{"podcast":{"title":"Puppet Masters / Castle Freaks","slug":"puppet-masters-castle-freaks-6411389","podcast_index_feed_id":6411389,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/puppetmasterscastlefreaks/feed.xml","website_url":"https://puppetmasterscastlefreaks.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/16540632/Logo_Large_zvi62e.jpg","author":"puppetmasterscastlefreaks","episode_count":183,"summary":"This is the definitive Full Moon Features podcast! Each week, we’re going to watch a different film from Charles Band’s madcap universe of low-budget horror thrillers, encompassing not only the Full Moon films but also the earlier stable of Empire International Pictures and sub-labels like Moonbeam and Torchlight!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T00:17:28.838578+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/puppet-masters-castle-freaks-6411389"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 148: The Alchemist (with Scott Weinberg)","slug":"episode-148-the-alchemist-with-scott-weinberg","published_at":"2026-01-02T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/puppet-masters-castle-freaks-6411389/episode-148-the-alchemist-with-scott-weinberg","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/puppet-masters-castle-freaks-6411389","url":"https://puppetmasterscastlefreaks.podbean.com/e/episode-148-the-alchemist-with-scott-weinberg/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/famvd8tjchqjsuzy/Alchemist_FINAL_8kzz2.mp3","summary":"Critic and podcaster Scott Weinberg joins the prestigious three-timers club as we roll the clock back to the early 1980s for THE ALCHEMIST! This long-shelved supernatural thriller had a troubled production and struggles from a decided lack of energy, but it gives us the opportunity to talk about a few weird pockets of early 80s B-cinema, including the late-career action turn of Robert Ginty and other deliriously weird rabbit holes. Hosted by Jarrod Hornbeck and Steve Guntli Theme song by Kyle Hornbeck Logo by Doug McCambridge Email: puppetmasterscastlefreaks@gmail.com Instagram/Threads: @puppetmasters_castlefreaks YouTube: @PuppetMastersCastleFreaks Next week's episode: Ghost Warrior","meta_description":"Critic and podcaster Scott Weinberg joins the prestigious three-timers club as we roll the clock back to the early 1980s for THE ALCHEMIST! This long-shel…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4067,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/puppet-masters-castle-freaks-6411389/episodes/episode-148-the-alchemist-with-scott-weinberg/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/puppet-masters-castle-freaks-6411389/episode-148-the-alchemist-with-scott-weinberg.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}