{"podcast":{"title":"Gardening Simplified","slug":"gardening-simplified-5756676","podcast_index_feed_id":5756676,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5671712/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://iheart.com/podcast/102365395","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/40081c3ae9513b6dd928a5c9d37b65f2.jpg","author":"Newsradio WOOD 1300 and 106.9 FM (WOOD-AM)","episode_count":198,"summary":"Introducing Gardening Simplified, a new radio show and podcast from Proven Winners ColorChoice Shrubs. Hosted by life-long gardeners Rick Vuyst and Stacey Hirvela, the Gardening Simplified show is designed to share our love of plants and gardening. Whatever your skill or experience level, you’ll find something interesting, useful, and just plain fascinating in every episode.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T18:19:33.321413+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gardening-simplified-5756676"},"episode":{"title":"Understanding Invasive Plants","slug":"understanding-invasive-plants","published_at":"2026-03-14T14:15:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gardening-simplified-5756676/understanding-invasive-plants","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gardening-simplified-5756676","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/understanding-invasive-plants--70628381","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70628381/gardening_simplified_show_episode_184_podcast.mp3","summary":"The National Invasive Species Council and the Invasive Species Advisory Committee define an invasive species as “a species that is non-native to the ecosystem under consideration and whose introduction causes or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.” Stacey and Rick dispel misunderstandings, highlight problematic plants, and talk about what you can do to help combat the spread of invasive plants.","meta_description":"The National Invasive Species Council and the Invasive Species Advisory Committee define an invasive species as “a species that is non-native to the ecosy…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2605,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gardening-simplified-5756676/episodes/understanding-invasive-plants/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/gardening-simplified-5756676/understanding-invasive-plants.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}