{"podcast":{"title":"John Sandoe Books","slug":"john-sandoe-books-94113","podcast_index_feed_id":94113,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/johnsandoe/feed.xml","website_url":"https://johnsandoe.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/6618903/square_new.png","author":"John Sandoe Books","episode_count":91,"summary":"'Quite simply the best bookshop anyone could wish for' - Edna O'Brien. Independent bookshop (est. in 1957) Chelsea, London.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-12T06:17:01.878620+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-sandoe-books-94113"},"episode":{"title":"Jennifer Homans: Mr B.","slug":"jennifer-homans-mr-b","published_at":"2022-12-04T00:12:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-sandoe-books-94113/jennifer-homans-mr-b","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-sandoe-books-94113","url":"https://johnsandoe.podbean.com/e/jennifer-homans-mr-b/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/94cbma/Jennifer_Homan_5th_Draft9zlff.mp3","summary":"George Balanchine’s life cut the twentieth century in two. He was a choreographer who trained in Tsarist St Petersburg and reached the peak of his career in New York during the Cold War. Mr B.: George Balanchine’s Twentieth Century is more than a biography, and more than a book about ballet. It’s about a changing century and a revolutionary approach to art. Magnus talks to Jennifer Homans – ballet critic for The New Yorker – about her brilliant, intense and wonderfully readable book. Edited by Magnus Rena Music, in order of appearance:Igor Stravinsky, Claire Quellet, Sandra Murray: Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (version for Piano 4 hands): V. Rondes printanieres (Spring Rounds)Igor Stravinsky, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez: Concerto in E-Flat Major “Dumbarton Oaks”: I. Tempo Giusto","meta_description":"George Balanchine’s life cut the twentieth century in two. He was a choreographer who trained in Tsarist St Petersburg and reached the peak of his career…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2156,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/john-sandoe-books-94113/episodes/jennifer-homans-mr-b/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/john-sandoe-books-94113/jennifer-homans-mr-b.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}