{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgumbands.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F002-bill-tippins-uB_SkRBa","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"002: Bill Tippins & The Ghost Warriors","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/9f5d2c96-0834-4839-9717-4adcbb72963a/c76a2a58-8f9a-4e0d-9290-f665ee959362/gumbands-podcast-gfx-tagline-2.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/a92c59c6-de58-4f92-af28-f67234dca9b7\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"002: Bill Tippins &amp; The Ghost Warriors\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Bill Tippins has written two novels set in the Stone Age in a territory that may seem familiar to readers from Western Pennsylvania. Intended for YA (Young Adult) readers, the books focus on a boy named Tioga and his best friend Kopi as they take on several difficult quests near where the Allegewi River and the Angry River meet to form the Great River.\n\nBill Tippins has worked in the Pittsburgh area as an electrical engineer, but he has also spent years working on these books that may remind readers of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and J.K. Rowling.\n\nWith great affection for both books, GUMBANDS host Rick Sebak asks Tippins about his writing process, his ongoing interest in pre-history and his creative inspirations."}