{"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 30: Rolling for the stans part 2!!","slug":"ep-30-rolling-for-the-stans-part-2","published_at":"2025-12-02T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492/ep-30-rolling-for-the-stans-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492","url":"https://merlinsbarn.substack.com/p/ep-30-rolling-for-the-stans-part","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/180414945/c915c05a90ca475e95f9fd6b67380414.mp3","summary":"Wow, it’s episode 30! And we have much much more for you. Rolling for the Stans Part 2! We roll dice and work our way through another round of Matt’s stories from working in the various stan countries. Learn about how to make the Afghan army wave, the glorious (seriously!) subways of Tashkent, Soviet truck building, Embassy nerf wars, insanely hot foods and more! Tune in on Tuesday to any fine podcast purveyors. 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":"Wow, it’s episode 30! And we have much much more for you. Rolling for the Stans Part 2! We roll dice and work our way through another round of Matt’s stor…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3056,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492/episodes/ep-30-rolling-for-the-stans-part-2/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-30-rolling-for-the-stans-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}