{"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 288: A Dog Named Lucifer","slug":"episode-288-a-dog-named-lucifer","published_at":"2025-12-22T09:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135/episode-288-a-dog-named-lucifer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mockingcast-1118135","url":"https://themockingcast.podbean.com/e/episode-288-a-dog-named-lucifer-1780590316/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kvddc3y4nvjnubpb/aWEvaW1wb3J0cy9wb2RjYXN0cy9mMTUxZTg3My0xMTA2LTQ1ZjgtOTY1My0zMmI3N2YwYjMyZjUvZXBpc29kZXMvMmNmZThmZTUtNmM2NC00YTljLTk1MTUtZTBkZThiNWMwZGVhLzgxYmQxY2JmLTI3MzgtNDBhMS1hZTFlLWFmYWJkNjk1ZmE2NS5tcDMifQ_.mp3","summary":"&lt;p&gt;Last episode of the year, in which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk Knives Out, self-checkout lines, optional futures, and how not to hate Christmas. Also, Sarah gets a Zippo while heaven and earth meet at an unlikely funeral. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/film/knives-out-and-the-cinema-of-perpetual-grace/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read Dave's review of &lt;em&gt;Knives Out: Wake Up Dead Man&lt;/em&gt; on Mbird&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/12/self-checkout-grocery-line-long/685125/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read Valerie Trapp's piece in The Atlantic on &quot;The One Line Americans (Weirdly) Choose to Wait In&quot;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lindynewsletter.beehiiv.com/p/from-option-to-obligation&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to &quot;From Option to Obligation&quot; by Paul Skallas in the Lindy Newsletter&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/holidays/christmas/no-more-flaccid-christmas-stockings/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read Sarah's &quot;No More Flaccid Christmas Stockings&quot; on Mbird&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/holidays/christmas/how-to-not-hate-christmas/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read David Clay's &quot;How to Not Hate Christmas&quot; on Mbird&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://mbird.com/suffering/faiths-long-december/&quot; rel=&quot;noopener noreferrer nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt; to read &quot;Faith's Long December&quot; by Kyle Wells on M…","meta_description":"<p>Last episode of the year, in which RJ, Sarah, and Dave talk Knives Out, self-checkout lines, optional futures, and how not to hate Christmas. Als…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4307,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mockingcast-1118135/episodes/episode-288-a-dog-named-lucifer/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-288-a-dog-named-lucifer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}