{"podcast":{"title":"Gear Smart","slug":"gear-smart-7475295","podcast_index_feed_id":7475295,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DAEAA7370649915","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gearsmart","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/03e7065a-2bc3-11f1-a647-b71391e38177/image/71e8d8f8c8df7e3a177fc486240332d1.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Skratch","episode_count":49,"summary":"Which clubs should you be playing? Why are wedge grinds important? What the hell is Smash Factor and why does it matter? There's a lot to unpack in each of these questions. And Ryan Barath, Skratch's resident Gear Czar, has the answer. Every other week, Barath will be answering a selection of the hundreds of real reader questions he gets each week on Instagram, talking to the leading innovators in the gear space, and delivering the need-to-know information that can turn any dedicated golf fan into a bona fide gear head.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T04:17:58.113663+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gear-smart-7475295"},"episode":{"title":"Previewing the U.S. Open and talking ball R&D with Callaway's Eric Loper","slug":"previewing-the-u-s-open-and-talking-ball-r-d-with-callaway-s-eric-loper","published_at":"2026-06-18T15:29:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gear-smart-7475295/previewing-the-u-s-open-and-talking-ball-r-d-with-callaway-s-eric-loper","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gear-smart-7475295","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DAEAA7031157224.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DAEAA7031157224.mp3","summary":"U.S. Open week is here! Ryan previews this week's gear news before chatting with Callaway's Sr. Director of Golf Ball R&D, Eric Loper, about their design philosophy, their investment in ball R&D, utilizing AI and more.","meta_description":"U.S. Open week is here! Ryan previews this week's gear news before chatting with Callaway's Sr. Director of Golf Ball R&D, Eric Loper, about their des…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2807,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gear-smart-7475295/episodes/previewing-the-u-s-open-and-talking-ball-r-d-with-callaway-s-eric-loper/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gear-smart-7475295/previewing-the-u-s-open-and-talking-ball-r-d-with-callaway-s-eric-loper.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}