{"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":42,"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":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gear-smart-7475295"},"episode":{"title":"Talking Vokey Wedges and Design with Titleist's Kevin Tassistro","slug":"talking-vokey-wedges-and-design-with-titleist-s-kevin-tassistro","published_at":"2026-02-26T19:59:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gear-smart-7475295/talking-vokey-wedges-and-design-with-titleist-s-kevin-tassistro","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gear-smart-7475295","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gearsmart/episodes/Talking-Vokey-Wedges-and-Design-with-Titleists-Kevin-Tassistro-e3flcrp","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/DAEAA5955560735.mp3","summary":"Vokey Director of Wedge Development Kevin Tassistro joins this week's episode of Gear Smart to chat about their new SM11s, the process of designing wedges, how they're constantly improving their technology and more. Ryan also talks about Jacob Bridgeman's win at the Genesis Invitational, the unique gear set up he has in his bag, and the Spider putter's hot streak on TOUR.","meta_description":"Vokey Director of Wedge Development Kevin Tassistro joins this week's episode of Gear Smart to chat about their new SM11s, the process of designing wedges…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3006,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gear-smart-7475295/episodes/talking-vokey-wedges-and-design-with-titleist-s-kevin-tassistro/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/talking-vokey-wedges-and-design-with-titleist-s-kevin-tassistro.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}