{"podcast":{"title":"Let's Talk Religion","slug":"let-s-talk-religion-4777682","podcast_index_feed_id":4777682,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/61c869811c6a7900119a34ed","website_url":"https://youtube.com/c/LetsTalkReligion","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61c869811c6a7900119a34ed/1660584278871-343f2c79c17b989b43e24dd5ea025270.jpeg","author":"Filip Holm","episode_count":179,"summary":"This podcast aims to educate on the subject of religion from an academic perspective and to open up for informed discussions on the subject. You will find episodes discussing the big religions of the world and historical overviews of important figures from different religious traditions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T12:18:06.212729+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-talk-religion-4777682"},"episode":{"title":"Atlantis of the Sands - The Legend of the Lost City of Arabia","slug":"atlantis-of-the-sands-the-legend-of-the-lost-city-of-arabia","published_at":"2026-04-05T14:39:10+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-talk-religion-4777682/atlantis-of-the-sands-the-legend-of-the-lost-city-of-arabia","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-talk-religion-4777682","url":"https://shows.acast.com/lets-talk-religion/episodes/atlantis-of-the-sands-the-legend-of-the-lost-city-of-arabia","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/61c869811c6a7900119a34ed/e/69d2740ef44b357ce98c69c2/media.mp3","summary":"Was the legendary “Atlantis of the Sands” real? In this video, we explore the mystery of Iram of the Pillars, the lost city often linked to the ancient people of ʿĀd mentioned in the Qurʾān. We explore whether it was originally a city or the name of a people, and all the legends surrouding it until this very day. Music by Filip Holm Find me and my music here: https://linktr.ee/filipholm Support Let's Talk Religion on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkreligion Or through a one-time donation: https://paypal.me/talkreligiondonate Sources/Recommended Reading: Al-Jallad, A.الجلادأ. (2025). The Epigraphy of the Tribe of ʿĀd [النقوش القديمة التي تذكر عاد]. Athīrat: Journal of Ancient Arabia, 1(1-2), 281-289. https://doi.org/10.1163/30504880-12340015 Clapp, Nicholas (1999). “The Road to Ubar: Finding the Atlantis of the Sands”. Houghton Mifflin Company. Elmaz, Orhan (2018). “A Paradise in the Desert: Iram at the Intersection of One Thousand and One Nights, Quranic Exegesis, and Arabian History”. In “To the Madbar and Back Again: Studies in the Languages, Archaeology, and Cultures of Arabia, Dedicated to Michael C.A. Macdonald”. Edited by Laïla Nehmé & Ahmad Al-Jallad. Brill. Thomas, Bertram (1932). “Arabia Felix: Across the Empty Quarter of Arabia”. Jonathan Cape. Thomas, Bertram (1933). “Ubar—the Atlantis of the sands of Rub’ Al Khali”. Journal of The Royal Central Asian Society, 20(2), 259–265. https://doi.org/10.1080/03068379308725252 Webb, P. A. (2019). Iram. In K. Fleet, G. Krämer, D. Matringe, J. Nawas, & E. Rowson (Eds.), Encyclopaedia of Islam 3 (pp. 117-121). Brill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Was the legendary “Atlantis of the Sands” real? In this video, we explore the mystery of Iram of the Pillars, the lost city often linked to the ancient pe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1773,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/let-s-talk-religion-4777682/episodes/atlantis-of-the-sands-the-legend-of-the-lost-city-of-arabia/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/let-s-talk-religion-4777682/atlantis-of-the-sands-the-legend-of-the-lost-city-of-arabia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}