{"podcast":{"title":"Unbelief","slug":"unbelief-7067208","podcast_index_feed_id":7067208,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/dHXZnHby","website_url":"https://unbeliefpodcast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5aaf7ce8-98a0-41c9-886e-6af646ee92ff/306f6b98-bee4-4994-8722-71fe3a145251/3000x3000/unbelief-podcast-logo-plain-rev-4.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Quoircast","episode_count":122,"summary":"The Unbelief Podcast is your space to question, explore, and release the beliefs that no longer serve you—or maybe even caused harm. Hosted by Jeremy Steele, the Skeptic Pastor, this podcast dives deep into deconstruction, offering progressive and thoughtful insights on ancient spiritual texts like the Bible. Through interviews with leading scholars and candid conversations with those navigating their own faith journeys, the Unbelief Podcast invites you to rethink, rediscover, and rebuild your spirituality on your own terms. If you've ever felt disillusioned by what you were told to believe, this is the podcast for you.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T02:19:10.908682+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unbelief-7067208"},"episode":{"title":"Jesus Wasn’t Born in Bethlehem or a Stable (And That Changes Everything)","slug":"jesus-wasn-t-born-in-bethlehem-or-a-stable-and-that-changes-everything","published_at":"2025-12-07T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unbelief-7067208/jesus-wasn-t-born-in-bethlehem-or-a-stable-and-that-changes-everything","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unbelief-7067208","url":"https://unbeliefpodcast.com/episodes/jesus-wasnt-born-in-bethlehem-or-a-stable-and-that-changes-everything-rl9D_YgG","audio_url":"https://afp-13455-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/8aed8ada-bfb4-4ae3-a7d7-915f51b641fd/episodes/1abefea3-fb8e-4d6c-88fd-a8d10756b872/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=8aed8ada-bfb4-4ae3-a7d7-915f51b641fd&awEpisodeId=1abefea3-fb8e-4d6c-88fd-a8d10756b872&feed=dHXZnHby","summary":"Turns out the Christmas story you defend like it’s a court transcript doesn’t even work on its own historical terms. In part one, we take apart Nazareth, Bethlehem, and the Roman census Luke uses to move Jesus across the map—spoiler: historians aren’t impressed. In part two, we go underground into caves, kataluma, and the version of Jesus’ birth the early church actually remembered before we swapped risk for rustic décor. This isn’t an attack on Christmas. It’s an attack on the idea that faith only works if the floor plan is literal and the facts are fragile.","meta_description":"Turns out the Christmas story you defend like it’s a court transcript doesn’t even work on its own historical terms. In part one, we take apart Nazareth,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2095,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unbelief-7067208/episodes/jesus-wasn-t-born-in-bethlehem-or-a-stable-and-that-changes-everything/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unbelief-7067208/jesus-wasn-t-born-in-bethlehem-or-a-stable-and-that-changes-everything.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}