{"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":"#366 A Trip to the Hermitage w/ Ben & Bob","slug":"366-a-trip-to-the-hermitage-w-ben-bob","published_at":"2026-04-13T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-road-to-now-1065183/366-a-trip-to-the-hermitage-w-ben-bob","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/366_for_feed.mp3?dest-id=384142","summary":"Ben & Bob took a trip to the home of Andrew Jackson, so they took the opportunity to record an episode on their impressions of the Hermitage and why Bob doubts they'll ever have a copy of America's Founding Son in the bookstore. They also talk about Cuba's place in American history and other current events. Make sure to check out the upcoming AVTT/PTTN tour dates and plan to catch a show if you can! This episode was recorded in Ben's pickup truck. It was 'edited' by Ben Sawyer and produced by the bumpy roads of Middle Tennessee.","meta_description":"Ben & Bob took a trip to the home of Andrew Jackson, so they took the opportunity to record an episode on their impressions of the Hermitage and why Bob d…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2212,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-road-to-now-1065183/episodes/366-a-trip-to-the-hermitage-w-ben-bob/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-1065183/366-a-trip-to-the-hermitage-w-ben-bob.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}