{"podcast":{"title":"Manx Radio's Island Life Series - Specials","slug":"manx-radio-s-island-life-series-specials-856486","podcast_index_feed_id":856486,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/manx-radios-island-lif/","website_url":"https://www.manxradio.com/podcasts/manx-radios-island-life-series-specials/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/bf2fc962-5bc1-4786-accf-def6e03e311c/Island-Life-Podast.jpg","author":"Manx Radio","episode_count":274,"summary":"A series of programmes focussing on aspects of Island life on the Isle of Man covering a wide range of topics.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T00:18:42.579207+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/manx-radio-s-island-life-series-specials-856486"},"episode":{"title":"How can farming survive in the modern world?","slug":"how-can-farming-survive-in-the-modern-world","published_at":"2026-05-14T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/manx-radio-s-island-life-series-specials-856486/how-can-farming-survive-in-the-modern-world","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/manx-radio-s-island-life-series-specials-856486","url":"https://www.manxradio.com/podcasts/manx-radios-island-life-series-specials/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/286737b2-ba0b-4629-b71b-61c9a8220d09.mp3","summary":"Farming industry on the Isle of Man is facing a lot of challenges.at the moment, what with the storms and rain we've had in the past few years and the rising operating costs. And for one young farmer, he also has to deal with the fact that his land is disappearing by a metre a year because of coastal erosion. Amy Griffiths speaks to Thomase Cleator, who single-handedly runs a sheep farm in the north of the Island.","meta_description":"Farming industry on the Isle of Man is facing a lot of challenges.at the moment, what with the storms and rain we've had in the past few years and the ris…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1610,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/manx-radio-s-island-life-series-specials-856486/episodes/how-can-farming-survive-in-the-modern-world/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/manx-radio-s-island-life-series-specials-856486/how-can-farming-survive-in-the-modern-world.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}