{"podcast":{"title":"The Stage Select","slug":"the-stage-select-6734730","podcast_index_feed_id":6734730,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-stage-select/","website_url":"https://the-stage-select.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/623aea51-9a8d-44a6-8b6d-eade8f27301b/New-Square.png","author":"Space Monkey Mafia Productions","episode_count":129,"summary":"Welcome to The Stage Select: a video game variety show hosted by Julian Titus and Justin Hamm! We guarantee that we'll talk about video games. Beyond that, you never know what (or who!) to expect each week.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T22:21:43.045322+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 085: Why Do I Have to Make a Phone Call to a Man?","slug":"episode-085-why-do-i-have-to-make-a-phone-call-to-a-man","published_at":"2025-12-24T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730/episode-085-why-do-i-have-to-make-a-phone-call-to-a-man","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730","url":"https://the-stage-select.captivate.fm/episode/episode-085-why-do-i-have-to-make-a-phone-call-to-a-man","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/2ad16c38-3a18-4ace-a348-ca59b6c8bcb2.mp3","summary":"Our penultimate episode of the season is a short one but a good one. We recorded this the day before recording the big final Game of the Year episode, so this week is light on games as we were focused on last minute prep and also had other things to record this week. Join us next week for our year in review as we bring season 2 to a close! 00:00 Being a target for Agent 47 15:52 Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, Silksong 27:08 Unbeatable 40:51 Mortal Kombat Legacy Kollection 58:34 Julian’s last-minute game of the year prep (Ghost of Yotei, revisiting Expedition 33) 01:20:10 Justin’s movie roundup (Man Finds Tape, Die Hard, Fatal Attraction, Basic Instinct, The Resident, Die, My Love) 01:42:44 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns) Theme song and interstitial music by Megan McDuffee: https://meganmcduffee.com Logo and artwork by John Gholson Announcer: John Gholson Join our Discord, learn about how you can support the show, and more: https://linktr.ee/TheStageSelect Email: thestageselectpod@gmail.com Copyright 2024 Space Monkey Mafia Productions","meta_description":"Our penultimate episode of the season is a short one but a good one. We recorded this the day before recording the big final Game of the Year episode, so…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7831,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-stage-select-6734730/episodes/episode-085-why-do-i-have-to-make-a-phone-call-to-a-man/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730/episode-085-why-do-i-have-to-make-a-phone-call-to-a-man.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}