{"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":"136 - Holy Thursday, Golden Calves and God-Shaped Holes","slug":"136-holy-thursday-golden-calves-and-god-shaped-holes","published_at":"2026-04-04T17:03:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923/136-holy-thursday-golden-calves-and-god-shaped-holes","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spain-to-go-1855923","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spain/episodes/136---Holy-Thursday--Golden-Calves-and-God-Shaped-Holes-e3hec5p","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/30a40468/podcast/play/117960313/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-4%2F4a2f86dc-9936-30dc-db01-bb312babf993.mp3","summary":"I'm avoiding politics this week, so here are some contemplations on worshipping the Golden Calf, on staying human, on God-shaped holes, and on Holy Thursday. Also, deadlifting, immigrant-owned businesses, loving your wife, and how everything is right-wing these days... even hake. Support the podcast at: https://expatmadrid.com/donate/ Book a walking tour in Spain or elsewhere in Europe with Walks Tours: https://expatmadrid.com/walks/ Food tours in Madrid, Barcelona, San Sebastian and more (Italy, France, etc) with Devour: https://expatmadrid.com/devour/ Get yourself a fully-planned bike tour (bike included) around some beautiful Spanish regions from my friend Raúl at Bike Tour in Spain: https://biketourinspain.com/ (Tell him Daniel from Spain to Go sent you!)","meta_description":"I'm avoiding politics this week, so here are some contemplations on worshipping the Golden Calf, on staying human, on God-shaped holes, and on Holy Thursd…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1399,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spain-to-go-1855923/episodes/136-holy-thursday-golden-calves-and-god-shaped-holes/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-1855923/136-holy-thursday-golden-calves-and-god-shaped-holes.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}