{"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":"The Stuff We Keep: Why Letting Go in Midlife Creates Room for What's Next","slug":"the-stuff-we-keep-why-letting-go-in-midlife-creates-room-for-what-s-next","published_at":"2026-06-24T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-circus-7546053/the-stuff-we-keep-why-letting-go-in-midlife-creates-room-for-what-s-next","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/midlife-circus-7546053","url":"https://midlifecircus.fm/episodes/episode-34-the-stuff-we-keep-why-letting-go-in-midlife-creates-room-for-whats-next","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2611020/episodes/19332313-the-stuff-we-keep-why-letting-go-in-midlife-creates-room-for-what-s-next.mp3","summary":"Message the Show Rob and Brent each did a room-by-room walkthrough of their own houses and came back with the evidence: a 90-year-old silk top hat, a custom motorcycle jacket from the Harley days, a bin of coaxial cables, gold-toed bowling shoes, and three corporate suits that have not been worn in years. In this episode they sort it all into three categories — the memories worth keeping, the expensive stuff held hostage by sunk cost, and the things that just need to go — and dig into the fea...","meta_description":"Message the Show Rob and Brent each did a room-by-room walkthrough of their own houses and came back with the evidence: a 90-year-old silk top hat, a cust…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3729,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/midlife-circus-7546053/episodes/the-stuff-we-keep-why-letting-go-in-midlife-creates-room-for-what-s-next/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/the-stuff-we-keep-why-letting-go-in-midlife-creates-room-for-what-s-next.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}