{"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 284: The Telephone of Life","slug":"episode-284-the-telephone-of-life","published_at":"2025-10-14T10:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135/episode-284-the-telephone-of-life","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135","url":"https://themockingcast.podbean.com/e/episode-284-the-telephone-of-life-1780590320/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/44wzssohzi3a937n/aWEvaW1wb3J0cy9wb2RjYXN0cy9mMTUxZTg3My0xMTA2LTQ1ZjgtOTY1My0zMmI3N2YwYjMyZjUvZXBpc29kZXMvYzViY2M1OTgtMjRjZC00NjJjLWEwYjUtOTY3MGFmMTI5ZDEyLzc0ZmEzMDc4LTFjMjgtNGZmMi05NzkzLTRhYjEwY2QzYmRjNy5tcDMifQ_.mp3","summary":"&lt;p&gt;In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk painless tattoos, workaholic scripts, sloppy social media, and Japanese lifesavers. Also, Sarah gets down with a theater full of fifth graders before singing with church full of Norwegians. Closing music courtesy of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.voiceofjoy.no/om/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Voice of Joy&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/events/mockingbird-charlottesville-fall-conference/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; for more details about -- or to register for -- the Fall Mbird Conference in Charlottesville, VA (11/14&amp;amp;15). &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theatlantic.com/health/2025/09/sedation-tattoos-painless-anesthesia/684232/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read in the Atlantic about how &quot;People Are Getting Tattoos Under Anesthesia.&quot;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/film/beneath-the-ink/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to watch the short film, Beneath the Ink.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/workaholic-love-practical-solutions/684353/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read &quot;If I Work Harder, Will You Love Me?&quot; by Arthur Brooks in the Atlantic. &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.afterbabel.com/p/we-are-the-slop&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read &quot;We Are the Slop&quot; by Freya India in the After Babel newsletter. &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/everyday/grace-in-a-t…","meta_description":"<p>In which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk painless tattoos, workaholic scripts, sloppy social media, and Japanese lifesavers. Also, Sarah gets down with…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3872,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mockingcast-1118135/episodes/episode-284-the-telephone-of-life/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-284-the-telephone-of-life.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}