{"podcast":{"title":"The Book Review","slug":"the-book-review-415412","podcast_index_feed_id":415412,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/MssIhx9y","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/column/book-review-podcast","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/621229bd-2556-4ce6-8ae0-9fa3046f9da9/1e9abcf9-af9c-4105-8b1b-8e05c60c1fcf/3000x3000/8ce0200f165a6c5cafeecc11ac3294f228d9e46d8af6079a5a9db0fe3b62c8fe48ee2dbb6b2460bf705631e82a06b6b79e940141aad774c868833e2a204ce41b.jpeg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The New York Times","episode_count":600,"summary":"The world's top authors and critics join host Gilbert Cruz and editors at The New York Times Book Review to talk about the week's top books, what we're reading and what's going on in the literary world. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T02:20:07.221588+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412"},"episode":{"title":"The Ezra Klein Show: Michael Pollan’s Journey to the Borderlands of Consciousness","slug":"the-ezra-klein-show-michael-pollan-s-journey-to-the-borderlands-of-consciousness","published_at":"2026-05-22T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/the-ezra-klein-show-michael-pollan-s-journey-to-the-borderlands-of-consciousness","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/column/book-review-podcast","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/6qj4J/pscrb.fm/rss/p/nyt.simplecastaudio.com/621229bd-2556-4ce6-8ae0-9fa3046f9da9/episodes/9bad93e1-ce82-43c6-b047-5b99dbaf19cf/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=621229bd-2556-4ce6-8ae0-9fa3046f9da9&awEpisodeId=9bad93e1-ce82-43c6-b047-5b99dbaf19cf&feed=MssIhx9y","summary":"Today we are delighted to share an episode from our colleagues on “The Ezra Klein Show,” originally published on March 31. Ezra interviewed author Michael Pollan, whose best-selling books include “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” “In Defense of Food,” and “How to Change Your Mind.” Pollan’s latest book, “A World Appears: A Journey Into Consciousness,” came out earlier this year. It’s an exploration of what consciousness is, and the book is — as our review put it — “highly pleasurable to read.”","meta_description":"Today we are delighted to share an episode from our colleagues on “The Ezra Klein Show,” originally published on March 31. Ezra interviewed author Michael…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5338,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-book-review-415412/episodes/the-ezra-klein-show-michael-pollan-s-journey-to-the-borderlands-of-consciousness/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/the-ezra-klein-show-michael-pollan-s-journey-to-the-borderlands-of-consciousness.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}