{"podcast":{"title":"In Research Of","slug":"in-research-of-184213","podcast_index_feed_id":184213,"rss_url":"https://inresearchof.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://inresearchof.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/0/8/9/008931fd64894383/InResearchOf_Logo_1400.jpg","author":"Blake Smith","episode_count":120,"summary":"The show where we watch the 1970s TV show \"In Search Of...\" and look at possible explanations the producers didn't consider.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T00:20:11.585808+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-research-of-184213"},"episode":{"title":"S04E20 - In Search of John the Baptist","slug":"s04e20-in-search-of-john-the-baptist","published_at":"2025-02-19T14:48:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-research-of-184213/s04e20-in-search-of-john-the-baptist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-research-of-184213","url":"https://inresearchof.libsyn.com/s04e20-in-search-of-john-the-baptist","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/inresearchof/S04E20_IRO_John_The_Baptist.mp3?dest-id=1467629","summary":"Jeb and Blake go in search of John the Baptist's resting place. Content Warning: Human remains on screen. Discussion of murder. Beheading John the Baptist (wiki) Salome (play) In 2018 the murder of Bishop Epiphanius took place and rocked the religious community -- not important for this episode but it popped up a lot in my searching. San Silvestro \"head\" shown in intro Same - but wiki article Nimoy Fashion Alert (NFA Wardrobe consulting by The Hogtown Rake , Pedro Mendes) The \"head\" of John the Baptist at San Silvestro: Art historian Michael Patroconni (Petroccione?) I think Jeb and I found this to be the most fun part of the episode: Gerald Larue obituary Herod Antipas (the Herod that executed JTB) Wadi El Natrun The Cave of John the Baptist","meta_description":"Jeb and Blake go in search of John the Baptist's resting place. Content Warning: Human remains on screen. Discussion of murder. Beheading John the Baptist…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6428,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-research-of-184213/episodes/s04e20-in-search-of-john-the-baptist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-research-of-184213/s04e20-in-search-of-john-the-baptist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}