{"podcast":{"title":"The Classical Mind","slug":"the-classical-mind-5634653","podcast_index_feed_id":5634653,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/972743.rss","website_url":"https://www.theclassicalmind.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/972743/e5607e6ca2cbda4dc4c211a7444552b3.jpg","author":"Jared Henderson & Wesley Walker","episode_count":53,"summary":"Conversations about the Great Books","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T00:17:01.754614+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-classical-mind-5634653"},"episode":{"title":"Bonus Episode: Season 4 and a Life Well Read","slug":"bonus-episode-season-4-and-a-life-well-read","published_at":"2025-08-21T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-classical-mind-5634653/bonus-episode-season-4-and-a-life-well-read","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-classical-mind-5634653","url":"https://www.theclassicalmind.com/p/bonus-episode-season-4-and-a-life","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/171508290/938cbaaca47f081c73dd0155780b7227.mp3","summary":"The Classical Mind has officially reached 2,000 subscribers! To celebrate, Junius and Wesley unveil the Season 4 reading list! The method of selection is a little different this year to accommodate Wesley’s upcoming PhD studies. Stick around after the reading list is unveiled for a discussion about the purpose of literature, how reading helps us grow, a discussion on the dilemma of re-reading vs. new reads, the significance of intertextuality, and other reading related issues! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.theclassicalmind.com/subscribe","meta_description":"The Classical Mind has officially reached 2,000 subscribers! To celebrate, Junius and Wesley unveil the Season 4 reading list! The method of selection is…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3582,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-classical-mind-5634653/episodes/bonus-episode-season-4-and-a-life-well-read/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-classical-mind-5634653/bonus-episode-season-4-and-a-life-well-read.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}