{"podcast":{"title":"Facts Matter","slug":"facts-matter-4835545","podcast_index_feed_id":4835545,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/facts-matter/","website_url":"https://www.theepochtimes.com/podcasts","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/64e50301-fb6f-4e79-9f9f-f0692dde09d0/zwXsjF3CyrApvBmRkam2Jkmj.jpg","author":"The Epoch Times","episode_count":249,"summary":"\"Facts Matter\" investigates complex issues based on the principles of traditional journalism: no spin, no favorites. We give you the facts—you decide the rest.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T10:22:01.469462+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/facts-matter-4835545"},"episode":{"title":"115 People Get Sick Aboard Cruise Ship in Norovirus Outbreak: CDC","slug":"115-people-get-sick-aboard-cruise-ship-in-norovirus-outbreak-cdc","published_at":"2026-05-13T00:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/facts-matter-4835545/115-people-get-sick-aboard-cruise-ship-in-norovirus-outbreak-cdc","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/facts-matter-4835545","url":"https://www.theepochtimes.com/podcasts","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/7fd57f0f-0382-457b-bfb9-cdf9aa1af252.mp3","summary":"Just as the hantavirus situation was resolved aboard the MV Hondius, another cruise liner was hit with a massive viral outbreak. The silver lining here, though, is that the virus in question isn’t as bad as hantavirus, which has a mortality rate of 30–50 percent. The new ship, according to the CDC, had an outbreak of the norovirus, with 115 people falling ill already. Let’s go through the details.","meta_description":"Just as the hantavirus situation was resolved aboard the MV Hondius, another cruise liner was hit with a massive viral outbreak. The silver lining here, t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":622,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/facts-matter-4835545/episodes/115-people-get-sick-aboard-cruise-ship-in-norovirus-outbreak-cdc/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/facts-matter-4835545/115-people-get-sick-aboard-cruise-ship-in-norovirus-outbreak-cdc.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}