{"podcast":{"title":"Make Believe Ballroom","slug":"make-believe-ballroom-306732","podcast_index_feed_id":306732,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/4506051/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.makebelieveballroompodcast.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a5a9d2f3341e47dcef49aee2a9e38239.jpg","author":"Retro Radioland","episode_count":247,"summary":"Hosted by Jeff Bressler , The Make Believe Ballroom, each week, brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s. The program has been broadcast almost continuously since 1935. Each program mixes beloved 78 rpm records, stories, listener requests, and special guest features, all geared to bring you the music and history of the big band era.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-11T00:18:01.030314+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-believe-ballroom-306732"},"episode":{"title":"Make Believe Ballroom - 3/13/26 Edition","slug":"make-believe-ballroom-3-13-26-edition","published_at":"2026-03-13T13:43:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-believe-ballroom-306732/make-believe-ballroom-3-13-26-edition","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-believe-ballroom-306732","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/make-believe-ballroom-3-13-26-edition--70567718","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70567718/mbbr031326.mp3","summary":"The Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s. On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, a little-remembered big band singer, the use of the organ in 1930s and '40s jazz, Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman play Klezmer, many more records, stories, and reminiscences from the big band era.","meta_description":"The Make Believe Ballroom, hosted by Jeff Bressler, brings you Classic Big Band Hits from the 30s and 40s. On this week's edition of the Make Believe Ball…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3481,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/make-believe-ballroom-306732/episodes/make-believe-ballroom-3-13-26-edition/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/make-believe-ballroom-306732/make-believe-ballroom-3-13-26-edition.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}