{"podcast":{"title":"This Machine Kills","slug":"this-machine-kills-428599","podcast_index_feed_id":428599,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:861066976/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://soundcloud.com/thismachinekillspod","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-9ph1FoDtmpfiZRzy-vEy7cg-original.jpg","author":"This Machine Kills","episode_count":490,"summary":"A podcast about technology and political economy …","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T22:20:21.756589+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-machine-kills-428599"},"episode":{"title":"Patreon Preview – 464. Pep Rally","slug":"patreon-preview-464-pep-rally","published_at":"2026-07-02T23:57:30+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-machine-kills-428599/patreon-preview-464-pep-rally","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-machine-kills-428599","url":"https://soundcloud.com/thismachinekillspod/patreon-preview-464-pep-rally","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2352222974-thismachinekillspod-patreon-preview-464-pep-rally.mp3","summary":"Miracle cures! Get your miracle cures! What the hell are peptides? Why is this class of black/gray market drugs on everyone’s lips and being injected into everybody’s veins? Where did this multi-billion market suddenly come from? We take a look at the political economy of peptides, the pernicious consumerization of healthcare, and the potential consequences of this surging peptidal wave for society. ••• The Billion-Dollar Peptides Gold Rush https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-peptide-legalization-gold-rush/ Standing Plugs: ••• Order Jathan’s book: https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520398078/the-mechanic-and-the-luddite ••• Subscribe to Ed’s substack: https://substack.com/@thetechbubble ••• Subscribe to TMK on patreon for premium episodes: https://www.patreon.com/thismachinekills Hosted by Jathan Sadowski (bsky.app/profile/jathansadowski.com) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (www.x.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (bsky.app/profile/jebr.bsky.social)","meta_description":"Miracle cures! Get your miracle cures! What the hell are peptides? Why is this class of black/gray market drugs on everyone’s lips and being injected into…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":445,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-machine-kills-428599/episodes/patreon-preview-464-pep-rally/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-machine-kills-428599/patreon-preview-464-pep-rally.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}