{"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":"Past Lives & Reincarnation","slug":"past-lives-reincarnation","published_at":"2025-11-26T03:32:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811/past-lives-reincarnation","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-magic-is-this-555811","url":"https://whatmagicisthis.com/2025/11/25/past-lives-reincarnation/","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/whatmagicisthis/145_-_Past_Lives__Reincarnation.mp3?dest-id=1346279","summary":"One of the longest enduring afterlife beliefs that we have is reincarnation. The thought goes that once we pass away, some part of us is reborn into a new person; a new body, and that life continues again and again and again. Many cultures throughout the world and throughout time have held this belief to be fundamentally true. It has only been in the last 70 years, that certain scientists and researchers have been seriously investigating claims from people that say that they have experienced a life before the one that they are currently living. The evidence that something truly profound and perplexing is happening, is irrefutable.","meta_description":"One of the longest enduring afterlife beliefs that we have is reincarnation. The thought goes that once we pass away, some part of us is reborn into a new…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":9111,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/what-magic-is-this-555811/episodes/past-lives-reincarnation/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/past-lives-reincarnation.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}