{"podcast":{"title":"Hysterical","slug":"hysterical-6947909","podcast_index_feed_id":6947909,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/hysterical","website_url":"https://wondery.com/shows/hysterical","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/c1/b3/3a/88/c1b33a88-ce3c-4637-9ec5-f522cc16d2c2/dacc4e5c14bb31f8a644928483ce527428c5022da50e6bd818c006b0deed17f088d81620a21af9c7988136c5997e64055d91685ff3c2cb9e207c42b1a9291eb6.jpeg","author":"Audible | Pineapple Street Studios","episode_count":5,"summary":"Named 2025 Ambies© Podcast of the Year, Hysterical investigates a mysterious illness that spreads among a group of high school girls in upstate New York. What is causing their sudden, often violent symptoms? Is there something in the water or inside the school? Or is it “all in their head?” The series examines the outbreak in LeRoy, NY, believed by some to be the most severe case of mass hysteria since the Salem Witch Trials. In his search for answers, Dan Taberski (9/12, Missing Richard Simmons, Running from Cops) explores other seemingly inexplicable events of the last few years – CIA officers being crippled with nausea and vertigo; cops OD'ing from exposure to fentanyl – and discovers they’re far more connected than we realize. From Wondery and Pineapple Street Studios, this 7-part series forces us to grapple with the mysteries of our own minds, and reckon with a contagion that we thought was long dead, but may be the defining disorder of our time. Audible subscribers can listen to all episodes of Hysterical ad-free right now. Join Audible today by downloading the Audible app.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T16:20:01.976388+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hysterical-6947909"},"episode":{"title":"Listen Now: AI A New Kind of Being","slug":"listen-now-ai-a-new-kind-of-being","published_at":"2026-07-21T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hysterical-6947909/listen-now-ai-a-new-kind-of-being","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hysterical-6947909","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/0feb159b-a621-4394-b08a-0e39cea3dbb6.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/0feb159b-a621-4394-b08a-0e39cea3dbb6.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"AI: A NEW KIND OF BEING is a six-part series from This Is Actually Happening, sharing the stories of people whose lives have been forever changed by artificial intelligence. You'll hear intimate, first-person accounts from every side of this new frontier. A man who fell in love with his AI and married her. A woman who was betrayed by it. A man who has been recruited by his chatbot to change the world, and an AI that has its own story to share. These are stories about what it means to be human at the razor’s edge where the line between human and machine begins to blur. These are riveting stories that will stick with you long after you listen, exploring the question: what happens when everything changes? To listen to AI: A NEW KIND OF BEING , follow THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING wherever you get your podcasts. Audible Subscribers, can listen to THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING early and ad-free right now on Audible. Download the Audible app today. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"AI: A NEW KIND OF BEING is a six-part series from This Is Actually Happening, sharing the stories of people whose lives have been forever changed by artif…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":375,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hysterical-6947909/episodes/listen-now-ai-a-new-kind-of-being/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hysterical-6947909/listen-now-ai-a-new-kind-of-being.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}