{"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 103: Are We a Hipster Podcast?","slug":"episode-103-are-we-a-hipster-podcast","published_at":"2026-06-03T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730/episode-103-are-we-a-hipster-podcast","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730","url":"https://the-stage-select.captivate.fm/episode/episode-103-are-we-a-hipster-podcast","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/1b61b0f4-1f21-4009-93d3-de71374efab2.mp3","summary":"NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM! This week Justin played not one, but two video games! TWO! We’re so back, fam! 00:00 Justin got a leaf blower, tough 15:20 Announcements 28:00 “AI lighting” 33:27 007 First Light 01:13:36 A mini rant about Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, the future of Dragon Quest (and Square Enix) 01:29:58 Directive 8020 01:53:47 Julian’s movie round-up (I Love Boosters, Passenger, The Mandalorian and Grogu) 02:19:40 Justin’s movie round-up (Mortal Kombat II, Anaconda, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, Jumanji: The Next Level) 02:43:23 CQC (Comments, Questions, Concerns) Listen to Julian talk about Onimusha Tactics on Games My Mom Found: https://gamesmymomfoundpodcast.podbean.com/ 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":"NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM! This week Justin played not one, but two video games! TWO! We’re so back, fam! 00:00 Justin got a leaf blower, tough 15:20 Announ…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":11209,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-stage-select-6734730/episodes/episode-103-are-we-a-hipster-podcast/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-103-are-we-a-hipster-podcast.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}