# Writing the West: Episode 27 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/monday-matinee-723159/writing-the-west-episode-27 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/monday-matinee-723159/writing-the-west-episode-27.md Podcast: [Monday Matinee](https://stenobird.com/podcast/monday-matinee-723159) Published: 2026-05-11T05:03:00+00:00 Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/350a36ed Audio file: https://media.transistor.fm/350a36ed/47ed18ea.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/monday-matinee-723159/episodes/writing-the-west-episode-27 Duration seconds: 604 ## Resource This episode includes the following stories: The First Winter: A pioneer woman recalls the cold season in Oregon... Giant: A legend of a flesh-eating monster... Butch and Sundance: The true story of Robert Leroy Parker... Stink Bug: There's more than one way to catch a fish... ...and the poem " Edge of Land" by Rick Steber. All stories and poems by Rick Steber. Used by permission of the author. Theme music is "Slobro Daze" by Danny Lee Allison. Sound effects found on YouTube and the Freesound Project. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/monday-matinee-723159/episodes/writing-the-west-episode-27/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/monday-matinee-723159/writing-the-west-episode-27.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.