{"podcast":{"title":"Free Thinking Through the Fourth Turning with Sasha Stone","slug":"free-thinking-through-the-fourth-turning-with-sasha-stone-5501501","podcast_index_feed_id":5501501,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/66221.rss","website_url":"https://www.sashastone.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/66221/36b7823df12a5b8d9115f36ad187a369.jpg","author":"Sasha Stone","episode_count":279,"summary":"Analysis of Hollywood's newly adopted ideology destroying storytelling, however good its intentions. Film reviews, essays, perhaps an interview of two.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-21T02:21:00.378485+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-thinking-through-the-fourth-turning-with-sasha-stone-5501501"},"episode":{"title":"Candace Owens: A Disney Villain of Her Own Making","slug":"candace-owens-a-disney-villain-of-her-own-making","published_at":"2026-03-05T04:05:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-thinking-through-the-fourth-turning-with-sasha-stone-5501501/candace-owens-a-disney-villain-of-her-own-making","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-thinking-through-the-fourth-turning-with-sasha-stone-5501501","url":"https://www.sashastone.com/p/candace-owens-a-disney-villain-of","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189717142/10030f8eca8e8b74249c1c35b9a966ae.mp3","summary":"The Disney movies I grew up with made it easy for a kid like me to recognize good vs. evil. We knew, walking in the door, that goodness would prevail, because it must. The alternative is nothing less than the end of civilization as we know it. Goodness was personified by the beautiful princess, whose purity of heart drew the forest creatures and eventually, a handsome prince. Their union was a symbol of harmony, stability, and happy endings. Evil was embodied in the wicked queen, who was jealous of the princess's purity, so much so that she couldn’t rest until the princess was obliterated. Somehow, the villains never know their demise is a certainty because goodness must prevail. Some might say that is what happened to the MAGA movement, one bright sunny day in Utah, when a psycho killer avenging the crippling despair of his transgender furry lover took aim and shot the handsome prince, killing him within minutes. Since then, MAGA has struggled to hold onto the coalition Charlie built, the support for the president he helped elect, and to protect the beautiful princess from the evil forces that threaten to destroy her, Turning Point, and MAGA. Candace Owens might think she’s the hero of this story. She’s written herself in after she was left on the cutting room floor. She’s amassed an audience of dimwitted women and a weaponized army of international bad actors hoping to infiltrate the US and use Candace to shape public opinion. A growing portion of her audience, as with many influencers on the Right now, is comprised of people convinced that Jews are behind every evil thing that ever happens, has ever happened or will ever happen, and in Candace Owens, they’ve found their princess. Candace is the only one who sees the truth! Candace is an instrument of God! Candace wi…","meta_description":"The Disney movies I grew up with made it easy for a kid like me to recognize good vs. evil. We knew, walking in the door, that goodness would prevail, bec…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2795,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/free-thinking-through-the-fourth-turning-with-sasha-stone-5501501/episodes/candace-owens-a-disney-villain-of-her-own-making/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-thinking-through-the-fourth-turning-with-sasha-stone-5501501/candace-owens-a-disney-villain-of-her-own-making.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}