{"podcast":{"title":"Undeceptions with John Dickson","slug":"undeceptions-with-john-dickson-92764","podcast_index_feed_id":92764,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/undeceptions-with-john-dickson","website_url":"https://undeceptions.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Xv0Yvioesec6Kef7M4YqFZfLM-dkCGDrQvM5_35uA3k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM4NzMvMTYzNzA1/MzM0MC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.jpg","author":"Undeceptions Ltd","episode_count":255,"summary":"Every week on Undeceptions we’ll explore some aspect of life, faith, history, culture, or ethics that is either much misunderstood or mostly forgotten. With the help of people who know what they’re talking about, we’ll be trying to ‘undeceive ourselves’ and let the truth ‘out’.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T04:20:55.624187+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/undeceptions-with-john-dickson-92764"},"episode":{"title":"162. Persecution Complex","slug":"162-persecution-complex","published_at":"2025-10-12T18:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/undeceptions-with-john-dickson-92764/162-persecution-complex","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/undeceptions-with-john-dickson-92764","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/1eaa992f","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/p.podderapp.com/4167409313/media.transistor.fm/1eaa992f/e144aa97.mp3","summary":"Some claim Christian persecution is on the rise, while others find the idea of a modern persecution implausible. So, what’s the truth? It’s complex … (00:00) - - John Dickson's persecution complex (08:56) - - The myth of persecution (13:24) - - The first Christian persecutions (21:29) - - The third-century persecutions (32:25) - - The Emperor Diocletian comes to power (38:32) - - The Great Persecution (48:04) - - The persecutions end (53:10) - - Haroon's story (01:02:53) - - Smash and squeeze persecution (01:15:33) - - Five Minute Jesus CREDITS Undeceptions is hosted by John Dickson, produced by Kaley Payne and directed by Mark Hadley. Alasdair Belling is a writer and researcher. Siobhan McGuiness is our online librarian. Lyndie Leviston remains John's wonderful assistant. Santino Dimarco is Chief Finance and Operations Consultant. Editing by Richard Hamwi. Our voice actor today was Yannick Lawry. Special thanks to our series sponsor Zondervan for making this Undeception possible. Undeceptions is the flagship podcast of Undeceptions.com - letting the truth out.","meta_description":"Some claim Christian persecution is on the rise, while others find the idea of a modern persecution implausible. So, what’s the truth? It’s complex … (00:…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5109,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/undeceptions-with-john-dickson-92764/episodes/162-persecution-complex/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/undeceptions-with-john-dickson-92764/162-persecution-complex.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}