{"podcast":{"title":"The Old School","slug":"the-old-school-3916563","podcast_index_feed_id":3916563,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-old-school","website_url":"https://aharteducation.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/yuj9GYTiKVf10YiaZWweox1fBk3eEee6xPAIvoCBw20/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE4MTMyLzE2MTY3/Njc3NjQtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Steven J. Bourgeois, PhD","episode_count":161,"summary":"Dr. Steven Bourgeois and Mr. Ross Miller lead an informal discussion between a current and a former teacher on topics that challenge \"best practices\" in contemporary education. In keeping with Neil Postman (1979), we support the conserving function of education: “Its aim at all times is to make visible the prevailing biases of a culture and then, by employing whatever philosophies of education are available, to oppose them.”","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T06:18:53.003072+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-school-3916563"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 151: On Fear","slug":"episode-151-on-fear","published_at":"2026-03-23T21:12:21+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-school-3916563/episode-151-on-fear","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-school-3916563","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/dc582308","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/dc582308/f316231d.mp3","summary":"In this episode, your two favorite intrepid podcast hosts tackle the spine-tingling topic of fear. As they attempt to define it, the two learned gentlemen speak first of phobias but then, tackle the messier notion of personal fears - things that cannot be defined by some Greek mish-mash word but rather speaks to an internal insecurity. The hosts finish by discussing how to tackle fear and whether it works to hold on to some fear - are people better with fears or seeking to banish them all?","meta_description":"In this episode, your two favorite intrepid podcast hosts tackle the spine-tingling topic of fear. As they attempt to define it, the two learned gentlemen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4547,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-old-school-3916563/episodes/episode-151-on-fear/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-school-3916563/episode-151-on-fear.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}