{"podcast":{"title":"Light Hearted","slug":"light-hearted-754364","podcast_index_feed_id":754364,"rss_url":"https://news.uslhs.org/feed/podcast/","website_url":"https://news.uslhs.org","image_url":"https://news.uslhs.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-LIGHT-HEARTED.jpg","author":"Jeremy D'Entremont, U.S. Lighthouse Society","episode_count":413,"summary":"The official podcast of the U.S. Lighthouse Society","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-hearted-754364"},"episode":{"title":"Light Hearted Lite #43 – Richard Cummins, Irish light keeper, part 1","slug":"light-hearted-lite-43-richard-cummins-irish-light-keeper-part-1","published_at":"2026-05-24T04:01:05+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-hearted-754364/light-hearted-lite-43-richard-cummins-irish-light-keeper-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-hearted-754364","url":"https://news.uslhs.org/2026/05/24/light-hearted-lite-43-richard-cummins-irish-light-keeper-part-1/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/light_hearted/content.blubrry.com/light_hearted/LHL-2026-05-24.mp3","summary":"This is an edited version of a conversation that was first heard in December 2020. The guest is Richard Cummins, who was a keeper at Irish lighthouses for about a decade, ending in 1989. He spent time at the famous Fastnet Lighthouse; at Hook Head, one of the oldest operating lighthouses in the world, and others – more than 20 in all. This is part one of two parts. Part 2 will be in a future episode of Light Hearted Lite.","meta_description":"This is an edited version of a conversation that was first heard in December 2020. The guest is Richard Cummins, who was a keeper at Irish lighthouses for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1740,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/light-hearted-754364/episodes/light-hearted-lite-43-richard-cummins-irish-light-keeper-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/light-hearted-754364/light-hearted-lite-43-richard-cummins-irish-light-keeper-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}