{"podcast":{"title":"The Blue Collar Scholar","slug":"the-blue-collar-scholar-5584458","podcast_index_feed_id":5584458,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/XAYHUsKl","website_url":"https://the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/62dba346-87c2-4896-99a0-8910ee2f9f79/fd5244fc-d0e2-4e2b-a6e6-27892d67390a/3000x3000/ea6732da-855c-4167-819f-7ae16b1f6e01.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Will Reitz","episode_count":376,"summary":"This podcast will cover the topics covered by the history lectures, sermons, and Bible/theology studies of Will Reitz.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T20:17:37.914753+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-blue-collar-scholar-5584458"},"episode":{"title":"Comparing World Religions, episode 14: Paganism","slug":"comparing-world-religions-episode-14-paganism","published_at":"2026-05-04T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-blue-collar-scholar-5584458/comparing-world-religions-episode-14-paganism","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-blue-collar-scholar-5584458","url":"https://the-blue-collar-scholar.simplecast.com/episodes/comparing-world-religions-episode-14-paganism-NSgNGT4y","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/0629b599-6b9f-45a8-910c-a58b113af6d4/9547d0c6-f239-43ae-b10f-f2b66bd3573b/episodes/audio/group/44f42c51-bd76-43e7-9bb2-d68e6c91f9b2/group-item/1d0822fb-dc27-41d3-978a-057de0e6b343/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=XAYHUsKl","summary":"This episode reviews polytheism and pantheism, then gives a overall analysis of various kinds of pagan religions. For instance: African traditional religions, Native American tribal faiths, the traditional religions of Oceania, pre-Christian ancient paganism in Europe and the Middle East, neopaganism (both eclectic and reconstructionist neopaganism), and finally New Age religions, such as Wicca and Scientology.","meta_description":"This episode reviews polytheism and pantheism, then gives a overall analysis of various kinds of pagan religions. For instance: African traditional religi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5953,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-blue-collar-scholar-5584458/episodes/comparing-world-religions-episode-14-paganism/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-blue-collar-scholar-5584458/comparing-world-religions-episode-14-paganism.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}