{"podcast":{"title":"The Plodcast","slug":"the-plodcast-585581","podcast_index_feed_id":585581,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GLT4385385584","website_url":"https://www.countryfile.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/188b1f6e-ab84-11ed-b817-7b82412bf28c/image/232b5bfbfa220259a8f8133a6c961b47.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Immediate Media","episode_count":661,"summary":"BBC Countryfile Magazine brings you The Plodcast - a weekly escape to the British countryside with fascinating guests and the wonders of the great outdoors. Enjoy a new escape into the countryside every Tuesday and wind down with our Sound Escapes on a Friday. Find out more about us at www.countryfile.com/podcast Subscribe to the print version of BBC Countryfile Magazine at https://www.ourmediashop.com/bbc-countryfile-magazine-wmonx25","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T02:17:57.565154+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plodcast-585581"},"episode":{"title":"343. Join the Plodcast team for a lazy day's fishing on the Kennet and Avon Canal","slug":"343-join-the-plodcast-team-for-a-lazy-day-s-fishing-on-the-kennet-and-avon-canal","published_at":"2026-03-24T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plodcast-585581/343-join-the-plodcast-team-for-a-lazy-day-s-fishing-on-the-kennet-and-avon-canal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plodcast-585581","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3073774161.mp3?updated=1774258243","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR3073774161.mp3?updated=1774258243","summary":"Join the Plodcast team for a new fishing adventure, this time on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Berkshire. Writer, angler and naturalist Kevin Parr joins Fergus, Hannah, Jack and Lewis to see if they can catch an elusive but beautiful predator of the waterways. Better still, they've been given special access to a normally private stretch of this famous canal. Listen on for a truly breathtaking encounter – and make sure you listen to the very end to hear the surprising finale to the adventure.Our Facebook page is back! Search \"BBC Countryfile Magazine - Plodcast Community\" or join the discussion here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/countryfilemagazineplodcast/?ref=shareThe BBC Countryfile Magazine Plodcast is the Publishers Podcast Awards Special Interest Podcast of the Year 2024 & 2025 and the PPA Podcast of the Year 2022. If you've enjoyed the plodcast, don't forget to leave likes and positive reviews. Contact the Plodcast team and send your sound recordings of the countryside to: theplodcast@countryfile.com. If your letter, email or message is read out on the show, you could WIN a Plodcast Postbag prize of a wildlife- or countryside-themed book chosen by the team. The Plodcast is produced by Jack Bateman and Lewis Dobbs. The theme tune was written and performed by Blair Dunlop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Join the Plodcast team for a new fishing adventure, this time on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Berkshire. Writer, angler and naturalist Kevin Parr joins Fe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3093,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-plodcast-585581/episodes/343-join-the-plodcast-team-for-a-lazy-day-s-fishing-on-the-kennet-and-avon-canal/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plodcast-585581/343-join-the-plodcast-team-for-a-lazy-day-s-fishing-on-the-kennet-and-avon-canal.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}