{"podcast":{"title":"Tour Stories/The Check-In with Joe Plummer","slug":"tour-stories-the-check-in-with-joe-plummer-3168262","podcast_index_feed_id":3168262,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/tourstories/","website_url":"https://www.ruinousmedia.com/tourstories","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/efecf97e-d290-4584-99fc-cc189095006b/Pod-Tile.jpg","author":"Ruinous Media","episode_count":334,"summary":"Joe Plummer and friends share their stories from life on the road. We hear funny, sad and sometimes scary tales from musicians, comedians and writers. He's also \"Checks-In\" with artists to hear new music, find out what they've been up to and whats next on the creative docket. Have a tour story? Want to get in touch with Joe? Send a message to hello@ruinousmedia.com. Tour Stories is produced by Ruinous Media. http://www.ruinousmedia.com/tourstories/","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T16:23:30.096546+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tour-stories-the-check-in-with-joe-plummer-3168262"},"episode":{"title":"The Check-In with Beck Zegans","slug":"the-check-in-with-beck-zegans","published_at":"2026-05-29T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tour-stories-the-check-in-with-joe-plummer-3168262/the-check-in-with-beck-zegans","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tour-stories-the-check-in-with-joe-plummer-3168262","url":"https://www.ruinousmedia.com/tourstories","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/a95c1188-efff-41e6-9781-991378d0d11d.mp3","summary":"Beck Zegans is a Queens based singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Her newest record Engraving Of Armor is out now via Exploding in Sound records. Beck tells us why Engraving Of Armor has taken her to a new level and sound in songwriting. She shares the collaborative process it took to make the new record and how arranging, mixing, and writing simultaneously shaped the overall sound. We learn how she accidently joined a ska band as a youngster, Joe and Beck discuss the art of the photobooth relay and we hear some tunes of the new record. Beck Zegans Exploding In Sound Tour Stories would like to welcome our newest sponsor Kuma Coffee. Kuma Coffee is a 100% Independently owned roasting company right here in Seattle since 2008. Kuma is a 5-person team, roasting over 100,000lbs of exclusively high scoring coffee each year. They source their coffees direct from origin and pay well over fair trade pricing to farmers. This guarantees the highest quality, while supporting rural farming communities throughout the Global South They also just launched an instant coffee… (Joe’s favorite instant) Find everything Kuma at Kumacoffee.com Episode supported by our friends Izotope This episode is produced with Ozone 12, the newest from Izotope. Head over to izotope.com now for savings on all their production software. Go check out Ozone 12 and RX 12 and master with the best and solve the unsolvable 20 plug-ins for mastering mastery. Use code FRET10 at checkout. Ep supported by @distrokid. Distrokid now offers Bandzoogle where you can build your bands website and store in minutes. @thetourstories listeners get 30% off at distrokid.com/vip/tourstories . GET YOUR MUSIC OUT THERE! ITS EASY WITH @distrokid Ep supported by Heil Sound. For 60 years, Heil Sound has provided innovative, professiona…","meta_description":"Beck Zegans is a Queens based singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Her newest record Engraving Of Armor is out now via Exploding in Sound records. Beck tell…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1617,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tour-stories-the-check-in-with-joe-plummer-3168262/episodes/the-check-in-with-beck-zegans/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tour-stories-the-check-in-with-joe-plummer-3168262/the-check-in-with-beck-zegans.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}