{"podcast":{"title":"The Gnostalgia Podcast","slug":"the-gnostalgia-podcast-7035882","podcast_index_feed_id":7035882,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fad818b4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gnostalgia","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/41984661/41984661-1728070694349-d1a0f21946006.jpg","author":"Gnostalgia","episode_count":32,"summary":"Field-sporting philosopher and polemicist Sebastian Morello, along with wine-trader and esoteric weirdo Brian Scarffe, discuss the anti-rationalist, enchanted, theurgical, sophiological, Hermetic, liturgical, and alchemical means of recovering Platonic England, centred on sacred ecology and cosmic Christianity.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T12:17:32.495194+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gnostalgia-podcast-7035882"},"episode":{"title":"The Areopagite & First Century Christian Platonism w/ Evangelos Nikitopoulos","slug":"the-areopagite-first-century-christian-platonism-w-evangelos-nikitopoulos","published_at":"2025-03-21T09:59:43+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gnostalgia-podcast-7035882/the-areopagite-first-century-christian-platonism-w-evangelos-nikitopoulos","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gnostalgia-podcast-7035882","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gnostalgia/episodes/The-Areopagite--First-Century-Christian-Platonism-w-Evangelos-Nikitopoulos-e30fh60","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fad818b4/podcast/play/100172416/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-2-21%2F946542f6-7124-e7f5-21f4-dd27dcd6f96b.mp3","summary":"In this episode, Brian Scarffe sits down with Evangelos Nikitopoulos to reconsider one of the most contested figures in Christian history: Saint Dionysius the Areopagite. Nikitopoulos unpacks the theological depth, historical reception, and unmistakable Christian Platonism of these writings, challenging the entrenched ‘pseudo’ label. Together, they explore the enduring influence of Dionysius on Christian mysticism, hierarchy, and metaphysics, reclaiming his place at the heart of the early Church.","meta_description":"In this episode, Brian Scarffe sits down with Evangelos Nikitopoulos to reconsider one of the most contested figures in Christian history: Saint Dionysius…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3260,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-gnostalgia-podcast-7035882/episodes/the-areopagite-first-century-christian-platonism-w-evangelos-nikitopoulos/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-gnostalgia-podcast-7035882/the-areopagite-first-century-christian-platonism-w-evangelos-nikitopoulos.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}