{"podcast":{"title":"Arthro-Pod","slug":"arthro-pod-1058853","podcast_index_feed_id":1058853,"rss_url":"http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/Arthro-Pod","website_url":"https://jonathanlarson.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/20341847/ArthroPod_Logo_1_botdp.jpg","author":"Jonathan Larson (unl.jonathanlarson@gmail.com)","episode_count":55,"summary":"Arthro-Pod is a podcast dedicated to examining insects through both a scientific and cultural lense","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T08:20:32.945274+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arthro-pod-1058853"},"episode":{"title":"Arthro-Pod Episode 186: Interview with Sam Bolton, curator of mites","slug":"arthro-pod-episode-186-interview-with-sam-bolton-curator-of-mites","published_at":"2025-09-16T17:07:15+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arthro-pod-1058853/arthro-pod-episode-186-interview-with-sam-bolton-curator-of-mites","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arthro-pod-1058853","url":"https://jonathanlarson.podbean.com/e/arthro-pod-episode-186-interview-with-sam-bolton-curator-of-mites/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/4kd6w3pisepvmg7y/riverside_sam_bolton_interview_sep_11_2025_001_arthro-pod_s_studio94iwb.mp3","summary":"Hey there fellow arthropod enthusiasts! In this episode, we talked with Sam Bolton, curator of mites at the Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Specifically, we asked \"what exactly is a mite?\" and picked apart the fact that \"mites\" aren't a real group. We also chatted about mite mouthparts and weird, wormy soil mites called nematalycids. Get the show through Apple Podcast, Spotify, or your favorite podcatching app! If you can spare a moment, we appreciate when you subscribe to the show on those apps or when you take time to leave a review! Older episodes can be accessed through Archive.org.","meta_description":"Hey there fellow arthropod enthusiasts! In this episode, we talked with Sam Bolton, curator of mites at the Division of Plant Industry, Florida Department…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4843,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/arthro-pod-1058853/episodes/arthro-pod-episode-186-interview-with-sam-bolton-curator-of-mites/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/arthro-pod-1058853/arthro-pod-episode-186-interview-with-sam-bolton-curator-of-mites.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}