{"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":"Game of the Year 2025: Week One","slug":"game-of-the-year-2025-week-one","published_at":"2026-01-07T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730/game-of-the-year-2025-week-one","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stage-select-6734730","url":"https://the-stage-select.captivate.fm/episode/game-of-the-year-2025-week-one","audio_url":"https://op3.dev/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/76d4613d-38f1-4d1f-91e1-0633ceb50fc1.mp3","summary":"Welcome to week one of The Stage Select’s Game of the Year Deliberations for 2025! We’re joined by returning champion Mike Fallek as well as first-time deliberator Addie to go over the best game not released this year, the best porn game, and the best-looking game. Let’s go! 00:00 Introduction 04:05 Best Game Not Released in 2025 01:35:26 We Played it For the Story (Best Porn Game) 02:17:58 Best Looking Game Keep up on Mike’s latest projects here: https://bigweasellilweasel.club/ 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":"Welcome to week one of The Stage Select’s Game of the Year Deliberations for 2025! We’re joined by returning champion Mike Fallek as well as first-time de…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":12686,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-stage-select-6734730/episodes/game-of-the-year-2025-week-one/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/game-of-the-year-2025-week-one.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}