{"podcast":{"title":"Hong Kong Horror","slug":"hong-kong-horror-7826938","podcast_index_feed_id":7826938,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/108574c58/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hong-kong-horror","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/44249062/44249062-1780973182994-5cd303a1b8d02.jpg","author":"Hong Kong Horror","episode_count":61,"summary":"Hong Kong Horror covers stories from across Asia. My name is Simon, and after each story, I break it all down from a Chinese cultural perspective to cover cultural beliefs and try to figure out exactly what is happening in these stories. I will be uploading once a week for free public episodes, and once a month for membership exclusive episodes!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T02:20:01.604119+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hong-kong-horror-7826938"},"episode":{"title":"The Strange Midnight Food Cart In Asia","slug":"the-strange-midnight-food-cart-in-asia","published_at":"2026-05-21T02:52:42+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hong-kong-horror-7826938/the-strange-midnight-food-cart-in-asia","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hong-kong-horror-7826938","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hong-kong-horror/episodes/The-Strange-Midnight-Food-Cart-In-Asia-e3jm5rb","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO4580852653.mp3","summary":"When a massive wave of corporate layoffs forces Jacob to leave his independent life in Manila, he reluctantly moves back to his parents' home in an isolated rural village. Desperate for a routine, he begins jogging at night and strikes up a heartwarming friendship with Tita Rosa, a kind, elderly street food vendor who works the midnight shift on her modified tricycle. But after vanishing for weeks, Tita Rosa suddenly returns to the village entrance. She looks horribly gaunt, her usual lively demeanor is entirely gone, and she has one very strange, highly secretive request for Jacob.","meta_description":"When a massive wave of corporate layoffs forces Jacob to leave his independent life in Manila, he reluctantly moves back to his parents' home in an isolat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1576,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hong-kong-horror-7826938/episodes/the-strange-midnight-food-cart-in-asia/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hong-kong-horror-7826938/the-strange-midnight-food-cart-in-asia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}