{"podcast":{"title":"Workers' Lit","slug":"workers-lit-6064704","podcast_index_feed_id":6064704,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d93a8430/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.workerslit.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/36344908/36344908-1762355634045-0250c6a539c04.jpg","author":"Workers' Lit","episode_count":185,"summary":"Your favorite podcast about literature for hot, cool, gay, and/or working class people. Hosted by Aysha, Lenore, Jacob, and Jen. New episodes on Mondays. Patreon: Patreon.com/workerslit Contact us at workerslit@gmail.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T12:20:52.519473+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/workers-lit-6064704"},"episode":{"title":"Bonus Author Interview: Joe Kassabian and “The Highlands Burn”","slug":"bonus-author-interview-joe-kassabian-and-the-highlands-burn","published_at":"2026-05-01T16:09:35+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/workers-lit-6064704/bonus-author-interview-joe-kassabian-and-the-highlands-burn","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/workers-lit-6064704","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/workerslit/episodes/Bonus-Author-Interview-Joe-Kassabian-and-The-Highlands-Burn-e3iohcf","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/d93a8430/podcast/play/119341903/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-1%2F57ffece5-96e9-b2f5-72cc-79e2bb9f7989.mp3","summary":"It’s time for more BONUS CONTENT! We are joined by host of the “Lions Led By Donkeys” podcast, Joe Kassabian, to discuss his upcoming gunpowder fantasy novel, “The Highlands Burn.” What is gunpowder fantasy? Where are all the Armenians in sword and sorcery? How do you build an interesting magic system? All this and more in this fantastic interview! Pre-order “The Highlands Burn” Listen to Lions Led By Donkeys Become a Workers’ Lit patron!","meta_description":"It’s time for more BONUS CONTENT! We are joined by host of the “Lions Led By Donkeys” podcast, Joe Kassabian, to discuss his upcoming gunpowder fantasy no…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3364,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/workers-lit-6064704/episodes/bonus-author-interview-joe-kassabian-and-the-highlands-burn/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/workers-lit-6064704/bonus-author-interview-joe-kassabian-and-the-highlands-burn.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}