{"podcast":{"title":"The Mockingcast","slug":"the-mockingcast-1118135","podcast_index_feed_id":1118135,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/themockingcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://themockingcast.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22399920/cover.jpg","author":"Mockingbird","episode_count":296,"summary":"The Mockingcast is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by RJ Heijmen, Sarah Condon and David Zahl, and brought to you by Mockingbird Ministries, an organization which seeks to connect the Christian faith with the realities of everyday life in fresh and down-to-earth ways. You can find out more about Mockingbird at www.mbird.com. Audio production provided by TJ Hester. Video production by Chad Blevins.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T18:20:01.095531+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 275: Whereupon He Flipped Me the Bird","slug":"episode-275-whereupon-he-flipped-me-the-bird","published_at":"2025-03-24T10:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135/episode-275-whereupon-he-flipped-me-the-bird","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135","url":"https://themockingcast.podbean.com/e/episode-275-whereupon-he-flipped-me-the-bird-1780590331/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/t8pfbvknye2m58ab/aWEvaW1wb3J0cy9wb2RjYXN0cy9mMTUxZTg3My0xMTA2LTQ1ZjgtOTY1My0zMmI3N2YwYjMyZjUvZXBpc29kZXMvOTc1ZDk5OWYtMTRkMi00MzVlLWE2ZGQtZjJiNDVhZmExNmQ4L2VlOTY1NjYyLTEyNmUtNDRkOC04YWYyLTE5ZGFiMzRlZjc5ZC5tcDMifQ_.mp3","summary":"&lt;p&gt;In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk trend fatigue, athletic nepotism, and toxic preconditions. Also, RJ ponders South Korean babies while Sarah balks at a decision-making expert's decision. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/events/relief/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to register for the upcoming Mbird Conference in New York City (5/1-3)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/07/style/gen-z-trend-cycle.html&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read Callie Holtermann's &quot;Too Many Trends!&quot; in The New York Times&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/lebron-james-bronny-smith-journalists/682059/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read about LeBron James and the Limits of Nepotism in The Atlantic&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ckarchive.com/b/wvu2hghkkz6xgb9r552rqtn0grxxxh8&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read Oliver Burkeman's newsletter about &quot;Toxic Preconditions&quot;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/daniel-kahneman-assisted-suicide-9fb16124&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read &quot;The Last Decision by the World’s Leading Thinker on Decisions&quot; by Jason Zweig in the Wall Street Journal&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/theology/a-mercy-hidden-in-judgment/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read David Clay's &quot;A Mercy Hidden in Judgment&quot;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;","meta_description":"<p>In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk trend fatigue, athletic nepotism, and toxic preconditions. Also, RJ ponders South Korean babies while Sarah bal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4104,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mockingcast-1118135/episodes/episode-275-whereupon-he-flipped-me-the-bird/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135/episode-275-whereupon-he-flipped-me-the-bird.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}