{"podcast":{"title":"Trauma Box","slug":"trauma-box-7828028","podcast_index_feed_id":7828028,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/Bad0Eo7G","website_url":"https://trauma-box.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5989c37b-3593-4661-9135-beba51e3d68a/6927838d-9ac8-4332-bca0-b426e89a85ad/3000x3000/tblogo01.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Tyler Stevens","episode_count":13,"summary":"Cheaper than therapy. Let the healing begin.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T00:17:06.455707+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trauma-box-7828028"},"episode":{"title":"003: Making Contact","slug":"003-making-contact","published_at":"2026-05-18T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trauma-box-7828028/003-making-contact","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trauma-box-7828028","url":"https://trauma-box.simplecast.com/episodes/making-contact-6ENGUrij","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/6950662b-6b05-4b60-b46c-38b0073b3761/1d006f0c-423d-4cc6-b6ed-e2a6b46eab88/episodes/audio/group/a0f9e09e-102c-40e4-90f8-8c957b3fbe8f/group-item/e814442d-b5a1-4458-8a32-0f46ff6c71de/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Bad0Eo7G","summary":"Once again Tyler and Shawn open up the Trauma Box to investigate one of the great sources of childhood horror: the Ventriloquist Dummy. Is there anything scarier than an evil talking puppet? With 1985's Making Contact, Roland Emmerich (yes - the director of Independence Day) answers that question in a truly chilling fashion: by presenting us with a *German* evil talking puppet. A nightmarish perversion of Spielbergian childhood wonder-terror, Making Contact will haunt you for years to come.","meta_description":"Once again Tyler and Shawn open up the Trauma Box to investigate one of the great sources of childhood horror: the Ventriloquist Dummy. Is there anything…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3165,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trauma-box-7828028/episodes/003-making-contact/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trauma-box-7828028/003-making-contact.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}