{"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 089: Mayonnaise in the Morning","slug":"episode-089-mayonnaise-in-the-morning","published_at":"2026-02-25T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730/episode-089-mayonnaise-in-the-morning","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730","url":"https://the-stage-select.captivate.fm/episode/episode-089-mayonnaise-in-the-morning","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/fdb16dcb-3972-4deb-b9b0-efd3f565bb94.mp3","summary":"Welcome back! This week we have a handful of games, an armful of movies, and some fun and interesting discussion on the general state of video games. Also this podcast would be dead without Kara’s help. This last part was not written by Kara. Kara did not hijack the show notes behind Julian’s back. 00:00 Statues, deep wrestling cuts 11:58 Post big game doldrums, Kirby and the Forgotten Land 35:15 Will We Cringe? 46:14 Vital Shell 55:57 What games are Justin looking forward to? 01:10:01 High level fighting game matches are BORING 01:23:59 The Dark Rites of Arkham, Relooted 01:45:58 We talk about that Xbox stuff for a bit 02:15:48 Julian’s movie round-up (Cold Storage, Send Help, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Good Luck Have Fun Don’t Die) 02:27:44 : Justin’s move round-up (Star Trek TNG, Good Boy, Primate, Compliance, The Housemaid, Companion) 02:50:21 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","meta_description":"Welcome back! This week we have a handful of games, an armful of movies, and some fun and interesting discussion on the general state of video games. Also…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":11578,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-stage-select-6734730/episodes/episode-089-mayonnaise-in-the-morning/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-089-mayonnaise-in-the-morning.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}