{"podcast":{"title":"Monsters, Madness and Magic","slug":"monsters-madness-and-magic-946299","podcast_index_feed_id":946299,"rss_url":"https://www.monstersmadnessandmagic.com/portalofthepodcast?format=rss","website_url":"https://www.monstersmadnessandmagic.com/portalofthepodcast/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d4f1d7c02321b00018d77ce/1645039017773-J0LHL2SWRBSG9LKOTFSD/m3Logo.jpg?format=1500w","author":"Justin Young","episode_count":300,"summary":"Chats with creatives supplemented with deep dives and discussions on the macabre featuring friends!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-27T10:19:40.319065+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/monsters-madness-and-magic-946299"},"episode":{"title":"EP#330: Tolkien and Beyond - An Interview with David Day","slug":"ep-330-tolkien-and-beyond-an-interview-with-david-day","published_at":"2025-07-01T22:47:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/monsters-madness-and-magic-946299/ep-330-tolkien-and-beyond-an-interview-with-david-day","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/monsters-madness-and-magic-946299","url":"https://www.monstersmadnessandmagic.com/portalofthepodcast/ep330-tolkien-and-beyond-an-interview-with-david-day","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d4f1d7c02321b00018d77ce/t/68646343fdaadd6b618c24b0/1751409982271/DavidDayINTERVIEWFULL.mp3","summary":"Join Justin as he chats with author and poet David Day about the historical origins of King Arthur, decoding Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland , the controversy surrounding his works on J.R.R. Tolkien, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and more! David Day bio: “David Day was born and raised in Victoria on Vancouver Island , Canada. His father worked as chief fireman for area military bases.Day was editor of his high school's newspaper, and also contributed high school sports columns to the Victoria Daily Times , graduating from Victoria High School in 1966. After finishing high school, Day worked as a logger for five years on Vancouver Island before graduating in 1976 from the University of Victoria . Day has published over 46 books of poetry, natural history , ecology, mythology , fantasy and children's literature. Day has been a columnist for Punch . He is best known for his books on the life and works of J. R. R. Tolkien . In 2015, Day received a Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Victoria.” Int ro and outro theme created by Wyrm. Support Wyrm by visiting the Serpents Sword Records bandcamp page (linked below): https://serpentsswordrecords.bandcamp.com/ Monsters, Madness and Magic Official Website . Monsters, Madness and Magic on Linktree . Monsters, Madness and Magic on Instagram . Monsters, Madness and Magic on Facebook . Monsters, Madness and Magic on Twitter .","meta_description":"Join Justin as he chats with author and poet David Day about the historical origins of King Arthur, decoding Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5396,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/monsters-madness-and-magic-946299/episodes/ep-330-tolkien-and-beyond-an-interview-with-david-day/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/monsters-madness-and-magic-946299/ep-330-tolkien-and-beyond-an-interview-with-david-day.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}