{"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":"Fire in Built Environments (Special Episode: LA Fires) with Alexandra Syphard","slug":"fire-in-built-environments-special-episode-la-fires-with-alexandra-syphard","published_at":"2025-01-16T15:21:24+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/golden-state-naturalist-4892350/fire-in-built-environments-special-episode-la-fires-with-alexandra-syphard","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/golden-state-naturalist-4892350","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michellefullner/episodes/Fire-in-Built-Environments-Special-Episode-LA-Fires-with-Alexandra-Syphard-e2tj30a","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/746568b8/podcast/play/97143242/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-0-16%2F3b190058-13b2-e0e2-9628-57544453d8a8.mp3","summary":"Join me and Dr. Alexandra Syphard as we discuss what makes some neighborhoods more fire prone than others, the Santa Ana Winds, defensible space, the massive differences between fires in forested Northern California and shrubby Southern California, the pendulum swing of public opinion, ways that climate change does and doesn’t contribute to wildfires, the WUI, positive uses of abandoned Fry's electronics buildings, waxy leaves, invasive plants, and so much more. This episode is an attempt to add context for everyone struggling to comprehend the scale of the fires in Los Angeles, especially those impacted. I hope it helps. Sending love. Links : California Fire Hazard Severity Zones Support Golden State Naturalist on ⁠Patreon⁠ and get perks starting at $4/month. Follow me on ⁠Instagram⁠ . My website is ⁠goldenstatenaturalist.com⁠ . Get podcast Merch . The theme song is called “i dunno” by grapes and can be found ⁠here⁠ . Cover art by Raquel Raclette.","meta_description":"Join me and Dr. Alexandra Syphard as we discuss what makes some neighborhoods more fire prone than others, the Santa Ana Winds, defensible space, the mass…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4332,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/golden-state-naturalist-4892350/episodes/fire-in-built-environments-special-episode-la-fires-with-alexandra-syphard/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/fire-in-built-environments-special-episode-la-fires-with-alexandra-syphard.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}