{"podcast":{"title":"Spain To Go","slug":"spain-to-go-1855923","podcast_index_feed_id":1855923,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/30a40468/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://expatmadrid.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/8060554/8060554-1729525389813-492bbd60a38fb.jpg","author":"Daniel Welsch","episode_count":149,"summary":"All about life in Spain, from a longtime expat and travel writer living in Barcelona. This podcast talks about Spanish culture, travel, language, history, politics, food and much more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T18:20:31.208001+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923"},"episode":{"title":"124 - Middle Aged Wisdom and Youthful Delusion","slug":"124-middle-aged-wisdom-and-youthful-delusion","published_at":"2025-11-24T13:57:27+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923/124-middle-aged-wisdom-and-youthful-delusion","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spain/episodes/124---Middle-Aged-Wisdom-and-Youthful-Delusion-e3bd7fs","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/30a40468/podcast/play/111631292/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-10-24%2F475401e2-faf9-2906-2767-f0b6efb681bb.mp3","summary":"In a few days I'll be 43 years old, and I had a bit of a disorienting experience the other day as I realized exactly how much time has passed. Here are a few thoughts on middle age and living the good life. More online: https://expatmadrid.com/middle-aged-wisdom/ Donate to the podcast here, anything helps. Thanks: https://expatmadrid.com/donate/ Also, check out Devour Tours for food tours in various Spanish and European cities at https://expatmadrid.com/devour/ And Walks Tours for incomparable experiences, also in various locations in Spain and Europe: https://expatmadrid.com/walks/ For cycling tours in various Spanish regions (Valencia, Extremadura, La Rioja and more) check out my friend Raúl at https://biketourinspain.com/ Tell him I sent you... thanks!","meta_description":"In a few days I'll be 43 years old, and I had a bit of a disorienting experience the other day as I realized exactly how much time has passed. Here are a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1321,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spain-to-go-1855923/episodes/124-middle-aged-wisdom-and-youthful-delusion/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923/124-middle-aged-wisdom-and-youthful-delusion.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}