{"podcast":{"title":"The Mountain Spirit","slug":"the-mountain-spirit-6689500","podcast_index_feed_id":6689500,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/472308/rss","website_url":"http://sites.libsyn.com/472308/site","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/e/d/8/1/ed815895fcc6b1c1e55e3c100dce7605/A_PODCAST_OF_CHRISTIAN_APPALACHIAN_PROJECT.jpg","author":"Christian Appalachian Project","episode_count":69,"summary":"The Mountain Spirit, a Christian Appalachian Project podcast, shares inspirational stories of faith, service, and compassion. There are many challenges in Appalachia, but also there is a mountain spirit that embodies resilience and perseverance, underpinned by faith. Join host, Tina Bryson, to hear stories of hope and encouragement that celebrate the best of our shared humanity.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T14:21:54.964859+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mountain-spirit-6689500"},"episode":{"title":"S11E4: A Hug From the Mountains w/ Fr. Marc Bentley","slug":"s11e4-a-hug-from-the-mountains-w-fr-marc-bentley","published_at":"2026-06-16T04:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mountain-spirit-6689500/s11e4-a-hug-from-the-mountains-w-fr-marc-bentley","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mountain-spirit-6689500","url":"https://d350b11e-d795-440e-ad74-d80f5a3d7dd9.libsyn.com/s11e4-a-hug-from-the-mountains-w-fr-marc-bentley","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/d350b11e-d795-440e-ad74-d80f5a3d7dd9/mt_spiri_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=4002324","summary":"On today's finale of The Mountain Spirit Podcast, we sit down with Fr. Marc Bentley, a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington. Fr. Marc is from Pike County, Kentucky and holds the mountains close to his heart. In 2019, he became the first Roman Catholic priest known to hold an M.A. in Appalachian Studies. Listen to him speak about ministry and purpose in Appalachia. Check out work from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington: https://cdlex.org/","meta_description":"On today's finale of The Mountain Spirit Podcast, we sit down with Fr. Marc Bentley, a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lexington. Fr. Marc is from…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1878,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-mountain-spirit-6689500/episodes/s11e4-a-hug-from-the-mountains-w-fr-marc-bentley/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-mountain-spirit-6689500/s11e4-a-hug-from-the-mountains-w-fr-marc-bentley.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}