{"podcast":{"title":"Re: Dracula","slug":"re-dracula-6265099","podcast_index_feed_id":6265099,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/MrfL0mVE","website_url":"https://redracula.live/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/35b7754e-6ed5-4419-bd1d-a4e5ea697ae1/01e7aabd-3c1d-472a-b6bb-a99e67c87868/3000x3000/re-20dracula-20cover-20art-20-4000-20-c3-97-204000-20px.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Bloody FM","episode_count":57,"summary":"Re: Dracula takes the famous horror tale, breaks it up chronologically (every entry of this epistolary novel has a date), and sends the story directly to your podcatcher as it happens. Every time something happens to the characters, Re: Dracula will publish an episode, in as close to real time as it happens. Some entries will be brief, and others will be long and intense.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T16:18:30.843614+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/re-dracula-6265099"},"episode":{"title":"May 9: Castles in the Air","slug":"may-9-castles-in-the-air","published_at":"2026-05-09T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/re-dracula-6265099/may-9-castles-in-the-air","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/re-dracula-6265099","url":"https://redracula.live/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/afp-898815-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/1d554b02-9703-458b-8212-9f2c5e83462d/episodes/d4c41e4b-6f3b-4c6b-a03d-c056ad07fd29/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=1d554b02-9703-458b-8212-9f2c5e83462d&awEpisodeId=d4c41e4b-6f3b-4c6b-a03d-c056ad07fd29&feed=MrfL0mVE","summary":"Mina Murray writes to Lucy Westenra about her exhausting life as a schoolmistress and her ambitions for the future. She details her rigorous shorthand practice and her plan to adopt the professional skills of a lady journalist to support her upcoming marriage to Jonathan.","meta_description":"Mina Murray shares her plans for professional development and her anticipation of Jonathan's return from Transylvania in this epistolary update.","key_points":["Main idea: Mina is balancing the heavy workload of an assistant schoolmistress with personal skill development","Practical takeaway: Using shorthand and stenography as a means to provide professional utility in a future marriage","Ambition: Adopting the techniques of lady journalists to master interviewing and descriptive writing","Personal update: Jonathan Harker is nearing the end of his travels in Transylvania and is expected home soon","Tension: The contrast between the mundane struggles of teaching and the romantic 'castles in the air' built with friends"],"chapters":[{"start_ms":0,"title":"The Burden of Teaching","summary":"Mina describes the overwhelming nature of her work as an assistant schoolmistress."},{"start_ms":20000,"title":"Preparing for Marriage","summary":"Mina discusses her assiduous practice of shorthand to be useful to Jonathan."},{"start_ms":30000,"title":"Aspirations in Journalism","summary":"Mina outlines her plan to emulate lady journalists through interviewing and observation."},{"start_ms":90000,"title":"News from Transylvania","summary":"A brief update on Jonathan's well-being and his imminent return from abroad."},{"start_ms":110000,"title":"Rumors and Reconnection","summary":"Mina concludes her letter by prompting Lucy to share her own recent news and rumors."}],"topics":["Mina Murray","Jonathan Harker","Transylvania","Epistolary fiction","Victorian era","Shorthand","Journalism","Lucy Westenra"],"duration_seconds":145,"processing_state":"processed","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/re-dracula-6265099/episodes/may-9-castles-in-the-air/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/re-dracula-6265099/may-9-castles-in-the-air.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}