{"podcast":{"title":"Two Shores One Story","slug":"two-shores-one-story-7110565","podcast_index_feed_id":7110565,"rss_url":"https://feeds.podcastle.ai/d7e928b0-9696-4ab4-b7de-8af946ba4705.rss","website_url":"https://async.com/show/two-shores-one-story-u1T9D2u7","image_url":"https://feeds.podcastle.ai/c7/jGVC-twoshoresonestorycoverart-png.jpeg","author":"Matthew Somerville","episode_count":76,"summary":"Two Shores One Story is a casual, yet, informative podcast that showcases my authentic experiences as a Canadian who is currently in rural Japan. Having experience living on the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean before and a decade of Japanese language and cultural knowledge, I aim to share insightful perspectives of Japan every Wednesday. If you are interested in Japan, whether that be the culture, language, music, food, or anything else under the rising sun, this podcast will have something for you to learn.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T18:17:31.956739+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-shores-one-story-7110565"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 18: Back to School (in April?!): A New Term in Japan","slug":"episode-18-back-to-school-in-april-a-new-term-in-japan","published_at":"2025-04-16T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-shores-one-story-7110565/episode-18-back-to-school-in-april-a-new-term-in-japan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-shores-one-story-7110565","url":"https://feeds.podcastle.ai/89b5ca23-e87f-43ab-8a2d-c71026bdde03/Episode%252018%3A%2520Back%2520to%2520School%2520in%2520April.mp3","audio_url":"https://feeds.podcastle.ai/89b5ca23-e87f-43ab-8a2d-c71026bdde03/Episode%252018%3A%2520Back%2520to%2520School%2520in%2520April.mp3","summary":"It's April in Japan (and the rest of the world) and that means the new school term has started! So exciting. In today's episode, I give recount my experiences of what happened during the first few (or many) days of the new term.","meta_description":"It's April in Japan (and the rest of the world) and that means the new school term has started! So exciting. In today's episode, I give recount my experie…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":930,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/two-shores-one-story-7110565/episodes/episode-18-back-to-school-in-april-a-new-term-in-japan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/two-shores-one-story-7110565/episode-18-back-to-school-in-april-a-new-term-in-japan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}