Founding Essay Audio Withdrawal

What Changed

Pulled the founding essay audio episode (MS-FE-01) off the public episode surfaces while keeping the essay itself live on the About page.

Updated:

• content/specials/ep-00-founding-essay/metadata.yaml
• episodes/MS-FE-01/manifest.yaml
• site/lib/episodes.ts
• site/app/episodes/page.tsx
• site/app/episodes/[id]/page.tsx
• site/app/about/page.tsx
• site/app/page.tsx
• site/lib/series-data.ts

Public effect:

• the broken audio cut no longer appears in episode listings or RSS
• /episodes/MS-FE-01 now redirects to /about
• the home and essay surfaces no longer advertise the withdrawn audio edition

Why

The current founding essay audio cut is broken and should not remain on the public listening surface while it is being reworked.

The essay page remains the canonical public entry point for the piece until a working audio edition is ready again.

Type

Incident response and user-visible site change.

Follow-Up

• Replace the withdrawn audio with a verified new cut before reintroducing MS-FE-01 to episode and RSS surfaces.
• Revisit the founding essay series status once the audio edition is ready to return.