{"podcast":{"title":"Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time","slug":"everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216","podcast_index_feed_id":7523216,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/592205/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/592205","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/f/8/7/ff873758313fc23fd959afa2a1bf1c87/everythingJewishSquare14001400.jpg","author":"Adam Diament","episode_count":300,"summary":"Welcome to \"Everything Jewish - 10 Minutes at a Time!\" The podcast that makes exploring Jewish ideas easy, fun, and inviting. Whether you're Jewish, a little Jew-curious, or simply love learning new things, these bite-sized episodes will give you history, literature, theology, traditions, and cultural gems in just about ten minutes. Think of it as your friendly guide to all things Jewish, without the long sermons or heavy textbooks.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T16:17:06.262858+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216"},"episode":{"title":"Herod the Great in 10 Minutes","slug":"herod-the-great-in-10-minutes","published_at":"2026-07-07T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216/herod-the-great-in-10-minutes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216","url":"https://bb99e661-a60f-4303-be1a-5fc7b99e64c4.libsyn.com/herod-the-great-in-10-minutes","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/bb99e661-a60f-4303-be1a-5fc7b99e64c4/herodthegreat.mp3?dest-id=5146315","summary":"Unpack the life of history's most polarizing builder in our episode on Herod the Great, the Roman-appointed King of Judea who ruled from 37 to 4 BCE. In this installment, we explore the dual nature of a man who was simultaneously a visionary architect and a paranoid tyrant. We'll dive into his breathtaking engineering feats—from the mountaintop fortress of Masada and the deep-water port of Caesarea to the awe-inspiring expansion of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, a project so grand it was said that \"he who has not seen Herod's Temple has never seen a beautiful building.\" We'll also confront the darker side of his reign: the ruthless purges of his own family, his desperate struggle for legitimacy among a Jewish population that viewed him as an \"Idumean usurper,\" and his precarious balancing act as a client king under the watchful eye of Rome. Join us as we examine Herod as the ultimate \"Merchant Prince\" of the ancient world, a man who transformed the landscape of the Levant but left behind a legacy of blood and stone that still haunts the historical imagination today.","meta_description":"Unpack the life of history's most polarizing builder in our episode on Herod the Great, the Roman-appointed King of Judea who ruled from 37 to 4 BCE. In t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":535,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216/episodes/herod-the-great-in-10-minutes/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-jewish-10-minutes-at-a-time-7523216/herod-the-great-in-10-minutes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}