{"podcast":{"title":"Selected Shorts","slug":"selected-shorts-2124093","podcast_index_feed_id":2124093,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84350815/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://itunes.com/selectedshorts","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-yCn4mB9PGy6HGkGm-yV7Yag-original.jpg","author":"Symphony Space","episode_count":265,"summary":"Spellbinding short stories by established and eme…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T06:17:23.000607+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selected-shorts-2124093"},"episode":{"title":"Roz Chast:  While You Were Dreaming","slug":"roz-chast-while-you-were-dreaming","published_at":"2026-06-25T17:00:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selected-shorts-2124093/roz-chast-while-you-were-dreaming","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selected-shorts-2124093","url":"https://soundcloud.com/selectedshorts/roz-chast-while-you-were","audio_url":"http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2345282915-selectedshorts-roz-chast-while-you-were.mp3","summary":"Host Meg Wolitzer presents three works from an evening with New Yorker author and cartoonist Roz Chast, inspired by Chast’s book I Must be Dreaming. “The Wife on Ambien,” by Ed Park, is a sort of late-night fever dream. It’s read by John Fugelsang. In Tessa Hadley’s “Bad Dreams,” images than begin in dreams envelop a family in real life. The reader is Rita Wolf. Tom Barbash’s “Stay Up With Me” charts the rocky path of an old love affair. It’s read by Jason Ralph. And stay tuned for Chast’s own weird dream life, some of which she shares in this episode.","meta_description":"Host Meg Wolitzer presents three works from an evening with New Yorker author and cartoonist Roz Chast, inspired by Chast’s book I Must be Dreaming. “The…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3669,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/selected-shorts-2124093/episodes/roz-chast-while-you-were-dreaming/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selected-shorts-2124093/roz-chast-while-you-were-dreaming.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}