{"podcast":{"title":"Kiwi Yarns","slug":"kiwi-yarns-789217","podcast_index_feed_id":789217,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/kiwiyarns","website_url":"https://www.rova.nz/podcasts/kiwi-yarns","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b4737a8e-0e61-11ef-97eb-a71ff6e437b1/image/51e3393f327e2abbbc988e0a99293887.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"rova","episode_count":305,"summary":"Welcome to Kiwi Yarns - those yarns you have where you sit down, put the kettle on, pour a whiskey or crack open a beer I honestly don‘t mind. Anyway! We‘re sitting down and we’re yarning to some great New Zealanders, their back stories, their front stories, even stories where they went sideways, we will go there. It’s a place where we celebrate the great people of this glorious nation.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T00:20:20.081133+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kiwi-yarns-789217"},"episode":{"title":"Pax Assadi on religion, embracing the embarrassing and his family escaping Iran","slug":"pax-assadi-on-religion-embracing-the-embarrassing-and-his-family-escaping-iran","published_at":"2026-05-10T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kiwi-yarns-789217/pax-assadi-on-religion-embracing-the-embarrassing-and-his-family-escaping-iran","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kiwi-yarns-789217","url":"https://chrt.fm/track/136497/traffic.megaphone.fm/MEDIAWORKSRADIOLIMITED2342431928.mp3?updated=1778444441","audio_url":"https://chrt.fm/track/136497/traffic.megaphone.fm/MEDIAWORKSRADIOLIMITED2342431928.mp3?updated=1778444441","summary":"Award-winning comedian Pax Assadi is having a massive month as his new book, Mortified, hits the shelves. The book contains the most embarrassing things that have happened in his life, including a legendary mishap in a Pakistani mosque. Pax wants us all to lean into our cringe, and why he’s over the curated perfection we see on social media. We talk about his family’s escape from Iran, and his Baha'i faith, the concept of progressive revelation, and how his spiritual beliefs shape his view of a fractured world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Award-winning comedian Pax Assadi is having a massive month as his new book, Mortified, hits the shelves. The book contains the most embarrassing things t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4930,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kiwi-yarns-789217/episodes/pax-assadi-on-religion-embracing-the-embarrassing-and-his-family-escaping-iran/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kiwi-yarns-789217/pax-assadi-on-religion-embracing-the-embarrassing-and-his-family-escaping-iran.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}