{"podcast":{"title":"The Nietzsche Podcast","slug":"the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222","podcast_index_feed_id":4138222,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/471f49a0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.patreon.com/untimelyreflections","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/11832328/11832328-1624669997306-e523f25eb51a2.jpg","author":"Untimely Reflections","episode_count":275,"summary":"A podcast about Nietzsche's ideas, his influences, and those he influenced. Philosophy and cultural commentary through a Nietzschean lens. Support the show at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/untimelyreflections A few collected essays and thoughts: https://untimely-reflections.blogspot.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T02:19:27.620190+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222"},"episode":{"title":"The Gay Science #23 (V.356-363)","slug":"the-gay-science-23-v-356-363","published_at":"2026-07-21T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222/the-gay-science-23-v-356-363","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/untimely-reflections/episodes/The-Gay-Science-23-V-356-363-e3lpevl","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO1571836226.mp3","summary":"In this chapter of our readthrough, we confront \"the problem of the actor\". Nietzsche predicts that things shall become ever more \"artistic\" in Europe, as the actor's talent self-falsification becomes developed in all members of society. Whereas in the Middle Ages, the individual was bound to his role as an unchangeable identity, the modern person picks up and discards roles: he gives the appearance of being a given type, but is often obliged to change roles. Nietzsche continues to increasingly offer reversals of perspective, at times even differing with previous assertions in this very same work. Episode art: Giandomenico Tiepolo, Pulcinella in Love, 1797 (A depiction of the masked actors of the Commedia dell'arte).","meta_description":"In this chapter of our readthrough, we confront \"the problem of the actor\". Nietzsche predicts that things shall become ever more \"artistic\" in Europe, as…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8497,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222/episodes/the-gay-science-23-v-356-363/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-nietzsche-podcast-4138222/the-gay-science-23-v-356-363.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}