to-stuff-you-should-know-about-in-a-mini-podcast-484092/eli5-cupping-therapy-can-bruises-really-heal-you","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eli5-explain-like-i-m-5-bite-sized-answers-to-stuff-you-should-know-about-in-a-mini-podcast-484092","url":"https://prefix.up.audio/s/pscrb.fm/rss/p/op3.dev/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ATHLLC5442743360.mp3","audio_url":"https://prefix.up.audio/s/pscrb.fm/rss/p/op3.dev/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ATHLLC5442743360.mp3","summary":"Why do we see many professional athletes look like they were attacked by a giant octopus? How did a treatment from ancient history become the biggest trend in modern locker rooms? If a bruise is \"stuck\" blood, how can it actually help your blood flow? Can we really suck \"bad energy\" or \"toxins\" out of our muscles with a glass jar? Why do some doctors call this \"quackery\" while others say it's a powerful mental tool? ... we explain like I'm five Thank you to the r/explainlikeimfive community and in particular the following users whose questions and comments formed the basis of this discussion: breeze_in_the_trees, tateshinski, phage0070, doingthehumptydance, mohamed and zhang To the ELI5 community that has supported us so far, thanks for all your feedback and comments. Join us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/eli5ThePodcast/ or send us an e-mail: ELI5ThePodcast@gmail.com","meta_description":"Why do we see many professional athletes look like they were attacked by a giant octopus? How did a treatment from ancient history become the biggest tren…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":410,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/eli5-explain-like-i-m-5-bite-sized-answers-to-stuff-you-should-know-about-in-a-mini-podcast-484092/episodes/eli5-cupping-therapy-can-bruises-really-heal-you/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/eli5-explain-like-i-m-5-bite-sized-answers-to-stuff-you-should-know-about-in-a-mini-podcast-484092/eli5-cupping-therapy-can-bruises-really-heal-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}