{"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":"#270: Brutal Death Metal Bands Are Selling More Tickets Than Pop Stars?!","slug":"270-brutal-death-metal-bands-are-selling-more-tickets-than-pop-stars","published_at":"2026-05-12T09:00:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647/270-brutal-death-metal-bands-are-selling-more-tickets-than-pop-stars","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/270-brutal-death-metal-bands-are-selling-more-tickets-than-pop-stars--71961497","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71961497/audioonly270_blue_dot_fever.mp3","summary":"In episode 270 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas is breaking down \"Blue Dot Fever\" and why it's plaguing pop stars like Meghan Trainor and Post Malone, but not death metal and black metal bands. We go over the numbers, the culture, and what it all means. Let us know what you think in the comments! Get 10% of Hear's Earplugs here: https://www.hears.com/HEAVYMETALPHILOSOPHY 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 #bluedot #metal #pop","meta_description":"In episode 270 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, Jon Barbas is breaking down \"Blue Dot Fever\" and why it's plaguing pop stars like Meghan Trainor and Post Malone…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":962,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heavy-metal-philosophy-3841647/episodes/270-brutal-death-metal-bands-are-selling-more-tickets-than-pop-stars/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-3841647/270-brutal-death-metal-bands-are-selling-more-tickets-than-pop-stars.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}