{"podcast":{"title":"The Partially Examined Life","slug":"the-partially-examined-life-1605957","podcast_index_feed_id":1605957,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/1416170.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/1416170","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/33102787.jpg","author":"Mark Linsenmayer","episode_count":500,"summary":"The Partially Examined Life is a philosophy podcast by some guys who were at one point set on doing philosophy for a living but then thought better of it. Each episode we pick a text and chat about it with insight and flippancy. You don't have to know any philosophy or even have read the text we're talking about to follow and enjoy the discussion.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T04:19:21.522787+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partially-examined-life-1605957"},"episode":{"title":"PEL Presents PMP#224: Fantasy Novels Galore","slug":"pel-presents-pmp-224-fantasy-novels-galore","published_at":"2026-06-26T05:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partially-examined-life-1605957/pel-presents-pmp-224-fantasy-novels-galore","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partially-examined-life-1605957","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8921176","audio_url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8921176.mp3?modified=1782452123&sid=1416170&source=rss","summary":"Mark and Al share their mutual interest in fantasy novels. Is \"high fantasy\" fundamentally different than what enjoyed as kids? Did Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings and HBO's Game of Thrones show us that these big books are adaptable, or were they exceptions? We're anticipating the upcoming Mistborn/Cosmere adaptations , as we're both into Brandon Sanderson. We also talk about The Wheel of Time , Rings of Power , Earthsea , Shannara , Joe Abercrombie, Robin Hobb, Stephen R. Donaldson, Patrick Rothfuss, Tad Williams, and of course Harry Potter. Sponsor: Get started with Claude AI at claude.ai/pmp .","meta_description":"Mark and Al share their mutual interest in fantasy novels. Is \"high fantasy\" fundamentally different than what enjoyed as kids? Did Peter Jackson's Lord o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3904,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-partially-examined-life-1605957/episodes/pel-presents-pmp-224-fantasy-novels-galore/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-partially-examined-life-1605957/pel-presents-pmp-224-fantasy-novels-galore.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}