{"podcast":{"title":"The History of China","slug":"the-history-of-china-487671","podcast_index_feed_id":487671,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/thehistoryofchina","website_url":"http://thehistoryofchina.wordpress.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f38dab30-3eac-11ed-85fa-371e959ff24d/image/443d59892af69c79735f6243d43648fe.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Chris Stewart","episode_count":386,"summary":"A journey through the 5000 years of history documented by one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations. For all the episodes for free, as well as additional content, please subscribe and/or visit http://thehistoryofchina.wordpress.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T10:19:23.342658+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671"},"episode":{"title":"#310 - Strange Tales X.2: An Unseen Balance","slug":"310-strange-tales-x-2-an-unseen-balance","published_at":"2025-10-30T06:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671/310-strange-tales-x-2-an-unseen-balance","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6881061198.mp3?updated=1761806978","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6881061198.mp3?updated=1761806978","summary":"Back with pt. 2 of autumnal fictions of the spine-tingling variety. This time largely from (where else) Pu Songling, as well as several shorter entries from the Zibuyu.00:01:15 - Friendship Beyond the Grave00:10:25 - Karmic Debts00:12:30 - Spiritual Man Luo Catches the Wrong Demon00:16:39 - The Human Prawn00:18:37 - The Hairy People of Qin00:21:01 - The Magic Sword Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Back with pt. 2 of autumnal fictions of the spine-tingling variety. This time largely from (where else) Pu Songling, as well as several shorter entries fr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2674,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-china-487671/episodes/310-strange-tales-x-2-an-unseen-balance/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-china-487671/310-strange-tales-x-2-an-unseen-balance.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}