{"podcast":{"title":"Midlife Circus: Gen X Reinvention","slug":"midlife-circus-7546053","podcast_index_feed_id":7546053,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2611020.rss","website_url":"http://midlifecircus.fm","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/0nfpyg7i2p0uu8njzxcrzhzz1eip?.jpg","author":"Brent Drever & Rob Espenel","episode_count":36,"summary":"Midlife isn't the end — it's the evolution. Hosted by Brent Drever and Rob Espenel, Midlife Circus is where real conversations meet reinvention. Like any good circus, midlife is part chaos, part wonder — a stage for learning new acts. From career changes and empty nests to money, relationships, health, and second-act adventures, Rob and Brent explore the unpredictable, messy, and meaningful middle of life with humor, honesty, and a touch of rebellion. It's a show for Gen X and anyone reinventing what comes next. Pull up a seat under the tent — and get ready to laugh, reflect, and rediscover what's possible in Your Next Great Act.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T00:19:41.050909+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-circus-7546053"},"episode":{"title":"Acceptance as Strength: Recovery and Rebuilding with Musician Ezra Vancil","slug":"acceptance-as-strength-recovery-and-rebuilding-with-musician-ezra-vancil","published_at":"2026-06-10T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-circus-7546053/acceptance-as-strength-recovery-and-rebuilding-with-musician-ezra-vancil","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-circus-7546053","url":"https://midlifecircus.fm/episodes/episode-33-acceptance-as-strength-recovery-and-rebuilding-with-musician-ezra-vancil","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2611020/episodes/19178527-acceptance-as-strength-recovery-and-rebuilding-with-musician-ezra-vancil.mp3","summary":"Message the Show Ezra Vancil got signed to a music label as a teenager and spent the years that followed living the life of a rock star. By 21 his label had dropped him with no plan B, and the next two decades were a collapse into addiction and isolation that nearly cost him his life more than once. The night he hit bottom at 40, he woke up on the kitchen floor to the realization that his life had to change. This conversation is the story of what happened next: how Ezra stopped running long e...","meta_description":"Message the Show Ezra Vancil got signed to a music label as a teenager and spent the years that followed living the life of a rock star. By 21 his label h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4412,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/midlife-circus-7546053/episodes/acceptance-as-strength-recovery-and-rebuilding-with-musician-ezra-vancil/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-circus-7546053/acceptance-as-strength-recovery-and-rebuilding-with-musician-ezra-vancil.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}