{"podcast":{"title":"The Road to Now","slug":"the-road-to-now-1065183","podcast_index_feed_id":1065183,"rss_url":"https://roadtonow.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.theroadtonow.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/4/8/2/84823a80490190e9/RTN_Logo_Season_2.jpg","author":"Benjamin Sawyer","episode_count":460,"summary":"Bob Crawford (The Avett Brothers) & Dr. Ben Sawyer (MTSU History) share conversations with great thinkers from a variety of backgrounds – historians, artists, legal scholars, political figures and more –who help us uncover the many roads that run between past and present. For more information, visit TheRoadToNow.com If you'd like to support our work, join us on Patreon: Patreon.com/TheRoadToNow","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T12:20:49.072601+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-road-to-now-1065183"},"episode":{"title":"#364 Henry David Thoreau w/ Erik Ewers & Christopher Loren Ewers","slug":"364-henry-david-thoreau-w-erik-ewers-christopher-loren-ewers","published_at":"2026-03-30T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-road-to-now-1065183/364-henry-david-thoreau-w-erik-ewers-christopher-loren-ewers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-road-to-now-1065183","url":"https://rtnpod.me/listen","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/roadtonow/364_Thoreau_for_feed.mp3?dest-id=384142","summary":"Directors Erik Ewers & Christopher Loren Ewers join us to discuss their new film, Ken Burns Presents: Henry David Thoreau . Erik & Christopher talk about their rediscovery of Thoreau's place in American history, their process for capturing his story, and why Thoreau's views of his own time might resonate with those seeking to make sense of the modern world. The two-part series premieres on PBS March 30-31, so make sure to check your local listings and tune in! This episode was edited by Gary Fletcher.","meta_description":"Directors Erik Ewers & Christopher Loren Ewers join us to discuss their new film, Ken Burns Presents: Henry David Thoreau . Erik & Christopher talk about…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3223,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-road-to-now-1065183/episodes/364-henry-david-thoreau-w-erik-ewers-christopher-loren-ewers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-road-to-now-1065183/364-henry-david-thoreau-w-erik-ewers-christopher-loren-ewers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}