# John U. Bacon

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/vital-voices-6695622/john-u-bacon
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/vital-voices-6695622/john-u-bacon.md
Podcast: [Vital Voices](https://stenobird.com/podcast/vital-voices-6695622)
Published: 2026-02-06T23:13:49+00:00
Episode link: https://www.wets.org/podcast/vital-voices/2026-02-06/john-u-bacon
Audio file: https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s374/audio/2026/02/vitalvoicespodcastepisode123.mp3
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vital-voices-6695622/episodes/john-u-bacon
Duration seconds: 1080

## Resource

Our guest is John U. Bacon, author of The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Currently on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list, the book recounts the story of the sinking of the freighter in the waters of Lake Superior, resulting in the deaths of the 29 crewmen, on November 10, 1975. This is part one of two “Vital Voices” programs with John Bacon.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vital-voices-6695622/episodes/john-u-bacon/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/vital-voices-6695622/john-u-bacon.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.