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This Old House Radio Hour Podcast Transcripts

American Public Media · 82 episodes with transcripts

This Old House has been America’s most trusted source for home improvement, expert renovation advice, and DIY inspiration for over 40 years.

Spoken has transcripts of 82 This Old House Radio Hour episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from October 6, 2026.

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curl -s -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://spoken.md/podcasts/1801218994/episodes \
  | jq -r '.episodes[] | "\(.id) \(.title)"' \
  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
      slug=$(echo "$title" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cs 'a-z0-9' '-' | sed 's/-*$//')
      [ -f "${id}-${slug}.md" ] && continue
      curl -sf -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
        -o "${id}-${slug}.md" \
        https://spoken.md/transcripts/$id || rm -f "${id}-${slug}.md"
      sleep 0.34
    done

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Latest This Old House Radio Hour transcripts

Should You Talk to Your Plants? + Barbara Kingsolver’s Farmhouse + DIY Reality Checks

October 6, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

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Jenn Largesse (0:31)

From LAist and APM, American Public Media, it's This Old House Radio Hour. I'm Jenn Largesse.

Do you talk to your plants? The experts say you should.

Hilton Carter (0:41)

Sharing your love for them helps them grow. Just like if I told you, Jenn, I love your glasses, you're going to perk up and be a little bit more excited.

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