{"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 24: Swan boats, Power outages and generators, oh my!!","slug":"ep-24-swan-boats-power-outages-and-generators-oh-my","published_at":"2025-09-09T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492/ep-24-swan-boats-power-outages-and-generators-oh-my","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492","url":"https://merlinsbarn.substack.com/p/ep-24-swan-boats-power-outages-and","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/173144996/8b2dae18f5bb9c7d69f32c97b0ede7b7.mp3","summary":"Merlin begins his summer break with a trip to New England to spend time with his parents and nephews……. aaaaaand returns in time for an almost week long power outage where he goes through generator after generator. Met Ed LIES!!!!!! Matt consoles Merlin while learning about swanboats. Substation fire in Adams County (second substation down!) Solving problems with a massive WW2 Generator. Thanks Paul!!!! The swanboats in Boston. Much nicer than power outages 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":"Merlin begins his summer break with a trip to New England to spend time with his parents and nephews……. aaaaaand returns in time for an almost week long p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3258,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492/episodes/ep-24-swan-boats-power-outages-and-generators-oh-my/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-24-swan-boats-power-outages-and-generators-oh-my.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}