{"podcast":{"title":"Merlin’s Barn Podcast","slug":"merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492","podcast_index_feed_id":7101492,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/2587621.rss","website_url":"https://merlinsbarn.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/2587621/d3f44831f4fe6c2e1f64a1245deabd1d.jpg","author":"Merlin's Barn","episode_count":47,"summary":"Join Merlin and friends on their fortnightly podcast as they explore the backroads, the quirky, the obsessed, the creative and discuss the detours that make life interesting. There are many stories in Merlin's Barn.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T14:21:44.537335+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 23: The Man in The Polka Dot House, an Eccentric Nuclear Story","slug":"ep-23-the-man-in-the-polka-dot-house-an-eccentric-nuclear-story","published_at":"2025-08-26T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492/ep-23-the-man-in-the-polka-dot-house-an-eccentric-nuclear-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492","url":"https://merlinsbarn.substack.com/p/ep-23-the-man-in-the-polka-dot-house","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/171913649/ed9dd81e40b2b40fb30ea8a946f010a9.mp3","summary":"Louis Scholz, an inventor, a WW2 scientist, a man who worked on the Manhattan project. This episode explores high speed photography, glowing trees, radiation and Merlin’s hatred of cars designed by committee. Merlin shares a personal connection to a local and unheard of eccentric scientist and inventor. In the pre-show meeting Matt discovers he too has a connection to the story. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit merlinsbarn.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Louis Scholz, an inventor, a WW2 scientist, a man who worked on the Manhattan project. This episode explores high speed photography, glowing trees, radiat…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3003,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492/episodes/ep-23-the-man-in-the-polka-dot-house-an-eccentric-nuclear-story/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492/ep-23-the-man-in-the-polka-dot-house-an-eccentric-nuclear-story.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}