{"podcast":{"title":"Hiker Trash Radio","slug":"hiker-trash-radio-2158694","podcast_index_feed_id":2158694,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/TGxnwCmZ","website_url":"https://bleav.com/shows/hiker-trash-radio/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6215cda8-011d-4ccd-9fe8-c389912a62af/8462348d-3bc5-4438-a3de-05a96ab6009b/3000x3000/updated-circular-logo.png?aid=rss_feed","author":"Bleav + Doc","episode_count":600,"summary":"Join Doc and his guests on Hiker Trash Radio, the outdoor adventure podcast that takes you on a myriad of trails. With interviews from thru hikers, skydivers, adventure athletes, big wall climbers, and more, each episode is packed with trail talk, gear tips, and hilarious misadventures. And if you thought the great outdoors was all sunshine and rainbows, think again! Tune in for tales of blistered feet, helicopter evacuations, and Type II Fun that will make you appreciate the comforts of home. Settle in and get ready to trade the city for the wilderness. It's time to embrace the suck!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T12:22:28.586390+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hiker-trash-radio-2158694"},"episode":{"title":"The Route Makers - Episode 4: The Eraser and the Gift","slug":"the-route-makers-episode-4-the-eraser-and-the-gift","published_at":"2026-09-11T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hiker-trash-radio-2158694/the-route-makers-episode-4-the-eraser-and-the-gift","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hiker-trash-radio-2158694","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/hiker-trash-radio/?post_type=gp_podcast_episode&p=1003","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/6d2da267-75e0-4996-8f52-dc96c283fcb3/episodes/1d8f351c-35b0-4269-bed3-bf28750e02e5/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=6d2da267-75e0-4996-8f52-dc96c283fcb3&awEpisodeId=1d8f351c-35b0-4269-bed3-bf28750e02e5&feed=TGxnwCmZ","summary":"The Route Makers Episode 4: Kevin \"The Animal\" Koski, Donovan \"Iceman\" Rice, Rue McKenrick, and Wesley \"Megaman\" Tils on what happens to a route after the map is drawn— the Great Colorado Route, the Four Corners Loop, and the American Perimeter Trail, and the years of correcting, erasing, and handing them off. A route doesn't end when the maker finishes walking it. That's when the real work starts. This episode is about the eraser and the gift: how a line keeps changing after its maker is gone, and the hardest lesson every route maker learns — that the line was never really theirs to keep. Settle in for the fourth episode of our documentary series.","meta_description":"The Route Makers Episode 4: Kevin \"The Animal\" Koski, Donovan \"Iceman\" Rice, Rue McKenrick, and Wesley \"Megaman\" Tils on what happens to a route after the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1000,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hiker-trash-radio-2158694/episodes/the-route-makers-episode-4-the-eraser-and-the-gift/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hiker-trash-radio-2158694/the-route-makers-episode-4-the-eraser-and-the-gift.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}