{"podcast":{"title":"Big Ears: Conversations About Music","slug":"big-ears-conversations-about-music-7211990","podcast_index_feed_id":7211990,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/100f792ec/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://bigearsfestival.org/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/43011923/43011923-1739284806363-a53ce50b9d31a.jpg","author":"Big Ears Festival","episode_count":25,"summary":"Big Ears: Conversations About Music is a podcast that brings together cutting-edge musicians, journalists, and community leaders in discussions about the creative process, collaboration, and the transformative power of music. The podcast features one-on-one talks and roundtable discussions hosted by expert music critics with the artists who make Big Ears unique, offering a behind-the-scenes look at the inspirations and connections that make Big Ears one of the world’s most unique music festivals.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T22:18:28.409738+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-ears-conversations-about-music-7211990"},"episode":{"title":"Béla Fleck","slug":"b-la-fleck","published_at":"2025-03-18T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-ears-conversations-about-music-7211990/b-la-fleck","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-ears-conversations-about-music-7211990","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bigearsfestival/episodes/Bla-Fleck-e309kmv","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/100f792ec/podcast/play/99979423/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-2-17%2F396728632-44100-2-dc1f27a2b7349.m4a","summary":"Critic and author Nate Chinen speaks with banjo trailblazer Béla Fleck about Big Ears' place in the music scene, his early days in New Grass Revival, taking the leap into new projects, the "ancient tones" of bluegrass and even Charlie Parker. Fleck also picks some of his must-see artists on the Big Ears 2025 lineup. You just might be surprised!","meta_description":"Critic and author Nate Chinen speaks with banjo trailblazer Béla Fleck about Big Ears' place in the music scene, his early days in New Grass Revival, taki…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1796,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/big-ears-conversations-about-music-7211990/episodes/b-la-fleck/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/big-ears-conversations-about-music-7211990/b-la-fleck.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}