{"podcast":{"title":"Podcast Benomtad","slug":"podcast-benomtad-7087193","podcast_index_feed_id":7087193,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/benomtad/feed.xml","website_url":"https://benomtad.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/18753353/PodcastBenomtadLogo8.jpeg","author":"Ben Lundy","episode_count":100,"summary":"Open, philosophically-oriented conversations about almost any topic with almost anyone, but focusing on culture, spirituality and personal growth.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T06:20:40.123528+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcast-benomtad-7087193"},"episode":{"title":"Perfectionism, Tragedy, and Creative Blocks","slug":"perfectionism-tragedy-and-creative-blocks","published_at":"2026-03-22T16:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcast-benomtad-7087193/perfectionism-tragedy-and-creative-blocks","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcast-benomtad-7087193","url":"https://benomtad.podbean.com/e/perfectionism-tragedy-and-creative-blocks/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7q5fj6h4yv47yvsh/Perfectionism_Tragedy_and_Creative_Blocks9tltw.mp3","summary":"We read and discuss the Spanish Folktale “The Carnation Youth,” F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tragedy both in life and in “The Great Gatsby,” and Ian’s struggles with the creative writing process. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:12 Reading of “The Carnation Youth” 10:05 Letting the Perfect be the Enemy of the Good 14:25 Why Does She Burn the Carnation in the Fire? 24:33 The Carnation is the Prince 29:10 The Carnation Girl’s Second Chances 33:10 Creation & the Erotic 39:13 Why Are You So Afraid? 49:01 Trust, Do What You’re Supposed to Do… 51:56 Meeting the Impossible Challenge 55:53 Stoic Gods 59:11 F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tragic Life 1:07:05 The Great Jay Gatsby and Hope 1:18:08 Renewal in Death of Tragedies 1:24:59 Attraction to Tragedy 1:30:28 Stoic Framing and Feeling Out of Joint 1:36:18 My Creative Struggle May be Misapprehended 1:41:46 Talking About the Creative Struggle Thank you for watching! Please check out: The full video episode: https://youtu.be/8_o0x6Z7ixc The Podcast Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMIlJwXEK2vqfEOVgfclRgZNXO4boyP3T The Episode Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMIlJwXEK2vq-TnaienDlJJ1ZdTknAqVn “The Carnation Youth” full text: https://archive.org/details/talesofenchantme00eell/page/22/mode/2up For more in this podcast, please go to: Podbean: https://benomtad.podbean.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/podcast-benomtad/id1748320863 YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/@scissorsandpaper/videos Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4kJPGlaJjGVyLa9AKhci6t?si=8XXrX9FUT3CU71reCfA5kQ X: https://x.com/Benomtad Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/benomtad I plan to conduct more interviews with various guests, so please check back later for those. Clip Intro Music “A Baroque Letter” - Aaron Kenny","meta_description":"We read and discuss the Spanish Folktale “The Carnation Youth,” F. Scott Fitzgerald’s tragedy both in life and in “The Great Gatsby,” and Ian’s struggles…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7010,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/podcast-benomtad-7087193/episodes/perfectionism-tragedy-and-creative-blocks/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/podcast-benomtad-7087193/perfectionism-tragedy-and-creative-blocks.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}