{"podcast":{"title":"Poured Over","slug":"poured-over-4473869","podcast_index_feed_id":4473869,"rss_url":"https://pouredover.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.bn.com/PouredOverPod","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/9/0/c/b90c712cce5dfd7f5f2e77a3093c12a1/Poured_Over_Apple_logo_1400x1400.jpg","author":"Barnes & Noble","episode_count":722,"summary":"Poured Over is a show for readers who pore over details, obsess over sentences and ideas and stories and characters; readers who ask a lot of questions, just like Poured Over's host, Miwa Messer, a career bookseller who's always reading. Follow us here for surprising riffs, candid conversations, a few laughs, and lots of great book recommendations from big name authors and authors on their way to being big names. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays).","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T14:22:44.460500+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poured-over-4473869"},"episode":{"title":"Rick Steves on ON THE HIPPIE TRAIL","slug":"rick-steves-on-on-the-hippie-trail","published_at":"2026-05-02T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poured-over-4473869/rick-steves-on-on-the-hippie-trail","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poured-over-4473869","url":"https://pouredover.libsyn.com/rick-steves-on-on-the-hippie-trail","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/pouredover/Ep714_Rick_Steves_FINAL_AUDIO.mp3?dest-id=2358596","summary":"On the Hippie Trail by Rick Steves tells the origin story of the travel writing superhero. Rick joins us to talk about looking back on his twenties, chronocentrism, travel vs tourism, serendipity and more with cohost Brenda Allison. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Brenda Allison and mixed by Harry Liang. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app. Featured Books (Episode): On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer by Rick Steves Whistler by Ann Patchett Europe on 5 Dollars a Day by Arthur Frommer","meta_description":"On the Hippie Trail by Rick Steves tells the origin story of the travel writing superhero. Rick joins us to talk about looking back on his twenties, chron…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3289,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/poured-over-4473869/episodes/rick-steves-on-on-the-hippie-trail/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/poured-over-4473869/rick-steves-on-on-the-hippie-trail.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}