{"podcast":{"title":"Spurs Insider","slug":"spurs-insider-659493","podcast_index_feed_id":659493,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/SFO6490873587","website_url":"http://www.expressnews.com/podcasts/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/a9223dd4-9d3b-11ed-8335-7384ba1b59f6/image/cc346728cfee07c31671017c96dbd3c4.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"San Antonio Express-News","episode_count":230,"summary":"Hosted by sports columnist Mike Finger, Spurs Insider gives you behind-the-scenes access to San Antonio’s favorite team. Count on Spurs writers Jeff McDonald and Tom Orsborn to keep the analysis lively and on point.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T04:17:34.964831+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spurs-insider-659493"},"episode":{"title":"Rising to the occasion | Spurs Insider","slug":"rising-to-the-occasion-spurs-insider","published_at":"2026-04-27T22:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spurs-insider-659493/rising-to-the-occasion-spurs-insider","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spurs-insider-659493","url":"https://www.expressnews.com/interactives/podcasts/spurs-insider/","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/SFO9680287326.mp3","summary":"Columnist Mike Finger and beat reporters Jeff McDonald and Tom Orsborn discuss the Spurs taking a 3-1 series lead over the Portland Trail Blazers despite Victor Wembanyama missing a game due to concussion protocol. Players like Dylan Harper and De’Aaron Fox stepped up to help San Antonio take command in the first round of the playoffs. Suggested reading: How Spurs keep coming back, with lots of gall and 'no useless drama' Devin Vassell's patient approach pays off with another big third quarter perform Spurs star Victor Wembanyama 'disappointed\" in concussion protocol return 3 Takeaways as Spurs take Game 4 in Wembanyama's return Spurs' Stephon Castle, Blazers' Deni Avdija offer differing views of dustup Catch us everywhere: More episodes: https://www.expressnews.com/project/podcasts/spurs-insider/ Spurs Nation Newsletter: https://www.expressnews.com/newsletters Finger on BlueSky : @mikefinger.bsky.social Become a subscriber: https://exne.ws/sub Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Columnist Mike Finger and beat reporters Jeff McDonald and Tom Orsborn discuss the Spurs taking a 3-1 series lead over the Portland Trail Blazers despite…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1946,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spurs-insider-659493/episodes/rising-to-the-occasion-spurs-insider/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spurs-insider-659493/rising-to-the-occasion-spurs-insider.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}