{"podcast":{"title":"Print Run Podcast","slug":"print-run-podcast-470572","podcast_index_feed_id":470572,"rss_url":"https://feeds.feedburner.com/PrintRunPodcast","website_url":"http://www.printrunpodcast.com","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000267940206-xe386y-original.jpg","author":"Erik Hane and Laura Zats (printrunpodcast@gmail.com)","episode_count":193,"summary":"Print Run is a podcast created and hosted by Laura Zats and Erik Hane. Its aim is simple: to have the conversations surrounding the book and writing industries that too often are glossed over by conventional wisdom, institutional optimism, and false seriousness. We’re book people, and we want to examine the questions that lie at the heart of that life: why do books, specifically, matter? In a digital world, what cultural ground does book publishing still occupy? Whether it’s trends in the queries from writers that hit our inboxes or the social ramifications of an industry that pays so little being based in Manhattan, we’re here for it. Probably to laugh at it and call it names, but here for it nonetheless. Print Run is the happy-hour conversation after a long day at a catalog launch; it’s the bottle of wine you drink most of on a Tuesday when the manuscripts are no good. We’re for writers, for publishers, for anyone who’s opened a book and wanted to know—really know—what goes into getting the damn thing made. Join us. We’ll talk about the worst sex scene we’ve ever read and wonder aloud about how millennials will affect the books of the future. We’ll figure out why Jonathan Franze…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T06:18:00.573573+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/print-run-podcast-470572"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 188—The Red-flagisode","slug":"episode-188-the-red-flagisode","published_at":"2026-07-13T16:06:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/print-run-podcast-470572/episode-188-the-red-flagisode","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/print-run-podcast-470572","url":"https://soundcloud.com/printrunpodcast/episode-188","audio_url":"http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2359755182-printrunpodcast-episode-188.mp3","summary":"This week, in response to a steady stream of questions about how to interface with literary agents either during the query process or once you’re actually working with them, we present to you: a list of Red Flags to look for with regard to agents! We get into communication styles, transparency, pressure, and much more as we try to work through whatever has you vexed about your interactions with agents. Let’s figure out what’s normal and what isn’t!","meta_description":"This week, in response to a steady stream of questions about how to interface with literary agents either during the query process or once you’re actually…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2795,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/print-run-podcast-470572/episodes/episode-188-the-red-flagisode/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/print-run-podcast-470572/episode-188-the-red-flagisode.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}