{"podcast":{"title":"Tackle Talk - Bass Fishing Podcast","slug":"tackle-talk-bass-fishing-podcast-1039450","podcast_index_feed_id":1039450,"rss_url":"https://tackletalk.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.tackletalkpodcast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/1/b/9/41b9882ef0b49fc516c3140a3186d450/EpisodeCover_NEW.jpg","author":"Andrew Hayes","episode_count":357,"summary":"Fishing Podcast? We've got you covered! Tackle Talk is a weekly bass fishing podcast featuring industry news, in-depth gear reviews, amazing guests, and educational tips. New episodes every Tuesday! (Hosted by: Andrew Hayes)","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T14:18:20.391589+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tackle-talk-bass-fishing-podcast-1039450"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 354 - The Big Four: Episode 4 - Pure Fishing w/ Nathan Ragsdale (Senior Project Manager) & Mark Sexton (Director of Fish Science & Testing)","slug":"ep-354-the-big-four-episode-4-pure-fishing-w-nathan-ragsdale-senior-project-manager-mark-sexton-director-of-fish-science-testing","published_at":"2026-06-23T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tackle-talk-bass-fishing-podcast-1039450/ep-354-the-big-four-episode-4-pure-fishing-w-nathan-ragsdale-senior-project-manager-mark-sexton-director-of-fish-science-testing","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tackle-talk-bass-fishing-podcast-1039450","url":"https://tackletalk.libsyn.com/ep-354-the-big-four-episode-4-pure-fishing-w-nathan-ragsdale-senior-project-manager-mark-sexton-director-of-fish-science-testing","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/tackletalk/BigFourEp4_Ver23.mp3?dest-id=2612378","summary":"Welcome to episode four of the \"The Big Four\" presented by the Tackle Talk Podcast. This four-part series take a behind-the-scenes look at the four largest parent companies in fishing tackle, who collectively own and control over 80 of the biggest brands in baits, rods, reels, line, and accessories. Today's guests are Senior Project Manager of Freshwater Bait at Pure Fishing Nathan Ragsdale and Director of Fish Science and Testing at Pure Fishing Mark Sexton. To learn more about Pure Fishing, visit https://www.purefishing.com/pages/pure-fishing-brands Tackle Talk is presented by: The Rod Locker | https://rodlocker.com/ | Promo Code: TACKLETALKJUNE Additional support provided by: Amped Outdoors | https://ampedoutdoors.com/ Humminbird | https://humminbird.com/ Minn Kota | https://minnkotamotors.com/","meta_description":"Welcome to episode four of the \"The Big Four\" presented by the Tackle Talk Podcast. This four-part series take a behind-the-scenes look at the four larges…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5067,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tackle-talk-bass-fishing-podcast-1039450/episodes/ep-354-the-big-four-episode-4-pure-fishing-w-nathan-ragsdale-senior-project-manager-mark-sexton-director-of-fish-science-testing/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tackle-talk-bass-fishing-podcast-1039450/ep-354-the-big-four-episode-4-pure-fishing-w-nathan-ragsdale-senior-project-manager-mark-sexton-director-of-fish-science-testing.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}