{"podcast":{"title":"Scarred For Life","slug":"scarred-for-life-6609228","podcast_index_feed_id":6609228,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/scarredforlife","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/0d8d1b90-f4f1-11ef-8219-13613c5435b8/image/94563a6f5dac68ce1afff25179114e7f.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Lock It In Studio","episode_count":96,"summary":"Andy Bush and Dave Lawrence are joined each week by a special guest who brings with them three terrors from their childhoods that 'scarred' them for life. To join Scarred Club and get fortnightly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and access to the members forum - sign-up here - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://scarredforlife.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Send us a voice note on WhatsApp - 07457 404 279 Follow us on socials: Scarred For Life - Facebook / Instagram Production Company - Lock It In Studio Andy Bush - ⁠Twitter⁠ / ⁠Instagram","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T12:17:27.694399+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scarred-for-life-6609228"},"episode":{"title":"Matthew Sweet","slug":"matthew-sweet","published_at":"2026-02-16T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scarred-for-life-6609228/matthew-sweet","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scarred-for-life-6609228","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR7608842087.mp3?updated=1771175506","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR7608842087.mp3?updated=1771175506","summary":"Our guest this week is writer, journalist, cultural historian and broadcaster Matthew Sweet. Alongside Mark Gatiss, Matthew co-writes the detective series Bookish for U&Alibi, and is the author of works including Inventing the Victorians, Shepperton Babylon: The Lost Worlds of British Cinema, as well as the novel The New Forest Murders. A familiar voice on radio, he has presented The Sound of Cinema on BBC Radio 3 and programmes for BBC Radio 4, while also writing for major publications such as The Economist, The Daily Telegraph and The Financial Times. To join Scarred Club and get fortnightly bonus episodes, monthly newsletters, ad-free listening and access to the members forum - sign-up here - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://scarredforlife.supportingcast.fm/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on socials: Scarred For Life - ⁠Facebook⁠ / ⁠Instagram⁠ Production Company - ⁠Lock It In Studio⁠ Andy Bush - ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ / ⁠⁠Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Our guest this week is writer, journalist, cultural historian and broadcaster Matthew Sweet. Alongside Mark Gatiss, Matthew co-writes the detective series…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3201,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scarred-for-life-6609228/episodes/matthew-sweet/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scarred-for-life-6609228/matthew-sweet.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}