{"podcast":{"title":"Michael Singer Podcast","slug":"michael-singer-podcast-4033298","podcast_index_feed_id":4033298,"rss_url":"https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/michael-singer-podcast","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://feeds.podcastmirror.com/~images/2380071782120864.jpeg","author":"Michael Singer","episode_count":217,"summary":"Join the New York Times bestselling author of The Untethered Soul, The Surrender Experiment, and Living Untethered for this free series of curated teaching sessions, recorded at his Temple of the Universe yoga and meditation center. For more information, go to michaelsingerpodcast.com. Sounds True Inc. Episodes: © 2025 Michael A. Singer. All Rights Reserved.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T14:17:01.764720+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michael-singer-podcast-4033298"},"episode":{"title":"E196: Fear—The Hidden Root of Suffering","slug":"e196-fear-the-hidden-root-of-suffering","published_at":"2026-07-06T06:01:41+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michael-singer-podcast-4033298/e196-fear-the-hidden-root-of-suffering","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michael-singer-podcast-4033298","url":"https://resources2.soundstrue.com/podcast/e196-fear-the-hidden-root-of-suffering/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/sounds_true/media.blubrry.com/themichaelsingerpodcast/ins.blubrry.com/themichaelsingerpodcast/E196-Fear-The_Hidden_Root_of_Suffering.mp3","summary":"Most people attempt to fix life outside themselves, so they do not have to feel disturbed inside. But this approach creates an endless struggle and never really addresses the real problems, which are inside. The path of spiritual growth is learning to relax through the discomfort created because life is not the way we want it to be. To truly be free, we must learn to become comfortable with being uncomfortable. At the deepest level, fear is the root of suffering, and liberation comes from facing that fear rather than organizing life around avoiding it. © Sounds True Inc. Episodes: © 2026 Michael A. Singer. All Rights Reserved.","meta_description":"Most people attempt to fix life outside themselves, so they do not have to feel disturbed inside. But this approach creates an endless struggle and never…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3251,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/michael-singer-podcast-4033298/episodes/e196-fear-the-hidden-root-of-suffering/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michael-singer-podcast-4033298/e196-fear-the-hidden-root-of-suffering.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}