{"podcast":{"title":"WhiskyCast","slug":"whiskycast-538427","podcast_index_feed_id":538427,"rss_url":"https://whiskycast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://whiskycast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/a/4/7/4a47f40ac52d1bf388c4a68c3ddbc4f2/WhiskyCast_logo_NEW2K-20221107-1qpiryzfz8.jpg","author":"CaskStrength Media","episode_count":1170,"summary":"Each week's episode features the latest whisky news, a calendar of upcoming events, and interviews with whisky experts. For more information, links, and a complete archive of past episodes, visit www.whiskycast.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-23T06:18:05.891910+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/whiskycast-538427"},"episode":{"title":"A Weekend to Remember","slug":"a-weekend-to-remember","published_at":"2026-01-21T21:41:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/whiskycast-538427/a-weekend-to-remember","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/whiskycast-538427","url":"https://whiskycast.com","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/whiskycast/WhiskyCast_20260118.mp3?dest-id=35929","summary":"This week, we're on location at the Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia, where it was unofficially Bill Ashburn Weekend. The retired Forty Creek master blender was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Canadian Whisky Awards and guest of honor at a reception on Friday. We'll talk with Bill on this week's WhiskyCast In-Depth, and have complete coverage of the Canadian Whisky Awards. In the news, President Donald Trump is threatening a new round of tariffs over Greenland that could affect Scotch Whisky, and we'll see how Canadian retailers are being affected by the Bourbon boycott.","meta_description":"This week, we're on location at the Victoria Whisky Festival in Victoria, British Columbia, where it was unofficially Bill Ashburn Weekend. The retired Fo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1904,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/whiskycast-538427/episodes/a-weekend-to-remember/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/whiskycast-538427/a-weekend-to-remember.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}