{"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":"Three Moves Ahead 636 - Civil War Midlife Crisis","slug":"three-moves-ahead-636-civil-war-midlife-crisis","published_at":"2025-07-31T23:30:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/idle-thumbs-1634120/three-moves-ahead-636-civil-war-midlife-crisis","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/idle-thumbs-1634120","url":"https://soundcloud.com/idlethumbs/three-moves-ahead-636-civil-war-midlife-crisis","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2139950046-idlethumbs-three-moves-ahead-636-civil-war-midlife-crisis.mp3","summary":"Aftermath's Riley MacLeod has developed a sudden interest in the American Civil War, and we've assembled a 3MA all-star team featuring Rob Zacny, Rowan Kaiser, Len Hafer, and Luke Plunkett to walk him through this difficult and confusing time. We use Ultimate General: Civil War as a launching pad to discuss the conflict itself, the games based on it, as well as the tricky elements of adapting it for an entertainment product through the wonder-filled eyes of a strategy newbie. Inspired by the article, \"Bad News, I’m A 43-Year-Old Man And I’ve Recently Taken An Interest In The Civil War,\" https://aftermath.site/civil-war-middle-age Games Discussed: Ultimate General: Civil War, Hearts of Iron IV, Panzer Corps, Panzer General, Panzer General 2, Grand Tactician: The Civil War, Total War: Napoleon","meta_description":"Aftermath's Riley MacLeod has developed a sudden interest in the American Civil War, and we've assembled a 3MA all-star team featuring Rob Zacny, Rowan Ka…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6664,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/idle-thumbs-1634120/episodes/three-moves-ahead-636-civil-war-midlife-crisis/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/three-moves-ahead-636-civil-war-midlife-crisis.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}