{"podcast":{"title":"The Passionate Friends","slug":"the-passionate-friends-6710054","podcast_index_feed_id":6710054,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6003390/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/passionate-friends-the-by-h-g-wells-1866","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e0a12723bf6455e6e123ccea71cf1c76.jpg","author":"Audiobooks","episode_count":33,"summary":"http://www.adfreebooks.com - 1000+ audiobooks, all ad free! H.G. Wells is best known for his science fiction, but some of his greatest works were in other genres. The Passionate Friends is a love story. It also is a story about dreams, despair, jealousy, sex, the struggle against social convention, the future of civilization, and much much more. It is written by a father to his son, \"not indeed to the child you are now, but to the man you are going to be.\" He writes it so that one day, perhaps when he is dead, his grown son can read it and rediscover him as a friend and equal. In the process, he tries to make sense of a lifetime's experiences and distill some kind of wisdom from them. It is quite simply a beautiful book, both inspiring and heartbreaking.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T00:19:30.599659+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-passionate-friends-6710054"},"episode":{"title":"Germany Before the War - Napoleon-Eugene Beyens","slug":"germany-before-the-war-napoleon-eugene-beyens","published_at":"2026-07-29T12:03:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-passionate-friends-6710054/germany-before-the-war-napoleon-eugene-beyens","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-passionate-friends-6710054","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/germany-before-the-war-napoleon-eugene-beyens--73234084","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73234084/germany_before_the_war_napoleon_eugene_beyens.mp3","summary":"\"Germany Before the War\" by Napoleon-Eugene Beyens offers a compelling examination of the political landscape in Germany from 1912 to 1914, as seen through the eyes of a seasoned Belgian diplomat. Drawing on his interactions with the German elite, including the Emperor, Beyens delves into the motives and reactions of key figures in the lead-up to World War I, exploring the complex economic and diplomatic challenges of the time. This insightful work not only sheds light on the fateful decisions that precipitated a global conflict but also resonates today as it highlights the intricate interplay of politics, power, and the consequences of international tensions that continue to shape our world.","meta_description":"\"Germany Before the War\" by Napoleon-Eugene Beyens offers a compelling examination of the political landscape in Germany from 1912 to 1914, as seen throug…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":32449,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-passionate-friends-6710054/episodes/germany-before-the-war-napoleon-eugene-beyens/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-passionate-friends-6710054/germany-before-the-war-napoleon-eugene-beyens.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}