{"podcast":{"title":"Golden State Naturalist","slug":"golden-state-naturalist-4892350","podcast_index_feed_id":4892350,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/746568b8/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.goldenstatenaturalist.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/19428030/19428030-1692748286573-95fcdba4aa88e.jpg","author":"Michelle Fullner","episode_count":68,"summary":"Golden State Naturalist is a love letter to California's ecological past, present, and future. Come with Michelle Fullner as she climbs to the top of a beaver dam, descends into a tar pit, peers into the canopy of a giant sequoia, and basks in the glow of the Milky Way under the eerie silhouettes of Joshua trees. Each episode, Michelle interviews captivating experts in their natural habitats across California to find out how the unique plants, animals, geology, and hydrology of this biodiversity hotspot make this state Golden.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T12:18:22.826505+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/golden-state-naturalist-4892350"},"episode":{"title":"Coastal Wetlands with Empress Holliday","slug":"coastal-wetlands-with-empress-holliday","published_at":"2024-08-29T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/golden-state-naturalist-4892350/coastal-wetlands-with-empress-holliday","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/golden-state-naturalist-4892350","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michellefullner/episodes/Coastal-Wetlands-with-Empress-Holliday-e2noano","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6549155196.mp3","summary":"Are coastal wetlands the same thing as estuaries? What about salt marshes? How can some plants grow in saltwater? Can I use them to salt my french fries? What’s an endangered river? Why do some birds build floating nests? Why should I visit nature that’s close to home? Join me and Empress Holliday as we explore the Tijuana Estuary to admire plants, gush over birds, and discuss everything from blue carbon to baby halibut. Helpful Links: ⁠Divided Together Podcast⁠ ⁠Tijuana Estuary (TRNERR) ⁠ ⁠Endangered River⁠ ⁠San Diego Coastkeeper⁠ You can find me on Instagram ⁠@goldenstatenaturalist⁠ My website is ⁠goldenstatenaturalist.com⁠ Support GSN on ⁠Patreon⁠ (and be first to know about Cafe Ohlone tickets!) The song is called \"i dunno\" by grapes and can be found ⁠here⁠ .","meta_description":"Are coastal wetlands the same thing as estuaries? What about salt marshes? How can some plants grow in saltwater? Can I use them to salt my french fries?…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3706,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/golden-state-naturalist-4892350/episodes/coastal-wetlands-with-empress-holliday/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/golden-state-naturalist-4892350/coastal-wetlands-with-empress-holliday.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}