{"podcast":{"title":"Flightless Bird","slug":"flightless-bird-6992938","podcast_index_feed_id":6992938,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/RGP4217667012","website_url":"https://flightless-bird.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/707b62be-12b2-11f0-b3c1-cf72f62eb71a/image/e02bd2c61ab9cb9a40e291b91230aca8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"David Farrier","episode_count":203,"summary":"Flightless Bird follows journalist David Farrier as he learns about what makes America special from his unique perspective as a Kiwi accidentally marooned in the Land of the Free. Infinitely curious but never judgmental, each week, David (along with cohost and American Rob) seeks to understand what makes America so unique, strange, and wonderful.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T16:19:12.849931+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flightless-bird-6992938"},"episode":{"title":"Lifespring Cult","slug":"lifespring-cult","published_at":"2026-06-02T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flightless-bird-6992938/lifespring-cult","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flightless-bird-6992938","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/mgln.ai/e/10/arttrk.com/p/ARTS0/traffic.megaphone.fm/RGP4193361361.mp3","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/mgln.ai/e/10/arttrk.com/p/ARTS0/traffic.megaphone.fm/RGP4193361361.mp3","summary":"In this week’s episode of Flightless Bird, David looks into the bonkers world of the Human Potential Movement and Large Group Awareness Training - viewed through the lens of a child whose mother got sucked into the Lifespring cult in the 80s. Founded in 1974 by three people, Lifespring members found out that it was incredibly hard to leave, as their brains were systematically broken down and dismantled piece by piece. What can we learn from Lifespring, and is this kind of movement still an issue in 2016?Feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"In this week’s episode of Flightless Bird, David looks into the bonkers world of the Human Potential Movement and Large Group Awareness Training - viewed…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3910,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/flightless-bird-6992938/episodes/lifespring-cult/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flightless-bird-6992938/lifespring-cult.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}