{"podcast":{"title":"The Two Tongues Podcast","slug":"the-two-tongues-podcast-3621016","podcast_index_feed_id":3621016,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/twotonguespodcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://twotonguespodcast.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10990670/TONES_PODCAST_tjkdpe.jpg","author":"twotonguespodcast","episode_count":331,"summary":"The Two Tongues Podcast explores the most interesting topics that aren’t ”fit” for popular consumption (or polite dinner conversation). Here you will find honest, unfiltered and unedited conversation between two life-long friends on the state of the world as we see it; politics, religion, mind-altering substances, psychology and philosophy are fair game. Let the fun begin!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T04:21:27.235106+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-tongues-podcast-3621016"},"episode":{"title":"S5E26 - The Origin of Religion with Gnostic Informant","slug":"s5e26-the-origin-of-religion-with-gnostic-informant","published_at":"2026-01-21T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-tongues-podcast-3621016/s5e26-the-origin-of-religion-with-gnostic-informant","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-tongues-podcast-3621016","url":"https://twotonguespodcast.podbean.com/e/s5e26-the-origin-of-religion-with-gnostic-informant/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/3bxzsy7mdz622mmp/S5E26_-_The_Origin_of_Religion_with_Gnostic_Informant73d9u.mp3","summary":"In this episode Chris interviews the gnosis-bringer himself--Neal Sendlak--aka Gnostic Informant. You know him from his riveting documentaries on YouTube where he tracks myths and religious ideas across cultures and eons and from his interviews with critical scholars, but this time we dive deeply into his origin story and into the origin of religion itself! We discuss the ancient Greek \"mysteries,\" psychedelic experience, Neolithic cave paintings and the half-man, half-beast imagery that spans from the Stone Age right up through the classical religions of the Bronze Age. Strap in ladies and gents; this one was real journey! Check out the Gnostic Informant on YouTube: Gnostic Informant - YouTube And support his excellent work on Patreon Neal Sendlak | creating Gnostic Informant - Videos on History, Mythology & Reli | Patreon Enjoy ;)","meta_description":"In this episode Chris interviews the gnosis-bringer himself--Neal Sendlak--aka Gnostic Informant. You know him from his riveting documentaries on YouTube…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8625,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-two-tongues-podcast-3621016/episodes/s5e26-the-origin-of-religion-with-gnostic-informant/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-two-tongues-podcast-3621016/s5e26-the-origin-of-religion-with-gnostic-informant.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}