{"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":"Demonology","slug":"demonology","published_at":"2025-08-19T16:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811/demonology","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811","url":"https://whatmagicisthis.com/2025/08/19/demonology/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/whatmagicisthis/142_-_Demonology.mp3?dest-id=1346279","summary":"Simply put, Demonology is the study of Demons; what they do and how they interact with humans. While most cultures throughout time here in the west have had their own specific Demonology, from the middle ages onwards a particularly strong sort of European Demonology formed. This Demonology eventually lead to the hunt and persecution of tens of thousands of people for hundreds of years as witches and sorcerers. How this Demonology took shape is both fascinating and very telling of how our society conceives and adopts deleterious paradigms during certain periods of time.","meta_description":"Simply put, Demonology is the study of Demons; what they do and how they interact with humans. While most cultures throughout time here in the west have h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8650,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-magic-is-this-555811/episodes/demonology/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/demonology.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}