{"podcast":{"title":"Emergence Magazine Podcast","slug":"emergence-magazine-podcast-579715","podcast_index_feed_id":579715,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/emergence-magazine/","website_url":"http://www.emergencemagazine.org","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/804cef3f-655a-400c-9afa-2f4d17d4bce4/em-podcast-main-file.png","author":"Emergence Magazine","episode_count":359,"summary":"Emergence Magazine is an award-winning magazine exploring the threads connecting ecology, culture and spirituality. Our podcast features exclusive interviews, author-narrated essays, fiction, multipart series, and more. We feature new podcast episodes biweekly on Tuesdays.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-23T10:22:04.230335+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emergence-magazine-podcast-579715"},"episode":{"title":"On the Road with Thomas Merton – Fred Bahnson","slug":"on-the-road-with-thomas-merton-fred-bahnson","published_at":"2026-03-10T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emergence-magazine-podcast-579715/on-the-road-with-thomas-merton-fred-bahnson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emergence-magazine-podcast-579715","url":"https://emergencemagazine.org/feature/on-the-road-with-thomas-merton/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/b905cb0b-5350-410a-9adc-b4d6d9c8d004.mp3","summary":"For Christian mystic Thomas Merton, the sacred and the profane were continuous: all was alive with divine presence. Stands of redwoods were his cathedral, the sky, birds, and wind were his prayers, and the silence of the forest his lover. This week, we return to an essay by Fred Bahnson, who follows Merton’s 1968 pilgrimage to the American West as he travels to Redwoods Monastery and Christ in the Desert Monastery. Guided by Merton’s contemplation and seeking the same solitude, Fred discovers anew the ways God runs through both land and heart. Read the essay. Watch the companion film by Jeremy Seifert. Photo by Thomas Merton.","meta_description":"For Christian mystic Thomas Merton, the sacred and the profane were continuous: all was alive with divine presence. Stands of redwoods were his cathedral,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4065,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/emergence-magazine-podcast-579715/episodes/on-the-road-with-thomas-merton-fred-bahnson/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/emergence-magazine-podcast-579715/on-the-road-with-thomas-merton-fred-bahnson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}