{"podcast":{"title":"The Dirtbag Diaries","slug":"the-dirtbag-diaries-745157","podcast_index_feed_id":745157,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/DTT3537615344","website_url":"http://www.dirtbagdiaries.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/53244f14-0fa8-11e9-affd-077776857c35/image/7e95e9498688e900c3d666af8b987b6a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Duct Tape Then Beer","episode_count":463,"summary":"This is what adventure sounds like. Climb. Ski. Hike. Bike. Paddle. Run. Travel. Whatever your passion, we are all dirtbags. Fitz Cahall and the Duct Tape Then Beer team present stories about the dreamers, athletes and wanderers. Want the Diaries ad free? Subscribe today at https://dub.sh/DiariesPlus.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T20:19:12.255309+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dirtbag-diaries-745157"},"episode":{"title":"A Snowball's Chance Part 1","slug":"a-snowball-s-chance-part-1","published_at":"2025-10-31T10:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dirtbag-diaries-745157/a-snowball-s-chance-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dirtbag-diaries-745157","url":"https://dirtbagdiaries.com/a-snowballs-chance-p1/","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/DTT4816881011.mp3?updated=1761868959","summary":"Mount Bachelor, one of America’s largest and beloved ski resorts, was put up for sale in August of 2024 after two decades of contentious corporate ownership. Sensing a sliver of opportunity, a high school teacher, a housing appraiser and local home builder launched a community campaign to put this ski hill back in the hands of locals. What started as a Facebook thread, snowballed into a legitimate would-be buyer with $100 million in local backing that collided into Wall Street players, the specter of climate change and the looming reality that the joy of skiing is no longer a simple business to run. Submit your Short by Nov 16th Support comes from ⁠Oboz⁠ Kuat Racks Washington Discover Pass: Get your Pass at discoverpass.wa.gov Ka’Chava Go to https://kachava.com and use code DIARIES for 15% off your next order. Diaries+ Members-- Their support is powering the Diaries- thank you! You can join today.","meta_description":"Mount Bachelor, one of America’s largest and beloved ski resorts, was put up for sale in August of 2024 after two decades of contentious corporate ownersh…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3048,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dirtbag-diaries-745157/episodes/a-snowball-s-chance-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dirtbag-diaries-745157/a-snowball-s-chance-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}