{"podcast":{"title":"The Burt Selleck Podcast","slug":"the-burt-selleck-podcast-1245946","podcast_index_feed_id":1245946,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-burt-selleck-podcast/","website_url":"https://burtselleckpod.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d93dd3d4-9c0e-407b-9046-612a38427656/Bazaart-3AD10980-C6A9-4D07-AA6E-55ECFE95A92E.jpeg","author":"Joy Road Media","episode_count":200,"summary":"Alex, John (second mic) and Nick (junior member/intern) talk about current events, things they're nostalgic about and what is generally on their minds that week in a race to establish which of them is the dumbest person alive.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T08:17:57.567659+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-burt-selleck-podcast-1245946"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 275 | Morbidly Obtuse","slug":"episode-275-morbidly-obtuse","published_at":"2026-02-23T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-burt-selleck-podcast-1245946/episode-275-morbidly-obtuse","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-burt-selleck-podcast-1245946","url":"https://burtselleckpod.com/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c94b1869-a7e0-4047-aa88-23eb0848ccb6.mp3","summary":"Nick returns from the grave to join Alex and John as the guys dive headfirst into space travel, time dilation, and the very real possibility of recruiting extraterrestrial life with strategically selected Earth holograms. What begins as a discussion about Project Hail Mary quickly turns into a full-blown interstellar outreach program. Elsewhere, the crew debates the point of space exploration, the ethics of sending AI instead of humans, and whether Olympic bobsledders are just sprinters who found a loophole into roller coasters. Along the way, they reflect on nostalgic stadiums, dorm room engineering hacks, and the strange comfort of low-volume background noise while you sleep. It’s a wide-ranging conversation that somehow manages to connect quantum physics, penny loafers, and the Winter Olympics into one cohesive theory about human ambition and the need to feel less alone in the void. Follow the Burt Selleck Podcast and the hosts here: Burt Selleck Podcast: https://linktr.ee/burtselleckpod You can follow the hosts of The Burt Selleck Podcast here: Alex Bozinovic: https://linktr.ee/alexbozinovic John Mahar: https://www.instagram.com/_grandjuan_/ Ian Radogost-Givens: https://www.instagram.com/ianrg313/ Nick Kelley: https://www.instagram.com/nickkelleyyy/","meta_description":"Nick returns from the grave to join Alex and John as the guys dive headfirst into space travel, time dilation, and the very real possibility of recruiting…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3888,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-burt-selleck-podcast-1245946/episodes/episode-275-morbidly-obtuse/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-burt-selleck-podcast-1245946/episode-275-morbidly-obtuse.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}