{"podcast":{"title":"Reading Glasses","slug":"reading-glasses-586915","podcast_index_feed_id":586915,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/SMcNunjG","website_url":"http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/reading-glasses","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ba0498c3-8f9f-4f81-8517-aeb37222a00c/c88ceccb-23c0-440d-8da2-6f673172ed22/3000x3000/readingglasses-podcastsquarelogo.png?aid=rss_feed","author":"Maximum Fun","episode_count":474,"summary":"Want to learn how to make the most of your reading life? Join Brea Grant and Mallory O’Meara every week as they discuss tips and tricks for reading better! Listeners will learn how to vanquish their To-Be-Read piles, get pointers on organizing their bookshelves and hear reviews on the newest reading gadgets. Brea and Mallory also offer advice on bookish problems. How do you climb out of a reading slump? How do you support authors while still getting books on the cheap? Where do you hide the bodies of the people who won’t stop talking while you’re trying to read? Mallory and Brea engage in a weekly discussion geared towards all kinds of book lovers -- no matter what you read or how you read it.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-05T04:19:15.222658+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reading-glasses-586915"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 448 - Can You Be Too Critical of a Book?","slug":"ep-448-can-you-be-too-critical-of-a-book","published_at":"2026-02-05T15:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reading-glasses-586915/ep-448-can-you-be-too-critical-of-a-book","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reading-glasses-586915","url":"http://www.maximumfun.org/shows/reading-glasses","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/31/claritaspod.com/measure/afp-9384.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/ba0498c3-8f9f-4f81-8517-aeb37222a00c/episodes/ddf85952-2a35-47e5-8c61-b688acc86099/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=ba0498c3-8f9f-4f81-8517-aeb37222a00c&awEpisodeId=ddf85952-2a35-47e5-8c61-b688acc86099&feed=SMcNunjG","summary":"Brea and Mallory discuss whether or not you can be too critical with books. Plus, they talk about what to do with dust jackets and recommend books that are out in mass market paperback.","meta_description":"Brea and Mallory discuss whether or not you can be too critical with books. Plus, they talk about what to do with dust jackets and recommend books that ar…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2061,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/reading-glasses-586915/episodes/ep-448-can-you-be-too-critical-of-a-book/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/reading-glasses-586915/ep-448-can-you-be-too-critical-of-a-book.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}