{"podcast":{"title":"The Staying In Podcast - four pals talk video games, board games, and movies","slug":"the-staying-in-podcast-four-pals-talk-video-games-board-games-and-movies-462688","podcast_index_feed_id":462688,"rss_url":"https://www.stayinginpodcast.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.stayinginpodcast.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/1017782/board-game-and-video-game-review-geek-podcast-staying-in-podcast.jpg","author":"Staying In","episode_count":253,"summary":"Board games, video games, comicbooks, movies, TV and more. Uncovering the hidden indie gems you’ll wonder how you ever lived without; diving deep into the franchises you already know and love.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T06:20:14.594513+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-staying-in-podcast-four-pals-talk-video-games-board-games-and-movies-462688"},"episode":{"title":"Zenith, Dead Beard's Curse, and Butter - Ep246","slug":"zenith-dead-beard-s-curse-and-butter-ep246","published_at":"2026-05-01T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-staying-in-podcast-four-pals-talk-video-games-board-games-and-movies-462688/zenith-dead-beard-s-curse-and-butter-ep246","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-staying-in-podcast-four-pals-talk-video-games-board-games-and-movies-462688","url":"https://www.stayinginpodcast.com/e/zenith-dead-beards-curse-and-butter-ep246/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/q7y3w3m3aiahp3p3/246_Zenith_Dead_Beard_s_Curse_and_Butter6giwo.mp3","summary":"Quick reviews and impressions of geek-adjacent books is the thrust of this one. There’s My First Adventure: Discovering Atlantis, which is a traditional-feeling choose-your-own-adventure book via Hachette, as well as a closer look at Dead Beard’s Curse: Smart Book from Peasoup, which uses augmented reality to take “turn to page XX”-type books to another level. And the book chat goes on: if you love food and curious crime, you’ll gobble up Butter by Asako Yuzuki via 4th Estate. As is often the case, it’s an episode of other “firsts”, including a first Pokémon and Mario game, and how us as parents can share personal favourites with our kids for the first time. Finally, there’s Zenith, a game we can’t stop playing. It’s a strategy game from PlayPunk, a 2-4 player lane battler tug of war from the same folks behind Castle Combo. All that, and on-the-fly-editing of children’s authors, on Ep246.","meta_description":"Quick reviews and impressions of geek-adjacent books is the thrust of this one. There’s My First Adventure: Discovering Atlantis, which is a traditional-f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4065,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-staying-in-podcast-four-pals-talk-video-games-board-games-and-movies-462688/episodes/zenith-dead-beard-s-curse-and-butter-ep246/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-staying-in-podcast-four-pals-talk-video-games-board-games-and-movies-462688/zenith-dead-beard-s-curse-and-butter-ep246.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}