{"podcast":{"title":"I Hate James Dobson","slug":"i-hate-james-dobson-6843508","podcast_index_feed_id":6843508,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/65f51da78c14020018575c35","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/i-hate-james-dobson","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1710562280136-e5045293624efb18e84852ada8cdf219.jpeg","author":"Jake & Brooke","episode_count":65,"summary":"Dr. James Dobson is a clinical psychologist, founder of Christian media empire Focus on the Family, a spiritual advisor to every Republican President since Reagan, and a paragon in the Evangelical Christian movement. And he's a massive dick. Join therapists Jake (a former Evangelical) and Brooke (who knows almost nothing about Evangelical culture) as they read and tear apart Dobson's works. Get ready to laugh, cry, and rip your hair out as we explore the very many reasons why I Hate James Dobson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T02:18:58.805350+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-hate-james-dobson-6843508"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 59: The John Paulk Story","slug":"episode-59-the-john-paulk-story","published_at":"2026-06-08T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-hate-james-dobson-6843508/episode-59-the-john-paulk-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-hate-james-dobson-6843508","url":"https://shows.acast.com/i-hate-james-dobson/episodes/episode-59-25-years-in-the-making","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/65f51da78c14020018575c35/e/6a26701d4330c50bd341b2c3/media.mp3","summary":"Happy Pride, Readers! This is an episode Jake has been waiting to make for a second now, so get ready as Jake and Brooke talk about the story of John Paulk, first told in Bringing up Boys and then re-examined 25 years later in the podcast \"Atonement: The John Paulk Story\". It's a story of pain, redemption, and c*nty letters from TV producers - it really is everything you'd want from a Pride episode. Check out our patreon! patreon.com/ihatejamesdobson Or go to ihatejamesdobson.com for all our links Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/mood-maze/trendsetter License code: 9OT2MTBHWWSRZP5S Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Happy Pride, Readers! This is an episode Jake has been waiting to make for a second now, so get ready as Jake and Brooke talk about the story of John Paul…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3949,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/i-hate-james-dobson-6843508/episodes/episode-59-the-john-paulk-story/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-hate-james-dobson-6843508/episode-59-the-john-paulk-story.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}