# Podcast 536: Sam Skinner Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fretboard-journal-guitar-podcast-511166/podcast-536-sam-skinner Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fretboard-journal-guitar-podcast-511166/podcast-536-sam-skinner.md Podcast: [The Fretboard Journal Guitar Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fretboard-journal-guitar-podcast-511166) Published: 2026-02-08T00:50:00+00:00 Episode link: https://fretboardjournal.libsyn.com/podcast-536-sam-skinner Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fretboardjournal/sam-skinnerfn.mp3?dest-id=338739 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fretboard-journal-guitar-podcast-511166/episodes/podcast-536-sam-skinner Duration seconds: 2224 ## Resource Sam Skinner (Pinegrove) joins us this week to talk about his work as a guitarist, producer and engineer. https://www.samskinner.com We also get Fretboard Journal and Fretboard Summit updates! Our 58th issue of the Fretboard Journal is now mailing. Subscribe here to get it. Our next Fretboard Summit takes place August 20-22, 2026, at the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago. https://fretboardsummit.org We are brought to you by Peghead Nation: https://www.pegheadnation.com (Get your first month free or $20 off any annual subscription with the promo code FRETBOARD at checkout). Stringjoy Strings: https://stringjoy.com Mike & Mike's Guitar Bar: https://mmguitarbar.com Mike & Mike's Substack: https://mmguitarbar.substack.com ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-fretboard-journal-guitar-podcast-511166/episodes/podcast-536-sam-skinner/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-fretboard-journal-guitar-podcast-511166/podcast-536-sam-skinner.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.