{"podcast":{"title":"Idle Thumbs","slug":"idle-thumbs-1634120","podcast_index_feed_id":1634120,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:146327911/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://store.idlethumbs.net","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000158452541-jfetlt-original.png","author":"Idle Thumbs","episode_count":500,"summary":"Idle Thumbs is an independent podcast network who…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T08:20:23.716708+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/idle-thumbs-1634120"},"episode":{"title":"Designer Notes 96: Owen Mahoney","slug":"designer-notes-96-owen-mahoney","published_at":"2026-07-06T17:45:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/idle-thumbs-1634120/designer-notes-96-owen-mahoney","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/idle-thumbs-1634120","url":"https://soundcloud.com/idlethumbs/designer-notes-96-owen-mahoney","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2354211260-idlethumbs-designer-notes-96-owen-mahoney.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Soren interviews Owen Mahoney, who served first as the CFO and then as the CEO of Nexon. They discuss what the transition to free-to-play meant for game design, how to make sure your company has the right type of shareholders, and how close Nexon came to buying Riot. This episode was recorded on March 11, 2026, and was engineered by Michael Hermes. Games discussed: Pong, Spacewar, Choplifter, RobotWar, QuizQuiz, MapleStory, KartRider, Stellaris, League of Legends, Minecraft, ARC Raiders, Lethal Company","meta_description":"In this episode, Soren interviews Owen Mahoney, who served first as the CFO and then as the CEO of Nexon. They discuss what the transition to free-to-play…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5359,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/idle-thumbs-1634120/episodes/designer-notes-96-owen-mahoney/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/idle-thumbs-1634120/designer-notes-96-owen-mahoney.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}