{"podcast":{"title":"Youth Group Chronicles","slug":"youth-group-chronicles-5303324","podcast_index_feed_id":5303324,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/youth-group-chronicles","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/youth-group-chronicles","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/0a/55/36/58/0a553658-1cb9-4c81-ba1f-9ca9be74206d/f76010dfe679b105d08041ac6f6d61ff097e79aa2e3be824116a03bea8fbf863179d65097fa4de38c6d5795f3f83a57669687546ce8e81e2ac691d6bc3d45425.jpeg","author":"Youth Group Chronicles","episode_count":234,"summary":"Unbelievable, hilarious, and sometimes horrifying stories from youth group — shared by listeners from around the world every week. Have a story for us? Email it to stories@ygcpodcast.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-07T06:21:25.326815+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/youth-group-chronicles-5303324"},"episode":{"title":"213: Closet Stimulation (John Scarborough & Mackenzie Smolin)","slug":"213-closet-stimulation-john-scarborough-mackenzie-smolin","published_at":"2026-02-17T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/youth-group-chronicles-5303324/213-closet-stimulation-john-scarborough-mackenzie-smolin","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/youth-group-chronicles-5303324","url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/a3702e50-f26d-4be8-a368-b5a2fa0ef350.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/rss.art19.com/episodes/a3702e50-f26d-4be8-a368-b5a2fa0ef350.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"This week on Youth Group Chronicles, Sam is joined by John Scarborough and Mackenzie Smolin for an episode that somehow escalates from mildly awkward to completely unhinged in record time. A concerned mom follows suspicious laughter into an upstairs closet and discovers four boys conducting what might be the strangest science experiment youth group has ever seen. Elsewhere, a simple baptism mix-up turns into an accidental worship service scandal, a new women’s Bible study launches with an unfortunate acronym, and a well-intentioned wake-up prank goes horribly wrong. There’s also a prayer that almost took a very dark turn in front of an ambulance, a youth pastor forced into an unforgettable burial decision, a summer camp outbreak so intense it shut everything down, and a worship leader whose stage move ended in the ER. It’s chaotic, uncomfortable, and exactly the kind of stories you only hear after youth group ends… See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"This week on Youth Group Chronicles, Sam is joined by John Scarborough and Mackenzie Smolin for an episode that somehow escalates from mildly awkward to c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2462,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/youth-group-chronicles-5303324/episodes/213-closet-stimulation-john-scarborough-mackenzie-smolin/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/youth-group-chronicles-5303324/213-closet-stimulation-john-scarborough-mackenzie-smolin.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}