{"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":"Urban Canyons with Michelle Thompson","slug":"urban-canyons-with-michelle-thompson","published_at":"2024-12-19T22:52:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/golden-state-naturalist-4892350/urban-canyons-with-michelle-thompson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/golden-state-naturalist-4892350","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michellefullner/episodes/Urban-Canyons-with-Michelle-Thompson-e2si0mf","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO6470990807.mp3","summary":"Flying over San Diego, you can see them: Fingers of green extending through neighborhoods all across the city. San Diego’s urban canyon’s serve as refuges for people and wildlife alike, but they’re also often isolated islands of habitat. This can keep animals from accessing the resources they need to survive. And human neighbors aren’t always able to access these spaces, either. In this episode, join me and Michelle Thompson as we search for reptiles in one of San Diego’s urban canyons, discuss what makes canyons special, and explore how the San Diego Natural History Museum is setting the foundation for the long-term health of these spaces. Links : Healthy Canyons Initiative Go on a FREE hike with the Canyoneers Want to help SD canyons? Email Michelle Thompson at: conbio@sdnhm.org 1988 Michael Soulé Study 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 . Episode cover photo provided by The San Diego Natural History Museum .","meta_description":"Flying over San Diego, you can see them: Fingers of green extending through neighborhoods all across the city. San Diego’s urban canyon’s serve as refuges…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2639,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/golden-state-naturalist-4892350/episodes/urban-canyons-with-michelle-thompson/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/urban-canyons-with-michelle-thompson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}