{"podcast":{"title":"The Friday ReFresh","slug":"the-friday-refresh-7027987","podcast_index_feed_id":7027987,"rss_url":"https://media.zencast.fm/the-friday-refresh/rss","website_url":"https://the-friday-refresh.zencast.website","image_url":"https://podcdn.zencast.fm/download/Podcast%2Fartworks%2F9448%2Flarge%2F84dcc6630fa06536f280f6632536db9ef88ab7dacbeb6b854c26350540502182%2F0Mnnl2csumYUiMTnSaUFhKXE8H2SmzvErUNkz6Gf.png","author":"Ben and Travis","episode_count":99,"summary":"Hello and welcome to the Friday ReFresh, a Ben and Travis podcast. I’m Ben from Ben and Travis and I have been working as a minister for 23 years and as a counselor for the last 10 years. I recognize that there are a lot of things in our world that impact different people in different ways. Working in counseling I’ve learned that there are a lot more things that can rock our world that I never knew existed. Many of those things are hidden struggles that others may never know about — or at least they don’t know about until something comes along and quite literally “opens up a can” of past trauma or hidden struggles. So I invite you to come along with me on this journey of exploration and understanding through this podcast which offers short episodes and hopefully informational and motivational material to help you as you prepare for the last day of the week. Not every episode will be about a mental health struggle but there will certainly be weeks that are. Sometimes we will just hope to give you a boost as you close out the week. However, there are some rules of engagement here though - some understanding that I want you to have before you agree to go on the journey. 1. Keep An Op…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-friday-refresh-7027987"},"episode":{"title":"Meteorology and What Ifs","slug":"meteorology-and-what-ifs","published_at":"2026-01-23T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-friday-refresh-7027987/meteorology-and-what-ifs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-friday-refresh-7027987","url":"https://the-friday-refresh.zencast.website/episodes/meteorology-and-what-ifs","audio_url":"https://media.zencast.fm/the-friday-refresh/876dd947-a9ee-40d0-9774-49325a213587.mp3?source=feed","summary":"Welcome in to the Friday Refresh brought to you by the Adventures of Ben and Travis and the JoyRider! It is a going to be an exhilarating ride with our friend Bradley as we crash through the obstacles of anger and frustration and learn how to drive on with Joy when we face difficult times. Go to BenandTravis.com and get a copy of the Adventures of Ben and Travis and Joy Rider today! Have you ever noticed how hard it is to predict the weather. This weekend has gone from being the worst winter storm this area has seen since the 1990s to being a little sleet and ice to some people not really having to worry about much of anything anymore. Links mentioned in this episode: http://www.benandtravis.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4 Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790 Co-Producers: Justin B., Doris C., Rhonda F., Scott K., Mary H., Scott B. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm","meta_description":"Welcome in to the Friday Refresh brought to you by the Adventures of Ben and Travis and the JoyRider! It is a going to be an exhilarating ride with our fr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":205,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-friday-refresh-7027987/episodes/meteorology-and-what-ifs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-friday-refresh-7027987/meteorology-and-what-ifs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}