{"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 087: I'm an Adult and I Need to do Something About This","slug":"episode-087-i-m-an-adult-and-i-need-to-do-something-about-this","published_at":"2026-02-11T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730/episode-087-i-m-an-adult-and-i-need-to-do-something-about-this","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730","url":"https://the-stage-select.captivate.fm/episode/episode-087-im-an-adult-and-i-need-to-do-something-about-this","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/7def97c5-3b53-4540-b4ce-ebc95b7c89ba.mp3","summary":"SEASON PREMIERE! Welcome back for season THREE of The Stage Select! This week we have our personal top ten lists for 2025, employee performance reviews, an introduction to our new AI assistant, and so much more! It's great to be back in the saddle! 00:00 Introductions, a special message, and some announcements 18:28 Kicking off our personal top 10 lists for 2025 56:20 Getting into the top 5 (after some shenanigans) 01:58:22 Honorable mentions and our personal game of the year picks 02:35:52 A very special CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns) Listen to Julian on the Game of the Year episode of Games My Mom Found: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-h88y5-1a31258 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 2024-2026 Space Monkey Mafia Productions","meta_description":"SEASON PREMIERE! Welcome back for season THREE of The Stage Select! This week we have our personal top ten lists for 2025, employee performance reviews, a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":10451,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-stage-select-6734730/episodes/episode-087-i-m-an-adult-and-i-need-to-do-something-about-this/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-087-i-m-an-adult-and-i-need-to-do-something-about-this.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}