{"podcast":{"title":"The Blackout Diaries","slug":"the-blackout-diaries-5576104","podcast_index_feed_id":5576104,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/theblackoutdiaries","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bb864e12-f1aa-11ec-bb6f-074ae5b659c6/image/BlackoutDiaries-Cover.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Starburns Audio","episode_count":127,"summary":"Hilarious and true drinking stories, recorded at the live Blackout Diaries show in Chicago. Hosted by Sean Bair-Flannery and CJ Sullivan, two standup comedians and friends who have been featured on Comedy Central, Sirius Radio, NPR and more. They have over 30 years of standup experience between them and about 800 missed flights.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T00:17:19.565482+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-blackout-diaries-5576104"},"episode":{"title":"#119 Charles Gets Drunk & Passes The Bar","slug":"119-charles-gets-drunk-passes-the-bar","published_at":"2026-01-16T16:53:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-blackout-diaries-5576104/119-charles-gets-drunk-passes-the-bar","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-blackout-diaries-5576104","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BALJIWAH7195043566.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BALJIWAH7195043566.mp3","summary":"Comedian, and lawyer, Charles Star comes to Chicago and tells the story about totaling his car, after leaving a winery, during his honeymoon- even though he was stone sober. Charles joins CJ and Sean to talk about what its like to be a lawyer, when every drunk you meet has a thousand questions for you. Charles also talks about some times when he was younger and his friends drove drunk which leads to a conversation on DUIs. CJ and Sean share statistics on how its thankfully declining in recent years. We talk about how much more common it used to be along with some stories from back home about half-baked plans for avoiding DUIs and one guy, from Sean's home town, who had 20 DUIs.","meta_description":"Comedian, and lawyer, Charles Star comes to Chicago and tells the story about totaling his car, after leaving a winery, during his honeymoon- even though…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3871,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-blackout-diaries-5576104/episodes/119-charles-gets-drunk-passes-the-bar/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-blackout-diaries-5576104/119-charles-gets-drunk-passes-the-bar.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}