{"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 291 | Coffee Stirrers of the Sea","slug":"episode-291-coffee-stirrers-of-the-sea","published_at":"2026-06-15T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-burt-selleck-podcast-1245946/episode-291-coffee-stirrers-of-the-sea","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-burt-selleck-podcast-1245946","url":"https://burtselleckpod.com/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/f8bd1fe0-2832-480a-ade4-76b04ebf0bd9.mp3","summary":"Alex thinks he’s spotted a lynx on the ride home, but the gang decides it was probably just a skinny fox— which somehow turns into ranking the “most cat-like dog” and “most dog-like cat.” From there they wander into lion dating problems, pack tactics, and whether you could actually out-run a bobcat on an average Tuesday. Halfway through, John drops the fact that certain whales have an honest-to-goodness bone in their junk—something sailors once used as coffee stirrers. Cue fifteen minutes of narwhal cafés, sub implosions, and why nobody should make a deep-sea vessel out of carbon fiber. Things wrap with summer show plugs, and John wondering if a lanyard chain for his glasses counts as “two chains, one cup.” It’s exactly the kind of loose, late-night hang where animal trivia meets trench-war jokes and somehow makes sense.","meta_description":"Alex thinks he’s spotted a lynx on the ride home, but the gang decides it was probably just a skinny fox— which somehow turns into ranking the “most cat-l…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3691,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-burt-selleck-podcast-1245946/episodes/episode-291-coffee-stirrers-of-the-sea/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-291-coffee-stirrers-of-the-sea.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}