{"podcast":{"title":"Grace & Grit Podcast","slug":"grace-grit-podcast-991716","podcast_index_feed_id":991716,"rss_url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://graceandgrit.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/4/4/0/f4405a4688bbcbb088c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Grace_and_Grit_Podcast_3000px.png","author":"Courtney Townley","episode_count":671,"summary":"The Grace and Grit Podcast takes the health fairy tale you've heard all your life and turns it upside down and inside out, helping women rebuild their relationship with their body once and for all. Placing the focus on love and respect, rather than the aggressive demands and unrealistic expectations that have become the norm, Courtney Townley is determined to help women mend the fabric of what is driving the female health story.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T18:17:18.535767+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 659: Where Is Your Third Place?","slug":"episode-659-where-is-your-third-place","published_at":"2026-09-14T09:06:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-659-where-is-your-third-place","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716","url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/episode-659-where-is-your-third-place","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/graceandgrit/Sept_14.mp3?dest-id=329309","summary":"Sociologist Ray Oldenburg spent his career studying something most of us have never thought to name. He called it the third place. Not home. Not work. The other place. The one where you belong without obligation, where you show up because you want to, where something in you exhales. In this episode I explore Oldenburg's concept and what gets lost when the third place erodes from modern life: not just convenience, but a specific kind of belonging that home and work simply cannot provide. I share my own third places, dance and solo travel, and what makes them function so differently from the rest of my life. And I offer what I think is the most revealing version of the question: not where is your third place now, but what used to be your third place before life got so full? Want everything in one place? Join me on Substack for real talk, deeper insights, and the community you didn't know you needed — at https://courtneytownley.substack.com #GraceAndGrit #ThirdPlace #MidlifeWomen #Community #RayOldenburg #WomensWellness #DeepHealth #Belonging #IntentionalLiving #MidlifeHealth","meta_description":"Sociologist Ray Oldenburg spent his career studying something most of us have never thought to name. He called it the third place. Not home. Not work. The…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":508,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episodes/episode-659-where-is-your-third-place/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-659-where-is-your-third-place.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}