{"podcast":{"title":"With Good Reason","slug":"with-good-reason-1041442","podcast_index_feed_id":1041442,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/WithGoodReasonRadio","website_url":"http://www.withgoodreasonradio.org","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-OCyBe3Abdo1Lw56V-jGz7Dg-original.jpg","author":"Virginia Humanities (withgoodreason@virginia.edu)","episode_count":454,"summary":"Each week scholars explore the worlds of literature, science, the arts, politics, history, religion, and business through lively discussion with host Sarah McConnell. From the controversies over slave reparations and global warming, to the unique worlds of comic books and wine-making, With Good Reason is always surprising, challenging and fun!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T08:20:36.330210+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/with-good-reason-1041442"},"episode":{"title":"Love in the Time of Hubots","slug":"love-in-the-time-of-hubots","published_at":"2026-04-17T13:58:49+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/with-good-reason-1041442/love-in-the-time-of-hubots","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/with-good-reason-1041442","url":"https://soundcloud.com/withgoodreason/love-in-the-time-of-hubots","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2304354809-withgoodreason-love-in-the-time-of-hubots.mp3","summary":"In the German novel “I’m Your Man” a couples therapist and her robot partner Tom explore the limits of post-human love. Holly Yanacek wrote the English translation of the novel about what happens when our perfect partner is a machine. And: An after-school philosophy club has elementary school children discussing deep ideas with undergrads. Anne van Leeuwen says readings of Frog and Toad and Shel Silverstein are giving rise to conversations about bravery and infinity. Later in the show: In The Historical Mind, Ryan Holston argues that our biggest political problems can be traced to a \"thinning\" of the human character, and that without self-restraint even the best Constitution becomes useless. Plus: State and local candidates are drowning in the national political divide. Jesse Richman says the polarization nationally is driving voters in state elections to make choices based on the letter next to a candidate’s name.","meta_description":"In the German novel “I’m Your Man” a couples therapist and her robot partner Tom explore the limits of post-human love. Holly Yanacek wrote the English tr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3116,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/with-good-reason-1041442/episodes/love-in-the-time-of-hubots/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/with-good-reason-1041442/love-in-the-time-of-hubots.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}