{"podcast":{"title":"The Independent: A Notre Dame Football Podcast","slug":"the-independent-a-notre-dame-football-podcast-6580930","podcast_index_feed_id":6580930,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/18GNLzZS","website_url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV7zBZmhY8HS2HJb40z25jg","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6f8c8151-5835-41cb-8fa3-66aba84b393f/a670f550-411f-4af4-a985-13841c388b03/3000x3000/c787e4d470f963ea7dda32dd125faf9b.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The Independent: A Notre Dame Football Podcast","episode_count":152,"summary":"The Independent is the essential listen for fans of Fighting Irish football. Pete Sampson of the Athletic and Matt Fortuna of The Inside Zone are back to take you inside the Notre Dame program. With a combined 35 years + of experience on the ND beat, this twice weekly podcast has you covered for everything blue and gold.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-28T02:18:33.046635+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-independent-a-notre-dame-football-podcast-6580930"},"episode":{"title":"Marcus Freeman is staying at Notre Dame","slug":"marcus-freeman-is-staying-at-notre-dame","published_at":"2025-12-29T20:21:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-independent-a-notre-dame-football-podcast-6580930/marcus-freeman-is-staying-at-notre-dame","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-independent-a-notre-dame-football-podcast-6580930","url":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCV7zBZmhY8HS2HJb40z25jg","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/256/bluewire.simplecastaudio.com/6f8c8151-5835-41cb-8fa3-66aba84b393f/episodes/200a5c3a-d9dd-4871-af3b-85ad91cb525c/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=6f8c8151-5835-41cb-8fa3-66aba84b393f&awEpisodeId=200a5c3a-d9dd-4871-af3b-85ad91cb525c&feed=18GNLzZS","summary":"The offseason already seems long, doesn't it? Marcus Freeman made it seem a little shorter on Monday, tweeting his indication that he is staying at Notre Dame for a fifth season, with sources telling The Independent that the coach has indeed agreed to a contract extension to stay in South Bend.","meta_description":"The offseason already seems long, doesn't it? Marcus Freeman made it seem a little shorter on Monday, tweeting his indication that he is staying at Notre…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2603,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-independent-a-notre-dame-football-podcast-6580930/episodes/marcus-freeman-is-staying-at-notre-dame/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-independent-a-notre-dame-football-podcast-6580930/marcus-freeman-is-staying-at-notre-dame.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}