{"podcast":{"title":"Cowboy Crossroads","slug":"cowboy-crossroads-769389","podcast_index_feed_id":769389,"rss_url":"https://cowboycrossroads.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.andyhedges.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/0/1/6/d0161d163d5ed477e5bbc093207a2619/CowboyCrossroads-20240208-r4pm0oyc9m.jpg","author":"Andy Hedges","episode_count":122,"summary":"Andy Hedges interviews a different guest on each episode and asks them to share stories from the working cowboy West and beyond. Cowboy poets, ranchers, working cowboys, musicians, songwriters, artists, historians, and western legends.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T08:20:40.724786+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cowboy-crossroads-769389"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 115: Joel Nelson","slug":"episode-115-joel-nelson","published_at":"2026-01-16T16:42:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cowboy-crossroads-769389/episode-115-joel-nelson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cowboy-crossroads-769389","url":"https://andyhedges.com/cowboy-crossroads/blog/7694576/episode-115-joel-nelson","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cowboycrossroads/Episode_115_-_Joel_Nelson_-_11626_10.30_AM.mp3?dest-id=549917","summary":"Recorded live at the 2025 Ranch Verse, Joel Nelson returns to Cowboy Crossroads to share stories from his earliest memories of livestock and being horseback. Joel reflects on his time working at the 06 Ranch , the influence of Ray Hunt , horsemanship, and poetry. This episode was recorded live and sponsored by the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock . Learn more at www.ranchingheritage.org . Learn more about Cowboy Crossroads at www.andyhedges.com . Support the podcast and become a Patron at www.patreon.com/cowboycrossroads .","meta_description":"Recorded live at the 2025 Ranch Verse, Joel Nelson returns to Cowboy Crossroads to share stories from his earliest memories of livestock and being horseba…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3490,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cowboy-crossroads-769389/episodes/episode-115-joel-nelson/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cowboy-crossroads-769389/episode-115-joel-nelson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}