{"podcast":{"title":"What Magic Is This?","slug":"what-magic-is-this-555811","podcast_index_feed_id":555811,"rss_url":"https://whatmagicisthis.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://whatmagicisthis.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/f/8/e/3f8e133911df4eabe55e3c100dce7605/MainPodcast24-20241030-3ky2ih0agw.png","author":"Douglas Batchelor","episode_count":165,"summary":"What Magic is This? is a topic based podcast about Magic, the Occult, the Esoteric, the Paranormal, the Supernatural and the Weird. Each episode revolves around one single topic in the hope that we can flesh out the important aspects one needs to know about it. From history to practices to important figures and more, What Magic is This? is for anyone curious about Magic and the strange world in which we live. If you're looking for the best place to find out about any of these topics, you've found the right Podcast to get you on your way.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T06:20:19.317160+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811"},"episode":{"title":"\"Christmas. It's All Pagan Anyway.\" - A Holiday Tradition","slug":"christmas-it-s-all-pagan-anyway-a-holiday-tradition","published_at":"2025-12-23T01:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811/christmas-it-s-all-pagan-anyway-a-holiday-tradition","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811","url":"https://whatmagicisthis.com/2025/12/22/christmas-its-all-pagan-anyway-a-holiday-tradition/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/whatmagicisthis/146_-_ChristmasPagan.mp3?dest-id=1346279","summary":"One must have their peculiar Holiday traditions. For me, being involved in the stranger side of life and culture, I always take note of a particular happenstance that occurs around this time of year. Every December without fail, you will hear the statement that Christmas is in fact Pagan, and that its symbols and customs have an origin that isn't Christian at all. Grab the Yule log, put up some mistletoe, we're going to go through all that such a statement entails!","meta_description":"One must have their peculiar Holiday traditions. For me, being involved in the stranger side of life and culture, I always take note of a particular happe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5166,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-magic-is-this-555811/episodes/christmas-it-s-all-pagan-anyway-a-holiday-tradition/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811/christmas-it-s-all-pagan-anyway-a-holiday-tradition.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}