{"podcast":{"title":"Journey of the Art","slug":"journey-of-the-art-7113065","podcast_index_feed_id":7113065,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f62876d8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://journey-of-the-art.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41198470/41198470-1742792322524-35135e2ff5178.jpg","author":"Lola Opatayo","episode_count":45,"summary":"On Journey of the Art, we discuss the artist, unravel the art, and explore the road between, celebrating the highs of artistic achievement and pondering the lows of the artist's sacrifice. This is our biggest question: what is the secret to staying on the journey of the art? Stay connected Find out more about the show: https://journeyoftheart.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T20:17:59.036167+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/journey-of-the-art-7113065"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 30: Drinking the Ocean","slug":"ep-30-drinking-the-ocean","published_at":"2025-09-24T14:28:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/journey-of-the-art-7113065/ep-30-drinking-the-ocean","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/journey-of-the-art-7113065","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-art/episodes/Ep-30-Drinking-the-Ocean-e38ldi9","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f62876d8/podcast/play/108753929/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-8-24%2F408065697-44100-2-fe16795537cf6.m4a","summary":"In this episode with Saad Omar Khan, we discuss depression, faith, unrequited love, and the connections between these. We explore these in Khan’s latest work, Drinking the Ocean, which tells the story of Murad, whose carefully constructed reality is upset by a chance encounter with a long lost love. Set in England, Canada, and Pakistan, Drinking the Ocean forces us to contemplate deep questions on faith and family responsibility. Drinking the Ocean is out now from Buckrider Books. _____________________ Guest’s links Buy Drinking the Ocean: https://www.saadomarkhan.com/drinkingtheocean/ Follow Omar on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/s.omar.khan/ Contact Omar: https://www.saadomarkhan.com/contact/ _____________________ Host’s links Find out more about the show: https://www.journeyoftheart.com/ Follow Journey of the Art on Instagram: ⁠ https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheartpod/ Book a one-on-one with Lola: https://wordcaps.com/coaching/","meta_description":"In this episode with Saad Omar Khan, we discuss depression, faith, unrequited love, and the connections between these. We explore these in Khan’s latest w…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3610,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/journey-of-the-art-7113065/episodes/ep-30-drinking-the-ocean/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/journey-of-the-art-7113065/ep-30-drinking-the-ocean.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}