{"podcast":{"title":"Seeking the Hidden Thing Podcast","slug":"seeking-the-hidden-thing-podcast-6406212","podcast_index_feed_id":6406212,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1673613.rss","website_url":"https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1673613/311a02413f9d986e678e61123f04b8a8.jpg","author":"Kruptos","episode_count":204,"summary":"Seeking the Hidden Thing searches for the deeper truths, the wisdom, the understanding, that is hidden beneath the surface. The quest here is to look past the surface phenomenon of our society, seeing what lies on the other side, making sense of it all.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seeking-the-hidden-thing-podcast-6406212"},"episode":{"title":"162. Ben Fleming: Dostoevsky's \"Notes from Underground\"","slug":"162-ben-fleming-dostoevsky-s-notes-from-underground","published_at":"2026-04-10T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seeking-the-hidden-thing-podcast-6406212/162-ben-fleming-dostoevsky-s-notes-from-underground","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seeking-the-hidden-thing-podcast-6406212","url":"https://www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/p/162-ben-fleming-dostoevskys-notes","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192346389/019e057e5e1b8960774a7fd235431da2.mp3","summary":"Ben Fleming is back to discuss a work, Dostoevsky's \"Notes from Underground,\" that underscores the thesis that the west is largely \"stuck\" playing out the same themes and ideas from the 1850's-1920's. Seeking the Hidden Thing is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.seekingthehiddenthing.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Ben Fleming is back to discuss a work, Dostoevsky's \"Notes from Underground,\" that underscores the thesis that the west is largely \"stuck\" playing out the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4771,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/seeking-the-hidden-thing-podcast-6406212/episodes/162-ben-fleming-dostoevsky-s-notes-from-underground/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/seeking-the-hidden-thing-podcast-6406212/162-ben-fleming-dostoevsky-s-notes-from-underground.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}