{"podcast":{"title":"Climate with Kiana","slug":"climate-with-kiana-6712217","podcast_index_feed_id":6712217,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/8_x_AmOL","website_url":"https://climate-with-kiana.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3790e4f8-98c4-4588-9a8e-0848367e98c1/9e6dcb69-71d7-41d1-8728-1d7009a20578/3000x3000/cwk-s2-cover-green.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Kiana Michaan","episode_count":29,"summary":"Climate with Kiana is an interview podcast exploring climate solutions through a framework of joy and justice. This show invites you to reflect and take action, while enjoying conversations with passionate people who are working towards just and sustainable possibilities in our changing world.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T04:18:23.264832+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-with-kiana-6712217"},"episode":{"title":"Newtown Creek Alliance with Willis Elkins","slug":"newtown-creek-alliance-with-willis-elkins","published_at":"2026-04-07T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-with-kiana-6712217/newtown-creek-alliance-with-willis-elkins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-with-kiana-6712217","url":"https://www.climatewithkiana.com/podcast/newtown-creek-alliance-with-willis-elkins","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/d83f6822-504a-46cd-a13b-b0871b80e777/67e20e71-42f2-4f2a-87da-a80672cb7c95/episodes/audio/group/68c757e0-ab19-41e7-ae04-9a4f6fe3ac53/group-item/6bd4c888-de62-44aa-a503-dc394fa84622/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=8_x_AmOL","summary":"In this episode, we hear from Willis Elkins, executive director of Newtown Creek Alliance. Newtown Creek Alliance is a community-based local New York City organization dedicated to restoring, revealing, and revitalizing Newtown Creek. Newtown Creek is a 3.8 mile tributary of the East River, an estuary, a border between Brooklyn and Queens, and a federal superfund site. Historically, the creek has had over 50 industrial refineries along its banks. In this conversation with Willis, we discuss the history of industry & legacy pollution on Newtown Creek, the Greenpoint oil spill, environmental remediation efforts, water quality, green roofs, and the vision for a more sustainable future for the creek.","meta_description":"In this episode, we hear from Willis Elkins, executive director of Newtown Creek Alliance. Newtown Creek Alliance is a community-based local New York City…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1749,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/climate-with-kiana-6712217/episodes/newtown-creek-alliance-with-willis-elkins/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/climate-with-kiana-6712217/newtown-creek-alliance-with-willis-elkins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}