{"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":"#265: Three Reasons Hardcore Is Popular Now. It's Not Underground Anymore!","slug":"265-three-reasons-hardcore-is-popular-now-it-s-not-underground-anymore","published_at":"2026-04-07T09:00:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647/265-three-reasons-hardcore-is-popular-now-it-s-not-underground-anymore","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/265-three-reasons-hardcore-is-popular-now-it-s-not-underground-anymore--71144726","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71144726/audioonly265_hardcore_is_mainstream.mp3","summary":"In episode 265 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas breaks down three reasons why hardcore music has become so popular that it now is featured in pop festivals like Coachella and Late Night Television like Jimmy Kimmel. We even had a hardcore band (Turnstile) win the Grammy for \"Best Metal Performance\". What do you think? Did we miss any reasons? Let it be known! 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 Substack Articles https://substack.com/@jonbarbas #HxC #metalcore #pop","meta_description":"In episode 265 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas breaks down three reasons why hardcore music has become so popular that it now is featured in pop fes…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":600,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647/episodes/265-three-reasons-hardcore-is-popular-now-it-s-not-underground-anymore/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-3841647/265-three-reasons-hardcore-is-popular-now-it-s-not-underground-anymore.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}