{"podcast":{"title":"This Thing Rules","slug":"this-thing-rules-7009668","podcast_index_feed_id":7009668,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f4b56fa4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.patreon.com/thisthingrules","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/40955313/40955313-1712784567723-9590b6caed65b.jpg","author":"Brian Altano and Max Scoville","episode_count":62,"summary":"This Thing Rules is a show where we celebrate our favorite things. What kind of things, exactly? All kinds of things! Movies, foods, cities, bands, shows, books, albums, toys, pictures, moments. Each episode, join long-time collaborators and best pals Brian Altano and Max Scoville as they focus on a different subject, ask themselves what’s so great about it, share some anecdotes about how they grew to love it, unearth some trivia about it, and celebrate the fact that it exists.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-thing-rules-7009668"},"episode":{"title":"Swimming Rules!","slug":"swimming-rules","published_at":"2025-07-11T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-thing-rules-7009668/swimming-rules","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-thing-rules-7009668","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thisthingrules/episodes/Swimming-Rules-e35cl7s","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/f4b56fa4/podcast/play/105321148/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-6-10%2F995db4cb-2c55-4639-c614-d489eea36fd3.mp3","summary":"Come on in, the water’s fine! This week, we’re talking about one of the most simple, possibly primordial, occasionally deadly pleasures in life, which is traversing a body of water for recreational purposes. Y’know, swimming! It’s an essential survival skill, but also just a nice thing to do when it’s hot out, whether it’s in a pool, ocean, lake, river, pond, watering hole, crick, spigot or some combination thereof. But, that’s assuming there’s not an abundance of mud, trash, weeds, slime, or scary creatures impedling your paddling. It would totally rule if you helped support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/thisthingrules, You can also show your support by following us on Bluesky and Twitter @ThisThingRules, or find our little corner of our old podcast’s Discord at discord.comedybutton.com - and of course, we’re always happy to get email from listeners at thisthingruleshow@gmail.com Intro contains clips from Jaws, National Lampoon’s Vacation, Anchorman and Adult Swim’s original bumpers","meta_description":"Come on in, the water’s fine! This week, we’re talking about one of the most simple, possibly primordial, occasionally deadly pleasures in life, which is…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2895,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-thing-rules-7009668/episodes/swimming-rules/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-thing-rules-7009668/swimming-rules.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}