{"podcast":{"title":"The Collators","slug":"the-collators-7459521","podcast_index_feed_id":7459521,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/589500/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/589500","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/f/7/f/bf7f138e1bd05fa1d959afa2a1bf1c87/c5large.png","author":"Mark Lockwood","episode_count":35,"summary":"Dive into the philosophy and practice of analysis and information sharing, with insights from leaders in tech, academia, intelligence and beyond on how they make sense of the world. Hosts Mark and Howard draw on experience in intelligence, law enforcement and academia to unpack the ideas and methods that shape understanding. Thoughtful but accessible, it's a podcast for anyone who wants to sharpen their thinking in a complex, fast-changing world.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T14:23:34.655409+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-collators-7459521"},"episode":{"title":"Virtually Real - What is real?","slug":"virtually-real-what-is-real","published_at":"2025-11-24T13:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-collators-7459521/virtually-real-what-is-real","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-collators-7459521","url":"https://thecollators.com/s1e7","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/2e8c179d-6d2c-4b0b-a52f-0ba80b14fdac/S1E7.mp3?dest-id=5118630","summary":"In this episode of The Collators, Mark and Howard explore the promises and pitfalls of virtual reality. Not as a gaming gimmick, but as a tool for intelligence, analysis, and decision-making. From Minority Report-style data walls to simple post-it notes, they ask whether VR and data visualisation actually help us see the world more clearly, or just distract us with prettier illusions. Transcript, shownotes and more are available from https://thecollators.com/s1e7","meta_description":"In this episode of The Collators, Mark and Howard explore the promises and pitfalls of virtual reality. Not as a gaming gimmick, but as a tool for intelli…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2827,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-collators-7459521/episodes/virtually-real-what-is-real/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-collators-7459521/virtually-real-what-is-real.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}