{"podcast":{"title":"Out Of Office: A Travel Podcast","slug":"out-of-office-a-travel-podcast-629743","podcast_index_feed_id":629743,"rss_url":"https://outofofficepod.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.outofofficepod.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/6/6/d/d66d608b6bc46b49/ooo_lowres.jpg","author":"Ryan Davis","episode_count":200,"summary":"Out of Office is a travel podcast hosted by us, Ryan Davis and Kiernan Schmitt. From early childhood, we were each infected with a serious case of wanderlust (among other things.) We define travel broadly, from local day trips to high-flyin' overseas adventures. Every episode, we dig into one topic—ranging from the serious to the silly, the practical to the outlandish—and give advice on how to get out there and explore the world.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-17T04:17:49.898081+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/out-of-office-a-travel-podcast-629743"},"episode":{"title":"Return Trip: Skiing for the Skeptical","slug":"return-trip-skiing-for-the-skeptical","published_at":"2026-02-24T14:53:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/out-of-office-a-travel-podcast-629743/return-trip-skiing-for-the-skeptical","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/out-of-office-a-travel-podcast-629743","url":"https://outofofficepod.libsyn.com/return-trip-skiing-for-the-skeptical","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/outofofficepod/Out_of_Office_Episode_193_Shorter_Ending2.mp3?dest-id=782160","summary":"This week, as Kiernan is skiing in real life and Ryan is freshly back from Puerto Vallarta, Out of Office: A Travel Podcast takes a return trip. The boys talk about their holiday breaks and discuss why ski trips are well worth the expense and the steep learning curve. Plus, Ryan has a onesie. Here's what we cover in this episode: NYT on European Skiing https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/travel/europe-skiing-budget.html Beaver Creek https://www.beavercreek.com/ Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire https://www.cannonmt.com/tickets","meta_description":"This week, as Kiernan is skiing in real life and Ryan is freshly back from Puerto Vallarta, Out of Office: A Travel Podcast takes a return trip. The boys…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2986,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/out-of-office-a-travel-podcast-629743/episodes/return-trip-skiing-for-the-skeptical/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/out-of-office-a-travel-podcast-629743/return-trip-skiing-for-the-skeptical.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}