{"podcast":{"title":"The Stranger","slug":"the-stranger-6772166","podcast_index_feed_id":6772166,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6029915/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/stranger-the-by-august-von-kotzebue-1761","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ebbfd8245a3ce19d3c3ba007f996cd3c.jpg","author":"Audiobooks","episode_count":11,"summary":"http://www.adfreebooks.com - 1000+ audiobooks, all ad free! This sentimental drama, written by the prolific German dramatist, August von Kotzebue (a friend of Ludwig von Beethoven,) was originally published under the title “Menshenhass und Reue.” When the play was translated into English in the late 1790s, it quickly became a runaway success in both Great Britain and the United States and remained a staple of dramatic companies for most on the 19th century. The fairytale-like plot, with its story of lost love, concealed identity, crushing guilt, and healing redemption, charmed generations of tearful Victorian theatre-goers.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T18:17:16.416579+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stranger-6772166"},"episode":{"title":"Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species Particularly the African - Thomas Clarkson","slug":"essay-on-the-slavery-and-commerce-of-the-human-species-particularly-the-african-thomas-clarkson","published_at":"2026-07-24T09:00:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stranger-6772166/essay-on-the-slavery-and-commerce-of-the-human-species-particularly-the-african-thomas-clarkson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stranger-6772166","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/essay-on-the-slavery-and-commerce-of-the-human-species-particularly-the-african-thomas-clarkson--73059434","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73059434/essay_on_the_slavery_and_commerce_of_the_human_species_particularly_the_african_thomas_clarkson.mp3","summary":"Thomas Clarkson's \"Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species Particularly the African\" offers a profound examination of the slave trade's commercial dimensions, structured into three insightful sections: The History of Slavery, The African Commerce or Slave Trade, and The Slavery of Africans in the European Colonies. As one of the foremost abolitionists in England, Clarkson meticulously documents the historical injustices and economic motivations behind the slave trade, making this work a crucial part of the abolitionist narrative.","meta_description":"Thomas Clarkson's \"Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species Particularly the African\" offers a profound examination of the slave trade's com…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":18518,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-stranger-6772166/episodes/essay-on-the-slavery-and-commerce-of-the-human-species-particularly-the-african-thomas-clarkson/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-stranger-6772166/essay-on-the-slavery-and-commerce-of-the-human-species-particularly-the-african-thomas-clarkson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}