{"podcast":{"title":"Uncertain Things","slug":"uncertain-things-1365822","podcast_index_feed_id":1365822,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/55152.rss","website_url":"https://uncertain.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/55152/d5aa3021bd2e0c5c8c26c93af46f588a.jpg","author":"Uncertain Things","episode_count":115,"summary":"Everything is broken. Now what?","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T06:18:18.631352+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822"},"episode":{"title":"Guillotine Chic (w/ Mike Pesca)","slug":"guillotine-chic-w-mike-pesca","published_at":"2026-04-03T14:47:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822/guillotine-chic-w-mike-pesca","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822","url":"https://uncertain.substack.com/p/guillotine-chic-w-mike-pesca","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192456098/f9a021010fda84d1d0f4ae1afc37b42a.mp3","summary":"Mike Pesca — host of the How To! and The Gist podcasts — joins us again! We revisit the topic of nihilism, dive into annihilism (and why it’s different), and dunk on quite a few celebrities along the way. Stay to the end, and we recommend the sweet sweet artworks that may just be the antidotes to our burn-it-to-the-ground times. On the agenda: -On ghosts, demons, and podcasts [0:00-7:50] -Adaam’s theory of Annihilism [7:51-14:24] -Annihilistic artists and the end of truth [14:25-30:36] -Joy and pitchforks! [30:37-47:32] -Artistic antidotes to Annihilism [47:33 - 1:04:00] Mentioned in this episode: -How to Ghostbust the Old-Fashioned Way ( How To! ) -Vibes of Nihilism ( Uncertain Things ) -“The Jacobin Seduction” ( Uncertain Newsletter ) Uncertain Things is hosted and produced by Adaam James Levin-Areddy and Vanessa M. Quirk. For more doomsday thoughts, subscribe to: uncertain.substack.com. Get full access to Uncertain Things at uncertain.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Mike Pesca — host of the How To! and The Gist podcasts — joins us again! We revisit the topic of nihilism, dive into annihilism (and why it’s different),…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3854,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/uncertain-things-1365822/episodes/guillotine-chic-w-mike-pesca/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/uncertain-things-1365822/guillotine-chic-w-mike-pesca.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}