{"podcast":{"title":"Night Clerk Radio: Haunted Music Reviews","slug":"night-clerk-radio-haunted-music-reviews-357758","podcast_index_feed_id":357758,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/4zkW_2gM","website_url":"https://nightclerkradio.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/80a0b216-a118-44c0-b38a-59c645383e4b/5081a574-a521-4de7-894d-2f85096ded06/3000x3000/08-night-clerk-radio.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Ross Payton","episode_count":154,"summary":"Birk and Ross plumb the depths of vaporwave, dark ambient, and other haunted genres of music. Discover new music to listen to and find out why we're drawn to retro aesthetics and dark music.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T02:17:22.666522+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/night-clerk-radio-haunted-music-reviews-357758"},"episode":{"title":"We’re VHS Poppin’","slug":"we-re-vhs-poppin","published_at":"2025-11-10T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/night-clerk-radio-haunted-music-reviews-357758/we-re-vhs-poppin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/night-clerk-radio-haunted-music-reviews-357758","url":"https://nightclerkradio.com/episodes/were-vhs-poppin-0WRIFyDc","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/c3fb1cd0-f098-4363-8d95-6e7a5330dfc6/episodes/6358c9ff-804f-4f57-918d-6e4a9743474b/audio/79a854ab-b6c4-4a58-9cbf-c595f1f450ea/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=4zkW_2gM","summary":"Wow, another genre episode! It’s been a while. What will they talk about this time? Will they talk about Bandcamp tags for an uncomfortable amount of time? Will they get hung up on overly niche hyper characterization of niche genres? The answer to all these questions is obviously “yes!” In this episode, we’re digging into the genre of VHS pop, which is often thought of as the upbeat and optimistic cousin of late night lo-fi. We talk about our history with the VHS format, attempts to classify niche genres, the power of nostalgia for physical media, and our hope for a revival of the sub-genre. Join us!","meta_description":"Wow, another genre episode! It’s been a while. What will they talk about this time? Will they talk about Bandcamp tags for an uncomfortable amount of time…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2220,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/night-clerk-radio-haunted-music-reviews-357758/episodes/we-re-vhs-poppin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/night-clerk-radio-haunted-music-reviews-357758/we-re-vhs-poppin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}