{"podcast":{"title":"Crossing the Line: Detained in Mexico","slug":"crossing-the-line-detained-in-mexico-7848322","podcast_index_feed_id":7848322,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/crossing-the-line-detained-in-mexico","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/h3YGrPrnA7CDDqp4i8Q_AzOPlAmtCiLeLabuhc11IV0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9jMzJl/YThlNzMyYjcxNjQ4/YThmNjZhNzQ2OTRj/ZTAxNS5wbmc.jpg","author":"The Runyans","episode_count":8,"summary":"Our brother Todd, a 60 year old surgeon, was arrested while crossing the Mexican border, accused of \"weapons trafficking\" for one magazine and a few shotgun shells which may have been in his truck. In jail he's been beaten, defended, neglected, befriended, and abused, but he's never been abandoned—we visit him every week. For six months, his lawyers have been saying he'll be out any day now. We're making this podcast to tell his story and ours.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crossing-the-line-detained-in-mexico-7848322"},"episode":{"title":"Chapter 2: Todd's Conditions in Jail","slug":"2-the-moment-everything-changed","published_at":"2026-05-09T02:05:55+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crossing-the-line-detained-in-mexico-7848322/2-the-moment-everything-changed","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crossing-the-line-detained-in-mexico-7848322","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/cf8e4c62","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/cf8e4c62/962aca96.mp3","summary":"Becky and Randi give the most recent news, then pick up the story from where they left off last time—Todd's detainment with his wife, her release, and his conditions in jail. This episode of Crossing the Line was recorded over the internet on May 6th, 2026. (Turns out we had to re-record.) The show is edited by Becky's daughter, Robin Applegate.","meta_description":"Becky and Randi give the most recent news, then pick up the story from where they left off last time—Todd's detainment with his wife, her release, and his…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1632,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crossing-the-line-detained-in-mexico-7848322/episodes/2-the-moment-everything-changed/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crossing-the-line-detained-in-mexico-7848322/2-the-moment-everything-changed.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}