{"podcast":{"title":"Shojo & Tell: A Manga Podcast","slug":"shojo-tell-a-manga-podcast-853461","podcast_index_feed_id":853461,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/Iz9u2z_M","website_url":"http://www.shojoandtell.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/706ddcd0-783e-4f14-a97e-525bf411d090/cea415d2-c474-4668-8eb9-28d31b0a3aee/3000x3000/1508995553artwork.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Ashley McDonnell","episode_count":136,"summary":"A manga discussion podcast focusing on shojo (and josei!) series that make your heart go doki-doki. Covering classics like CLAMP’s “Cardcaptor Sakura” and Yuu Watase’s “Fushigi Yuugi” to newer favorites like Kazune Kawahara’s “My Love Story!!” and Hiro Fujiwara’s “Maid Sama!” Shojo & Tell host Ashley McDonnell discusses one series per episode with a rotating shojo superfan. We're recreating all those impassioned rants you'd have with your friends about your favorite series, just in podcast form. Shojo [or shoujo] manga: Japanese comics made for young women. A breath of fresh air after reading over 100 volumes of “One Piece.” The underappreciated sibling of all those same-y never-ending shonen titles.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T18:19:29.671320+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/shojo-tell-a-manga-podcast-853461"},"episode":{"title":"Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand Manga Discussion (with Asher Sofman)","slug":"mermaid-scales-and-the-town-of-sand-manga-discussion-with-asher-sofman","published_at":"2025-07-16T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/shojo-tell-a-manga-podcast-853461/mermaid-scales-and-the-town-of-sand-manga-discussion-with-asher-sofman","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/shojo-tell-a-manga-podcast-853461","url":"http://www.shojoandtell.com","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/706ddcd0-783e-4f14-a97e-525bf411d090/episodes/4ea7d039-9818-449f-aaa9-51f74646b9e0/audio/fc6c93c3-3565-44d3-9e78-ff2416e874e9/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Iz9u2z_M","summary":"We talk about all of the Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand manga series by Yoko Komori.","meta_description":"We talk about all of the Mermaid Scales and the Town of Sand manga series by Yoko Komori.","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3112,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/shojo-tell-a-manga-podcast-853461/episodes/mermaid-scales-and-the-town-of-sand-manga-discussion-with-asher-sofman/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/shojo-tell-a-manga-podcast-853461/mermaid-scales-and-the-town-of-sand-manga-discussion-with-asher-sofman.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}