{"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":"Frankenstein by Mary Shelley","slug":"frankenstein-by-mary-shelley","published_at":"2025-08-27T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-classical-mind-5634653/frankenstein-by-mary-shelley","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-classical-mind-5634653","url":"https://www.theclassicalmind.com/p/frankenstein-by-mary-shelley","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/172038566/79022ba545dfe7b8d8466c317bbc0869.mp3","summary":"Let’s go back to the 19th century and talk about one of the scariest novels we’ve ever read on the Classical Mind (but maybe not for the reasons you might think) with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein . On this episode, Junius and Wesley discuss the different editions of this book before getting into some of its underlying philosophy like the responsibilities a creator has to their creatures and vice-versa, romanticism’s critique of scientism, and the moral deterioration that results from sin. Join us as we dive deeply into the text and make some fun connections with other books we’ve read or will read in the Classical Mind program (we’re looking at you J.R.R. Tolkien). Endnotes: * Junius: The Bicentennial Man by Isaac Asimov * Wesley * “Show Me How to Live” by Audioslave * Grendel by John Gardner 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":"Let’s go back to the 19th century and talk about one of the scariest novels we’ve ever read on the Classical Mind (but maybe not for the reasons you might…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4900,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-classical-mind-5634653/episodes/frankenstein-by-mary-shelley/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/frankenstein-by-mary-shelley.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}