{"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":"011: The Sword and The Sorcerer","slug":"011-the-sword-and-the-sorcerer","published_at":"2026-07-12T12:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trauma-box-7828028/011-the-sword-and-the-sorcerer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trauma-box-7828028","url":"https://trauma-box.simplecast.com/episodes/011-the-sword-and-the-sorcerer-K5VBlAyZ","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/6950662b-6b05-4b60-b46c-38b0073b3761/1d006f0c-423d-4cc6-b6ed-e2a6b46eab88/episodes/audio/group/7f19491f-d522-45c9-b17b-50774c9b4fb4/group-item/9da48150-fb9e-42ce-83d3-cd3c7cc625b2/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Bad0Eo7G","summary":"Trauma Box takes our first peek into the vast world of Albert Pyun with a visit to his first feature, 1982's The Sword and the Sorcerer. Pyun is a figure that many Trauma Box listeners will be familiar with, if not by name then certainly via the iconic VHS boxes of his innumerable direct-to-video offerings. Pyun's ouevre typically evinces a fascination with martial arts and cyborgs, as seen in films like uh, Kickboxer 2 and Cyborg. But before Pyun found his true calling in that particular vein of trash, he hit blockbuster success with The Sword and the Sorcerer, a fantasy/barbarian flick that, we were surprised to discover, pre-dated Conan the Barbarian. Unfortunately, it's...not great, but veterans of Pyunville will be hardly shocked by this. Expect winsome smirks, blows-to-the-groin, harem babes turkey legs, and other other classic tropes of the sword & sandals genre, all tinged with Pyun's blundersome touch!","meta_description":"Trauma Box takes our first peek into the vast world of Albert Pyun with a visit to his first feature, 1982's The Sword and the Sorcerer. Pyun is a figure…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3646,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/trauma-box-7828028/episodes/011-the-sword-and-the-sorcerer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/trauma-box-7828028/011-the-sword-and-the-sorcerer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}