{"podcast":{"title":"The Global Lithium Podcast","slug":"the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702","podcast_index_feed_id":1191702,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e113880/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://globallithium.net","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2260096/2260096-1578274929258-d3137eb6cd5a7.jpg","author":"Joe Lowry","episode_count":187,"summary":"Joe Lowry (@globallithium on X aka Twitter & IG) and known as \"Mr Lithium\" is a 30 plus year industry veteran and founder of the advisory firm Global Lithium LLC. Joe hosts the original lithium podcast featuring high level guests from the lithium chemicals industry, battery, cathode, and related areas. The Global Lithium Podcast remains the 'go to' offering in this space and has been downloaded in 181 countries.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T00:17:37.762379+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 231: Dr. Tom Benson","slug":"episode-231-dr-tom-benson","published_at":"2026-03-11T23:11:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702/episode-231-dr-tom-benson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/globallithium/episodes/Episode-231-Dr--Tom-Benson-e3gacqo","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e113880/podcast/play/116781336/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-11%2F80291926-eb7a-a000-8ce1-f0f1c91aefd2.mp3","summary":"Tom Benson (aka the "Doctor of Volcanoes") is the Vice President of Exploration at Lithium Argentina. Topics: Being creative in exploration The major upgrade to the Cauchari - Olaroz resource Bigger than the Atacama? Tom's history at Thacker Pass Lithium Africa - Tom's latest focus The Africa lithium "recipe" Use of new technology & AI in exploration "Permitting Purgatory" Making Africa a lithium success Comments on the Smackover & Salton Sea It's "nice to be nice" Rapid fire","meta_description":"Tom Benson (aka the \"Doctor of Volcanoes\") is the Vice President of Exploration at Lithium Argentina. Topics: Being creative in exploration The…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3856,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702/episodes/episode-231-dr-tom-benson/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-lithium-podcast-1191702/episode-231-dr-tom-benson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}