{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Fire the Canon","title":"Theo's Birthday Episode (Patreon Preview)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1051,"description":"Well, well, well. Look who decided to join Jackie and Rachel on the right side of 30! That would be Theo, our (actual, this time) birthday boy-producer. In honor of this special day, Rachel decided to give him the greatest gift of all: an idea for a birthday episode that he didn't have to come up with himself. We discuss the children's book My Dog Talks by Gail Herman, an age-inappropriate classic that entered Theo's young life through a series of whimsical events, and critically compare it with another heavy hitter from the canine communication canon: Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh. When these two goliaths of literature enter the arena, can both emerge unscathed? Or will this clash of titans end in a reckoning - a toppling of the old guard, a new idol's light shining atop the altar - that will rock Theo's childhood memories to their core? Will Jackie, new to this madness, be able to cope with the soul-crushing implications of bestowing family pets with the blessing, the curse, of language? Of the birth - and the cruel, unfeeling obliteration - of the very Self inherent therein? Only one way to find out! Listen and enjoy, and join our Patreon at patreon.com/firethecanon for the full episode.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ThbUCisdeEy3wffCIV0lqYlIfJsLXgCjMQ9ORkg9uZE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzI5NDcyLzE2NDg2/NzQyODgtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}