{"podcast":{"title":"Relevant Tones","slug":"relevant-tones-897129","podcast_index_feed_id":897129,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1dbd8810/podcast/rss","website_url":"http://www.relevanttones.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/4889604/4889604-1629759224468-73c7f67b59ccf.jpg","author":"Access Contemporary Music","episode_count":428,"summary":"A podcast about the most fascinating time in classical music history: right now. Relevant Tones features interviews with and music by some of the most creative figures in contemporary classical music, themed shows exploring new trends in classical music and frequent live streamed shows featuring conversations and music performances. Hosted and produced by Seth Boustead, Austin Williams, Stephen Anthony Rawson and Matt Dotson.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T06:20:46.591140+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/relevant-tones-897129"},"episode":{"title":"Sean Hickey - Sapiens","slug":"sean-hickey-sapiens","published_at":"2025-02-24T21:25:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/relevant-tones-897129/sean-hickey-sapiens","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/relevant-tones-897129","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/relevant-tones/episodes/Sean-Hickey---Sapiens-e2v8vnq","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/1dbd8810/podcast/play/98909370/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-1-23%2F5f29e79a-4510-6c04-8991-611ce1919e04.mp3","summary":"Yuval Noah Harari’s breathtakingly expansive book Sapien s is a monumental achievement that comprehensively summarizes human history, behavior and thought from primordial times to today. The book is also the inspiration for a 50-minute piano work by composer Sean Hickey recorded by pianist Vladimir Rumyantsev on Sono Luminus records and available on March 14, 2025. Host Seth Boustead talks with Hickey about Harari's book and this fascinating new musical release.","meta_description":"Yuval Noah Harari’s breathtakingly expansive book Sapien s is a monumental achievement that comprehensively summarizes human history, behavior and thought…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3736,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/relevant-tones-897129/episodes/sean-hickey-sapiens/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/relevant-tones-897129/sean-hickey-sapiens.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}