{"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 31: Alaska or Rust the Journey Begins","slug":"ep-31-alaska-or-rust-the-journey-begins","published_at":"2025-12-16T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492/ep-31-alaska-or-rust-the-journey-begins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492","url":"https://merlinsbarn.substack.com/p/ep-31-alaska-or-rust-the-journey","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/181721942/b2035caa1a7f0ebdd480c45f1b039d79.mp3","summary":"The trip begins for real as merlin and crew work against a deadline to cross the United States and meet the convoy in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. They experience various states, deal with breakdowns, rescue a fellow Jeeper from Canada, cache a firearm in the oilfields and finish up in Crosby North Dakota meeting a a WW2 vet who drove the Alcan on the 50th anniversary in a WW2 truck. This is just the first stage of the adventure! if you want even more photos and more of the story you can find the book with over 200 color photos here: https://hansonmechanical.wordpress.com/alaska-or-rust-book/ 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":"The trip begins for real as merlin and crew work against a deadline to cross the United States and meet the convoy in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. They…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3469,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/merlin-s-barn-podcast-7101492/episodes/ep-31-alaska-or-rust-the-journey-begins/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-31-alaska-or-rust-the-journey-begins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}