{"podcast":{"title":"American Girl Talk","slug":"american-girl-talk-7132540","podcast_index_feed_id":7132540,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/T2McmMRw","website_url":"https://american-girl-talk.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7a6bcbd5-aa20-4f66-a778-9d74a859c25d/b797a7e1-83b4-4c1c-9840-21eeeca2b883/3000x3000/american_girl_talk_new_album_r.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Caroline Schaeffer","episode_count":72,"summary":"A show for all former (and current) historical fiction girlies to geek out and re-experience some of our favorite classic childhood books. If you had one or more historical events that you hyper-fixated on as a child, this is the podcast for you!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-girl-talk-7132540"},"episode":{"title":"Meet Rebecca!","slug":"meet-rebecca","published_at":"2026-05-12T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-girl-talk-7132540/meet-rebecca","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-girl-talk-7132540","url":"https://american-girl-talk.simplecast.com/episodes/meet-rebecca-_56Xceam","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/0121f5f1-c80b-4ca7-9892-4eb4e08e0a7f/5bbb9506-9c8b-4ddb-a971-91b3e8919d2d/episodes/audio/group/515e257b-2fda-493c-bf3c-ca3918ba51d2/group-item/8f375884-1f4c-41d2-ae4e-739d84f443e2/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=T2McmMRw","summary":"Mazel Tov! We're back in time again with Rebecca Rubin, the daughter of Jewish-Russian immigrants living out her showgirl dream in the LES during the 1910's. Rebecca has it all - creepy twin sisters, a penchant for showmanship, and a loving family (?). What doesn't she have? $64 candles and a cousin who may or may not be dying in a Fiddler on the Roof-esque Russian wasteland. She's a girl caught between two big decisions: support her love of candles or save her family? Tune in to find out! Chapters 0:00 - Welcome Back Chelsea and Meet Rebecca! 12:15 - Chapter One: A Sabbath Surprise! 29:50 - Chapter Two: A Showy Dinner 48:01 - Chapter Three: One for the Money! 1:00:36 - Chapter Four: Two for the Show! 1:06:13 - Chapter Five: Solving a Riddle 1:16:46 - Peek into the Past: The American Melting Pot! 1:26:36 - Final Thoughts: We're bageystert for Beckie!","meta_description":"Mazel Tov! We're back in time again with Rebecca Rubin, the daughter of Jewish-Russian immigrants living out her showgirl dream in the LES during the 1910…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5423,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/american-girl-talk-7132540/episodes/meet-rebecca/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/american-girl-talk-7132540/meet-rebecca.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}