{"podcast":{"title":"Folk Files","slug":"folk-files-6689170","podcast_index_feed_id":6689170,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/a0a9b0b6-1b75-4b56-8de3-f01b1cfd7bb1","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/folk-files","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/6/12/16/b625fd17-864a-45b5-9e09-d2a5f1996ac2_folk_files_logo_w_bgs_-_2026__1_.jpg","author":"Olivia Harding","episode_count":34,"summary":"Welcome to Folk Files, a podcast hosted by Olivia Harding that seeks to uncover the mysteries of folk music throughout the ages and dive deep into the tangled history of murder ballads, sea shanties, rebel songs, and other music that has withstood the test of time!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T14:18:38.821462+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/folk-files-6689170"},"episode":{"title":"Episode #3.2 - He Never Returned","slug":"episode-3-2-he-never-returned","published_at":"2026-02-19T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/folk-files-6689170/episode-3-2-he-never-returned","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/folk-files-6689170","url":"https://folkfilespodcast.com/season-3/episode-3-2/","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/df7e9302-b55a-4fb5-947e-8c19e5d14f37/stream.mp3","summary":"Is \"The MTA Song\" a conservative song or a communist song (or neither)? And why did record companies try to hide the origins of the tune of one of the most prolific early 20th century country songs? Find out in this episode of Folk Files, which discusses \"The MTA,\" \"The Wreck of the Old '97,\" and \"The Ship That Never Returned.\" Host: Olivia Harding Support Folk Files: https://www.patreon.com/c/FolkFilesPodcast Check out the new website: https://folkfilespodcast.com/ Special thanks to Aaron J. Morton Reach out to Folk Files at folkfilespodcast@gmail.com For a full list of musical excerpts associated with this episode, head to the episode page on the Folk Files website: https://folkfilespodcast.com/season-3/episode-3-2/","meta_description":"Is \"The MTA Song\" a conservative song or a communist song (or neither)? And why did record companies try to hide the origins of the tune of one of the mos…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1620,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/folk-files-6689170/episodes/episode-3-2-he-never-returned/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/folk-files-6689170/episode-3-2-he-never-returned.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}