{"podcast":{"title":"Rainy Day Rabbit Holes: History Unhinged","slug":"rainy-day-rabbit-holes-history-unhinged-6613547","podcast_index_feed_id":6613547,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/ade1314b-5cdc-411b-bba6-4d80dadf133e","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/history-unhinged-rainy-day-rabbit-holes","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/1/8/13/6d3b0e89-fdd3-4735-a0d7-035fb6d74257_rdrh_podcast_cover_msw.jpg","author":"Rainy Day Rabbit Holes","episode_count":161,"summary":"Rainy Day Rabbit Holes is a history podcast exploring wild, weird, and unhinged stories—from crazy disasters and juicy scandals to heartwarming moments and people behaving badly. History is messy, and we love it that way.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rainy-day-rabbit-holes-history-unhinged-6613547"},"episode":{"title":"Bonus Sample: Japan's Most Beautiful Historic Hike","slug":"bonus-sample-japan-s-most-beautiful-historic-hike","published_at":"2026-02-15T08:01:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rainy-day-rabbit-holes-history-unhinged-6613547/bonus-sample-japan-s-most-beautiful-historic-hike","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rainy-day-rabbit-holes-history-unhinged-6613547","url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/ade1314b-5cdc-411b-bba6-4d80dadf133e/episodes/aaac737a-4cde-4c5d-a5cc-2a57b1816bde","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/aaac737a-4cde-4c5d-a5cc-2a57b1816bde/stream.mp3","summary":"Bonus Sample from our Patreon Bonus Episode! Today, Shea brings you the history of the Nakasendo trail, a 400 year old road that stretches from Kyoto to Tokyo. Sections of this trail, and the towns that were built up along it to provide services to the feudal lords and samurai who used it, are perfectly preserved. Hiking through Tsumago-juku and Magome-juku is like time travel. In this episode, walk along with Shea as she and her brother hike over 13 miles through bamboo forests along the iconic Nakasendo trail. If you want to hear how it ends, head on over to rainydayrabbitholes.com to check out our Patreon! For just $5 per month you get bonus content, ad-free and early episodes, and so much more! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-unhinged-rainy-day-rabbit-holes/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Bonus Sample from our Patreon Bonus Episode! Today, Shea brings you the history of the Nakasendo trail, a 400 year old road that stretches from Kyoto to T…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":471,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rainy-day-rabbit-holes-history-unhinged-6613547/episodes/bonus-sample-japan-s-most-beautiful-historic-hike/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rainy-day-rabbit-holes-history-unhinged-6613547/bonus-sample-japan-s-most-beautiful-historic-hike.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}