{"podcast":{"title":"Climate Cast","slug":"climate-cast-316665","podcast_index_feed_id":316665,"rss_url":"https://feeds.publicradio.org/public_feeds/climate-cast","website_url":"http://www.mprnews.org/podcasts/climate-cast","image_url":"https://img.apmcdn.org/bd9da8b58a0915f25f6fab3027f5afb22fd819f0/square/e9d9ca-20220913-climate-cast-podcast-art-2000.jpg","author":"Minnesota Public Radio","episode_count":60,"summary":"MPR News meteorologist Paul Huttner with the latest research on our changing climate.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T10:21:17.843139+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-cast-316665"},"episode":{"title":"Learning from deadliest disaster in Minnesota history","slug":"learning-from-deadliest-disaster-in-minnesota-history","published_at":"2026-07-10T20:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-cast-316665/learning-from-deadliest-disaster-in-minnesota-history","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-cast-316665","url":"https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/07/10/learning-from-deadliest-disaster-in-mn-history","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/5/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/VnCzW2iO9G8z4eDWfXCd/play.publicradio.org/podcast/o/minnesota/news/features/2026/07/17/071726_CC_heatwave1936_20260717_64.mp3?awCollectionId=apm-ClimCast&awEpisodeId=01KX6Z8M7EHNSN23W2V4EGPQKX","summary":"What would you guess is the deadliest disaster in Minnesota history? A wildfire? Blizzard? Tornado? It was none of those. In 1936, a long-term heat wave killed at least 900 across Minnesota . Heat is America’s top weather killer, even in the age of air conditioning and community pools. For the return of the long-running Climate Cast, we wanted to revisit the terrible cost of the 1936 heat wave that hit 90 years ago this month. On July 14, 1936, experts estimated a person was dying every three minutes in Minneapolis alone as a direct result of the heat. In this episode, MPR News chief meteorologist Ben Cathey speaks with with Geoff Williams, the author of a new book, “ The Summer of Death .” Williams calculates that at least 12,000 people died across America. He thinks Minnesota’s official death toll is likely severely under-calculated. Click play on the audio player above to listen to this episode or subscribe to the Climate Cast podcast.","meta_description":"What would you guess is the deadliest disaster in Minnesota history? A wildfire? Blizzard? Tornado? It was none of those. In 1936, a long-term heat wave k…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":257,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/climate-cast-316665/episodes/learning-from-deadliest-disaster-in-minnesota-history/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-cast-316665/learning-from-deadliest-disaster-in-minnesota-history.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}