{"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":"Sound Escape 269. Climb up among the skylarks and the meadow pipits","slug":"sound-escape-269-climb-up-among-the-skylarks-and-the-meadow-pipits","published_at":"2026-04-17T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plodcast-585581/sound-escape-269-climb-up-among-the-skylarks-and-the-meadow-pipits","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-plodcast-585581","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9073259390.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/NSR9073259390.mp3","summary":"A track winds up onto a bleak hill top – or it looks from afar. As you get closer, you realise the land is rich in bilberries, heather and small, stunted hawthorns. Soon you are in the skylark zone – with meadow pipits singing their hearts out alongside their more famous avian cousins. BBC Countryfile Magazine's Sound Escapes are a weekly audio postcard from the countryside to help you relax and transport you somewhere beautiful, wherever you happen to be. Recorded by Fergus Collins and introduced by Hannah Tribe. Email the Plodcast team – and send your sound recordings of the countryside – to: theplodcast@countryfile.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"A track winds up onto a bleak hill top – or it looks from afar. As you get closer, you realise the land is rich in bilberries, heather and small, stunted…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":632,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-plodcast-585581/episodes/sound-escape-269-climb-up-among-the-skylarks-and-the-meadow-pipits/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/sound-escape-269-climb-up-among-the-skylarks-and-the-meadow-pipits.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}