{"podcast":{"title":"House of R","slug":"house-of-r-6578339","podcast_index_feed_id":6578339,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/house-of-r","website_url":"https://www.theringer.com/podcasts/house-of-r","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b46abe3a-3216-11ee-b5d4-fb82a7641e18/image/2e60c4bc96e356d8b5c27d99b55490a3.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Ringer","episode_count":407,"summary":"Welcome to ‘House of R,’ where Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson explore your favorite fictional universes with their signature Deep Dives into everything from ‘Game of Thrones’ to ‘Star Wars,’ ‘The Lord of the Rings’ to Marvel, and beyond. Whether they’re parsing mythology, story themes, and character arcs or tracing influences across decades of fantasy and sci-fi stories, Jo and Mal will be here weekly with Deep Dives into new nerd culture releases, nostalgic revisitations of their favorite tales in fandom, Hype Meters, drafts, mailbags, watch lists, top moments countdowns, recommendations, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T10:19:58.883349+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-r-6578339"},"episode":{"title":"‘The Vampire Lestat’ Episodes 5 and 6 Deep Dive","slug":"the-vampire-lestat-episodes-5-and-6-deep-dive","published_at":"2026-07-12T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-r-6578339/the-vampire-lestat-episodes-5-and-6-deep-dive","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-r-6578339","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8747221222.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/GLT8747221222.mp3","summary":"Mal and Jo dive deep into ‘The Vampire Lestat’ Episode 6! They also check back in on Episode 5! They discuss the introduction of Akasha, a séance, and the best song of the season so far. (00:00) Intro (05:27) Opening Snapshot (28:00) Let’s begin at the end (41:10) The queen arrived! (01:00:08) “Stained Glass Eyes” (01:05:52) “Dick Salt” (working title) (01:10:31) Dan gets a suntan (01:14:49) Exorcising demons (01:21:45) Back on the bench (01:28:08) A roundup of fun and funny things (01:33:17) Book spoilers! Hosts: Joanna Robinson and Mallory Rubin Producers: Carlos Chiriboga and Scott Lee Studio Production: Jacob Cornett Social: Jomi Adeniran Additional Production Support: Arjuna Ramgopowell Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Mal and Jo dive deep into ‘The Vampire Lestat’ Episode 6! They also check back in on Episode 5! They discuss the introduction of Akasha, a séance, and the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6020,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/house-of-r-6578339/episodes/the-vampire-lestat-episodes-5-and-6-deep-dive/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/house-of-r-6578339/the-vampire-lestat-episodes-5-and-6-deep-dive.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}