{"podcast":{"title":"Heavy Metal Philosophy","slug":"heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647","podcast_index_feed_id":3841647,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4895658/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/heavy-metal-philosophy","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1bcb891b94a78eec220a720a0014a2e8.jpg","author":"Jon Barbas","episode_count":283,"summary":"An exploration of philosophy with heavy metal themes. The intersection between the dark, powerful, and introspective. Tune in every Tuesday!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T20:17:15.361437+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647"},"episode":{"title":"#246: Is Metal Music REALLY Dying?","slug":"246-is-metal-music-really-dying","published_at":"2025-11-25T10:00:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647/246-is-metal-music-really-dying","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/246-is-metal-music-really-dying--68732710","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68732710/audioonlyep246.mp3","summary":"In episode 246 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas breaks down Rick Beato's latest rant about Heavy Metal's declining popularity. What did Rick Beato get right? What did he get woefully wrong? Is metal really on the decline or are times just different? Let me know what you think! Get Heavy Metal Philosophy Merch! https://jonbarbas-shop.fourthwall.com/ Heavy Metal Philosophy Contact; https://heavymetalphilosophy.com/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/@heavymetalphilosophy https://www.spreaker.com/show/heavy-metal-philosophy JonBarbas@heavymetalphilosophy.com https://mobile.twitter.com/heaviestdoyen https://www.facebook.com/HeaviestDoyen https://www.instagram.com/heavy_metal_philosophy/ https://www.threads.net/@heavy_metal_philosophy https://bsky.app/profile/jonbarbas.bsky.social Metal Digest articles link; https://metal-digest.com/author/jon-barbas/ #metal #rickbeato #metalhead","meta_description":"In episode 246 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas breaks down Rick Beato's latest rant about Heavy Metal's declining popularity. What did Rick Beato ge…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1170,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647/episodes/246-is-metal-music-really-dying/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647/246-is-metal-music-really-dying.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}