{"podcast":{"title":"What It Was Like","slug":"what-it-was-like-5287591","podcast_index_feed_id":5287591,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/what-it-was-like","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/what-it-was-like","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/1754542339085-1943b983-ef04-49f2-8849-aba9b6ea7621.jpeg","author":"Rachel Tuffery","episode_count":76,"summary":"Conversations with people who have lived through extreme events. Some stories are dark and twisted, others are light and funny. In all cases, we get an intimate portrait of 'what it was like' to be there. Find us on TikTok: @whatitwaslikepodcast Find us on Youtube: @whatitwaslikepodcast Follow us on Instagram: whatitwaslikepodcast Hosted by Julian Morgans This is a Superreal production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-it-was-like-5287591"},"episode":{"title":"I Was Raised in a Cult Believing I'd be Dead by 12","slug":"i-was-raised-in-a-cult-believing-i-d-be-dead-by-12","published_at":"2026-01-17T05:45:39+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-it-was-like-5287591/i-was-raised-in-a-cult-believing-i-d-be-dead-by-12","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-it-was-like-5287591","url":"https://superreal.com.au/what-it-was-like/","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6200ee776bcd50001215d4e7/e/696b1c27f0f57e95a0211df9/media.mp3","summary":"Flor Edwards grew up in the Children of God, an authoritarian sect that taught its followers that the world would end in 1993. In this episode, she reflects on how it felt growing up expecting to die, and how the group responded when the apocalypse never came. Find us on TikTok:  @whatitwaslikepodcast Find us on Youtube:  @whatitwaslikepodcast Follow us on Instagram:  whatitwaslikepodcast This is a  Superreal  production Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Flor Edwards grew up in the Children of God, an authoritarian sect that taught its followers that the world would end in 1993. In this episode, she reflec…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3183,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-it-was-like-5287591/episodes/i-was-raised-in-a-cult-believing-i-d-be-dead-by-12/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-it-was-like-5287591/i-was-raised-in-a-cult-believing-i-d-be-dead-by-12.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}