{"podcast":{"title":"Couch and The Rube","slug":"couch-and-the-rube-814836","podcast_index_feed_id":814836,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3125944/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://www.couchandtherube.com","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a74224ce5cfbd5b6509cd54ddbfd8931.jpg","author":"SPOTLIGHT Radio Network","episode_count":1000,"summary":"Graham Couch and Jason Knick are a dynamic duo that get together every afternoon to discuss Michigan State and Big Ten football and men’s basketball, Detroit pro sports and the buzz nationally. The show is a fun, engaging, and thought-provoking all-in-one radio and podcast experience for the Michigan State, Michigan and Detroit sports fan whose assorted interests also might include the outrageous national story, sports gambling and life’s relatable predicaments. Hosts Graham Couch, a sports columnist at the Lansing State Journal, and Jason Knick, “The Rube,” bring you two hours a day of the topics and stories that grab you — often with your input and through insightful interviews with those who know the stories best.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-22T06:25:06.403538+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/couch-and-the-rube-814836"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 1176: Hot Take Monday: The MSU football loss that didn't feel like a defeat","slug":"ep-1176-hot-take-monday-the-msu-football-loss-that-didn-t-feel-like-a-defeat","published_at":"2026-09-21T19:55:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/couch-and-the-rube-814836/ep-1176-hot-take-monday-the-msu-football-loss-that-didn-t-feel-like-a-defeat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/couch-and-the-rube-814836","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/ep-1176-hot-take-monday-the-msu-football-loss-that-didn-t-feel-like-a-defeat--75285957","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/75285957/ep_1176_hot_take_monday.mp3","summary":"We dug into our hot takes and yours — on MSU football's performance at Notre Dame and how it sets up the rest of the season, on MSU basketball and Tom Izzo's recruiting after landing guard Antonio Pemberton, on the awful Wyoming bet, on the Lions and Brad Holmes, and more.","meta_description":"We dug into our hot takes and yours — on MSU football's performance at Notre Dame and how it sets up the rest of the season, on MSU basketball and Tom Izz…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7661,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/couch-and-the-rube-814836/episodes/ep-1176-hot-take-monday-the-msu-football-loss-that-didn-t-feel-like-a-defeat/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/couch-and-the-rube-814836/ep-1176-hot-take-monday-the-msu-football-loss-that-didn-t-feel-like-a-defeat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}