{"podcast":{"title":"Bugs Need Heroes","slug":"bugs-need-heroes-5562045","podcast_index_feed_id":5562045,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/bugsneedheroes/feed.xml","website_url":"https://bugsneedheroes.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/14549462/2000_fm78av.jpg","author":"BugsNeedHeroes","episode_count":106,"summary":"Each episode an artist and an ecologist team-up to discuss small creatures and create a bug-themed character. Check out the character artwork at BugsNeedHeroes.com or https://instagram.com/bugsneedheroes/ Created by Derek Conrad and Kelly Zimmerman. Hosted by Amanda Niday and Kelly Zimmerman. Character artwork by Amanda Niday. Music is ”Ladybug Castle” by Rolemusic.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T08:18:14.764557+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bugs-need-heroes-5562045"},"episode":{"title":"The SciComm Spectre (PHASMIDS)","slug":"the-scicomm-spectre-phasmids","published_at":"2026-02-09T15:34:42+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bugs-need-heroes-5562045/the-scicomm-spectre-phasmids","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bugs-need-heroes-5562045","url":"https://bugsneedheroes.podbean.com/e/the-scicomm-spectre-phasmids/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/49xxfnyxhqwbadtk/phasmid.mp3","summary":"Amanda and Dr Kelly Z discuss a popular family of insects and one in particular that is very popular in zoos and museums, the giant-australian-prickly-walking-stick-insect (Extatosoma tiaratum). Tangents include Indiana Jones, pirates, and the weather.Bug discussion begins around 9:00 Kelly's Field Notes: https://www.bugsneedheroes.com/episodes/scicomm-spectre Send us questions and suggestions! BugsNeedHeroes@gmail.com Join us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bugsneedheroes/ Join us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bugsneedheroes Join us on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/BugsNeedHeroes Hosted by Amanda Niday and Kelly Zimmerman with editing by Derek Conrad and Camazotz. Created by Derek Conrad and Kelly Zimmerman. Character artwork by Amanda Niday. Music is Ladybug Castle by Rolemusic. Special thanks to Kevin Weiner for sharing his photography and creating the All Bugs Go To Kevin group.","meta_description":"Amanda and Dr Kelly Z discuss a popular family of insects and one in particular that is very popular in zoos and museums, the giant-australian-prickly-wal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3581,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/bugs-need-heroes-5562045/episodes/the-scicomm-spectre-phasmids/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/bugs-need-heroes-5562045/the-scicomm-spectre-phasmids.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}