{"podcast":{"title":"ReadMultiplex.com Podcast.","slug":"readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112","podcast_index_feed_id":7658112,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/readmultiplex-com-podcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://ReadMultiplex.com","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/readmultiplex-com-podcast/20260128_070123_a3c0b2016b37f2d1f92d66e15b307722.png","author":"Brian Roemmele","episode_count":64,"summary":"Multiplex is an experiment, an experiment that will be on going. An experiment in publishing as I am not a professional writer nor will it be likely any contributors would be professional writers. Much of the content for Multiplex will be direct results from first hand empirical research that I am personally working on or other researchers are working on. Multiplex will also follow the work of other great researchers that are inventing new technology or new uses for existing technology. The experimental nature of Multiplex means that content can be dense and sparse at times. What we won’t do is write just to fill in space. We will aim to have regular content for the member-only area, This means that if you choose to become a member you are supporting the work of the writers and not an exact number of postings. There will always be free content to be found on the site as well as the X feed.—Brian Roemmele Website: ReadMultiplex.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T22:21:03.729497+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112"},"episode":{"title":"ReadMultiplex.com: A 1957 Forgotten Radio Show That Shows How Job Security May Be Manufactured","slug":"readmultiplex-com-a-1957-forgotten-radio-show-that-shows-how-job-security-may-be-manufactured","published_at":"2026-06-06T22:55:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112/readmultiplex-com-a-1957-forgotten-radio-show-that-shows-how-job-security-may-be-manufactured","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/readmultiplex-com-podcast/2893319","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/366493/2893319/readmultiplex-com-podcast/2026_06_06_22_55_33_f789ff93-3a48-4095-8a8a-28e0b1e5e4d3.mp3","summary":"Buckle up for a thrilling blast from the Golden Age of sci-fi radio! The Category Inventor (Episode 100 of NBC’s legendary X Minus One , aired June 27, 1957) is a sharp, satirical rocket ride through a fully automated future where robots and machines have claimed nearly every job — and humanity is left scrambling to survive in the ultimate bureaucratic nightmare. The Setup: A World Where Jobs Are Extinct Imagine a sleek, hyper-efficient tomorrow: advanced robots and computers handle everything from factory floors to concert halls with mechanical precision. Human workers? They’re obsolete unless they can squeeze into a rigid, government-approved job category . No category? No work. No income. No purpose. Our hero, a talented bassoon player (voiced with perfect mid-century everyman flair by Nelson Olmsted), gets the rug brutally yanked out from under him. A superior robot musician takes his spot in the orchestra. Suddenly unemployed, he faces the cold machinery of the “Category Registration Office” — a soul-crushing bureaucracy that demands he invent an entirely new profession no one has ever conceived before. What follows is a high-stakes, darkly humorous scramble: desperate creativity clashing against rigid systems, personal ingenuity versus soul-numbing automation, and a clever exploration of what it truly means to be human when machines can do almost anything better, faster, and without complaint. Read more at ReadMultiplex.com If you find this content valuable, buy us a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/brianroemmele","meta_description":"Buckle up for a thrilling blast from the Golden Age of sci-fi radio! The Category Inventor (Episode 100 of NBC’s legendary X Minus One , aired June 27, 19…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1367,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112/episodes/readmultiplex-com-a-1957-forgotten-radio-show-that-shows-how-job-security-may-be-manufactured/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/readmultiplex-com-podcast-7658112/readmultiplex-com-a-1957-forgotten-radio-show-that-shows-how-job-security-may-be-manufactured.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}