{"podcast":{"title":"Down to Earth: The Planet to Plate Podcast","slug":"down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855","podcast_index_feed_id":655855,"rss_url":"https://downtoearthpodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://downtoearthradio.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/e/a/a/deaa963313e5e97640be95ea3302a6a1/New_Logo_Down_To_Earth.jpg","author":"Quivira Coalition and Radio Cafe","episode_count":100,"summary":"Down to Earth is a podcast about regenerative agriculture, and it's for everyone who eats. We invite you to meet the people shaping a healthier food system—farmers, ranchers, scientists, land managers, writers, and many others. Designing a future that draws on both tradition and innovation, they're on a mission to change the paradigm so that the food we eat is healthy and long-term sustainable—for families and growers, for wildlife and water, for climate and planet. downtoearthradio.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-19T04:18:37.943176+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855"},"episode":{"title":"Preventing Catastrophic Flooding: The Secret is in the Soil","slug":"preventing-catastrophic-flooding-the-secret-is-in-the-soil","published_at":"2025-07-15T05:26:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855/preventing-catastrophic-flooding-the-secret-is-in-the-soil","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855","url":"https://downtoearthpodcast.libsyn.com/preventing-catastrophic-flooding-the-secret-is-in-the-soil","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/downtoearthpodcast/Bryan_Hummel.mp3?dest-id=561306","summary":"Bryan Hummel is a big-time water nerd. Specializing in nature-based solutions to watershed and land management issues, he has brought his expertise to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Air Force, industry, and agriculture. The key to preventing flooding, he says, is to restore degraded land so that the soil becomes like a sponge, absorbing water and recharging subterranean aquifers––and in the process preventing flooding and contributing to the success of farming and ranching businesses, which thrive with abundant water resources. His techniques include beaver and bison biomimicry and permaculture techniques that slow, spread, and sink water into the soil instead of letting it run off.","meta_description":"Bryan Hummel is a big-time water nerd. Specializing in nature-based solutions to watershed and land management issues, he has brought his expertise to the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2894,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855/episodes/preventing-catastrophic-flooding-the-secret-is-in-the-soil/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/down-to-earth-the-planet-to-plate-podcast-655855/preventing-catastrophic-flooding-the-secret-is-in-the-soil.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}