{"podcast":{"title":"The Brilliant Idiots","slug":"the-brilliant-idiots-467914","podcast_index_feed_id":467914,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/APPI7124031987","website_url":"https://soundcloud.com/thebrilliantidiots","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/291050fc-8012-11ef-957a-d7adfaeff93d/image/cbbbc2d91c1ce781e92d934df6a0c24f.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"The Brilliant Idiots","episode_count":336,"summary":"Charlamagne Tha God and Andrew Schulz are The Brilliant Idiots. Join them each week as they explore the issues of the day in a style that's often idiotic, sometimes brilliant and always hysterical.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T00:17:27.982415+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brilliant-idiots-467914"},"episode":{"title":"The Ruler’s Back","slug":"the-ruler-s-back","published_at":"2026-03-28T00:14:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brilliant-idiots-467914/the-ruler-s-back","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brilliant-idiots-467914","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/27/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/APPI7274409150.mp3?updated=1774657328","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/27/claritaspod.com/measure/traffic.megaphone.fm/APPI7274409150.mp3?updated=1774657328","summary":"This week on the Brilliant Idiots, Charlamagne tha God and Andrew Schulz are debating whether EVERYBODY should be grabbing a mic and trying stand-up, they break down why stand-up is a whole different beast. They discuss Jay-Z selling out Yankee Stadium at lightning speed. Is Hov still untouchable? Are people really fans or just hypebeasts? And when did Reasonable Doubt become legendary? They also get into: Internet vs real life (and why Twitter isn’t the real world) The pressure of being “chronically online” Hip-hop debates, generational fans, and fake nostalgia Why success always brings hate (and how to handle it) ************************************ Sponsor Brilliant Idiots: ⁠⁠https://public.liveread.io/media-kit/brilliant-idiots⁠⁠ Jess Hilarious - Til Death Do We Parent - ⁠Pre Order⁠ 2Chainz - The Voice in my head is God - ⁠⁠Pre Order⁠⁠ The Black Family Who Built America - Cheryl McKissack Daniel -⁠⁠Order Link⁠⁠ Uncommon Favor - Dawn Staley - ⁠⁠Order Link⁠⁠ Get Honest or Die Lying Why Small Talk Sucks- By Charlamagne Tha God - ⁠⁠Order Link⁠⁠ Check out Andrew Schulz - ⁠⁠www.theandrewschulz.com⁠⁠ Check out all the podcast on Charlamagne's \"Black Effect Network\" - ⁠⁠https://blackeffect.com⁠⁠ Checks out AlexxMedia ⁠AM Mornings⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"This week on the Brilliant Idiots, Charlamagne tha God and Andrew Schulz are debating whether EVERYBODY should be grabbing a mic and trying stand-up, they…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7680,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-brilliant-idiots-467914/episodes/the-ruler-s-back/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-brilliant-idiots-467914/the-ruler-s-back.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}