{"podcast":{"title":"The Magazine Podcast","slug":"the-magazine-podcast-6747914","podcast_index_feed_id":6747914,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/bannermagazine/feed.xml","website_url":"https://bannermagazine.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/16143001/Mag_Podcast_graphic_20Mar23_v42edd.png","author":"Banner of Truth","episode_count":158,"summary":"Bringing to light the riches of the Banner of Truth Magazine archive for the encouragement of believers today.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-13T12:20:06.938896+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-magazine-podcast-6747914"},"episode":{"title":"The Covenanter Who Liked to Fish","slug":"the-covenanter-who-liked-to-fish","published_at":"2026-02-12T11:23:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-magazine-podcast-6747914/the-covenanter-who-liked-to-fish","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-magazine-podcast-6747914","url":"https://bannermagazine.podbean.com/e/the-covenanter-who-liked-to-fish/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/eandhmqkr8vh9yuw/Ready_to_Roll_wmguthrie6ockg.mp3","summary":"Puritans and Covenanters alike have garnered a reputation for being austere and glum. Sometimes that reputation is deserved, but often it is a most unjust caricature. In this week's bonus episode we meet a jovial Covenanter - a man who, although serious and earnest in ministry, was approachable and joyful. He was also not averse to casting a fly. William Guthrie of Fenwick was cousin to James Guthrie, who is the subject of the first episode in our four-part series, The Covenanter Story, which is now available to watch. Featured resource: Blaikie, William G., The Preachers of Scotland: From the Sixth to the Nineteenth Century (1888, repr. Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2001), pages 122–129. Explore the work of the Banner of Truth: www.banneroftruth.org Subscribe to the Magazine (print/digital/both): www.banneroftruth.org/magazine Leave us your feedback or a testimony: www.speakpipe.com/magazinepodcast","meta_description":"Puritans and Covenanters alike have garnered a reputation for being austere and glum. Sometimes that reputation is deserved, but often it is a most unjust…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1384,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-magazine-podcast-6747914/episodes/the-covenanter-who-liked-to-fish/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-magazine-podcast-6747914/the-covenanter-who-liked-to-fish.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}