{"podcast":{"title":"Magical Overthinkers","slug":"magical-overthinkers-6905217","podcast_index_feed_id":6905217,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/magicaloverthinkers","website_url":"https://www.studio71.com/us/podcasts/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a8c318be-0be3-11ef-8ca9-8fab4c3b811d/image/387a90774e223abddb2e351ed17367d7.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Amanda Montell & Studio71","episode_count":58,"summary":"Are you an overthinker? Prone to thought spirals? Do you wonder why, despite living in the \"Information Age,\" life only seems to be making less sense? From extreme celebrity worshippers to people with master’s degrees basing their real-life choices on Mercury’s whereabouts, there seems to be a lot of delulu out there these days. More than ever, in fact. Enter: This relatable, thought-provoking podcast for curious overthinkers. Every other week, tune in as host Amanda Montell, author of the New York Times bestselling book The Age of Magical Overthinking and host of the Sounds Like A Cult podcast, interviews a brilliant expert guest about a buzzy, confounding, anxiety-provoking topic. Think: narcissism, nostalgia, polyamory, social media comparison, \"millennial cringe.\" Complete with heart-on-their-sleeve personal stories, thought-provoking conversations, and actionable takeaways for how chronically online listeners can get out of their own heads, this podcast is here to make some sense of the senseless. To help quiet the cacophony in our brains for a while. Or even hear a melody in it. For advertising opportunities please email PodcastPartnerships@Studio71us.com We wanna make the p…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-08T16:18:53.523174+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/magical-overthinkers-6905217"},"episode":{"title":"Overthinking About Horniness","slug":"overthinking-about-horniness","published_at":"2026-01-07T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/magical-overthinkers-6905217/overthinking-about-horniness","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/magical-overthinkers-6905217","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/135/verifi.podscribe.com/rss/p/swap.fm/track/i7NUCPwi3tJP053nG6mP/traffic.megaphone.fm/STU8532760369.mp3?updated=1767744529","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/mgln.ai/e/135/verifi.podscribe.com/rss/p/swap.fm/track/i7NUCPwi3tJP053nG6mP/traffic.megaphone.fm/STU8532760369.mp3?updated=1767744529","summary":"Welcome to 2026, overthinkers! A question to start off the new year: Are you weirded out by your relationship to your own horniness? This week, Amanda is joined by sex educator, author, and cultural translator Shan Boodram to unpack how physical desire gets shaped by culture, social media, gender, power, and self-image, and why it can feel empowering one moment and deeply shameful or confusing the next. Tune in as they discuss unfiltered listener-submitted questions about wanting too much, wanting too little, and wanting all the “wrong” things. This episode is a gentle spiral about learning to trust what your body is trying to tell you. - Join the \"Magical Overthinkers Club\" by following the pod on Instagram @magicaloverthinkers. - To access early, ad-free episodes and more, subscribe to the Magical Overthinkers Substack. - Pick up a copy of Amanda's book The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality, or listen to the audiobook. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial period at https://SHOPIFY.COM/magical This January, quit overspending on wireless with 50% off Unlimited premium wireless at https://MintMobile.com/magical Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Welcome to 2026, overthinkers! A question to start off the new year: Are you weirded out by your relationship to your own horniness? This week, Amanda is…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3299,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/magical-overthinkers-6905217/episodes/overthinking-about-horniness/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/magical-overthinkers-6905217/overthinking-about-horniness.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}