{"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":"Gloves Past and Present - Willard M Smith","slug":"gloves-past-and-present-willard-m-smith","published_at":"2026-07-20T09:00:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-passionate-friends-6710054/gloves-past-and-present-willard-m-smith","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-passionate-friends-6710054","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/gloves-past-and-present-willard-m-smith--73059205","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73059205/gloves_past_and_present_willard_m_smith.mp3","summary":"\"Gloves Past and Present\" by Willard M Smith invites listeners into the intricate world of the glove industry, shaped by the author's thirty years of experience and deep connection to a prominent glove-making firm. Smith reveals the often-overlooked significance of gloves in our daily lives, intertwining practical knowledge with the rich history and romance associated with these garments. His passion for glove lore serves as a heartfelt reminder of how even the simplest items can hold profound meaning and connection to our existence.","meta_description":"\"Gloves Past and Present\" by Willard M Smith invites listeners into the intricate world of the glove industry, shaped by the author's thirty years of expe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":13235,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-passionate-friends-6710054/episodes/gloves-past-and-present-willard-m-smith/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/gloves-past-and-present-willard-m-smith.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}