{"podcast":{"title":"Craft Industry Alliance","slug":"craft-industry-alliance-215099","podcast_index_feed_id":215099,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/abbyglassenberg/feed.xml","website_url":"https://abbyglassenberg.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/615745/CIAlogopodcastv1_3000.jpg","author":"Abby Glassenberg","episode_count":342,"summary":"The Craft Industry Alliance podcast is an interview show for creative business owners working in the crafts industry. Hear how craft entrepreneurs built their businesses, including overcoming roadblocks and encountering turning points along the way. Each episode ends with recommendations for great tools and resources to check out!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-07T08:19:49.634339+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/craft-industry-alliance-215099"},"episode":{"title":"Special Episode: Michael Blanding, Author of The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby","slug":"special-episode-michael-blanding-author-of-the-gospel-according-to-hobby-lobby","published_at":"2026-07-16T20:31:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/craft-industry-alliance-215099/special-episode-michael-blanding-author-of-the-gospel-according-to-hobby-lobby","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/craft-industry-alliance-215099","url":"https://abbyglassenberg.podbean.com/e/special-episode-michael-blanding-author-of-the-gospel-according-to-hobby-lobby/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/9dnmibdnzvcrkrtr/Michael_Blanding_Episode_1_b9cww.mp3","summary":"On this special live episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we’re talking about Hobby Lobby with my guest Michael Blanding, author of the new book The Gospel According to Hobby Lobby: Inside a Billionaire Family's Quest to Craft a Christian Nation. Michael is a Boston-based investigative journalist and author of In Shakespeare’s Shadow and the New York Times bestseller, The Map Thief. A former senior writer at Boston Magazine and senior fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, his work has appeared in The New York Times, WIRED, Slate, Smithsonian, The Boston Globe, and other publications. Visit his website at www.michaelblanding.com. Michael visited the Craft Industry Alliance studio to tape this interview in front of a live virtual audience. +++++ To get the full show notes for this episode visit Craft Industry Alliance where you can learn more about becoming a member of our supportive trade association. Strengthen your creative business, stay up to date on industry news, and build connections with forward-thinking craft professionals. Join today.","meta_description":"On this special live episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast, we’re talking about Hobby Lobby with my guest Michael Blanding, author of the new boo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3450,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/craft-industry-alliance-215099/episodes/special-episode-michael-blanding-author-of-the-gospel-according-to-hobby-lobby/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/craft-industry-alliance-215099/special-episode-michael-blanding-author-of-the-gospel-according-to-hobby-lobby.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}