{"podcast":{"title":"Heart of the Matter Radio/Podcast","slug":"heart-of-the-matter-radio-podcast-6455","podcast_index_feed_id":6455,"rss_url":"https://heartofthematterradio.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://clsimmons.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/3/e/4/4/3e44c2f4514f612bd959afa2a1bf1c87/Untitled_design3.jpg","author":"CYNTHIA L SIMMONS","episode_count":586,"summary":"How should a godly woman and mother live in a chaotic world? Cynthia L Simmons gets right to the heart of issues a mother needs and combines history with Scripture to offer God's timeless wisdom","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T08:20:48.911329+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-of-the-matter-radio-podcast-6455"},"episode":{"title":"The Cat Who Outlasted Battleships: Unsinkable Sam","slug":"the-cat-who-outlasted-battleships-unsinkable-sam","published_at":"2026-04-30T20:28:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-of-the-matter-radio-podcast-6455/the-cat-who-outlasted-battleships-unsinkable-sam","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-of-the-matter-radio-podcast-6455","url":"https://heartofthematterradio.libsyn.com/the-cat-who-outlasted-battleships-unsinkable-sam","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/heartofthematterradio/Unsinkable_Sam_Final.mp3?dest-id=1253105","summary":"Welcome to Heart of the Matter Radio/Podcast. I'm your hostess, Cynthia L Simmons, and I have been reflecting on navigating the storms of life. Sometimes the best lessons in resilience and trust come from the most unexpected places. Today, that comes from the deck of a World War II battleship. I delight in finding fun stories, and I love this one. Can you imagine a cat caught in a shipwreck? Cats hate water, yet this sturdy cat survived three. If you love history (like I do) or maybe you need a reminder about holding on during a storm, you will find this story fascinating. Let's look at the story told by sailors and find that anchor we all need.","meta_description":"Welcome to Heart of the Matter Radio/Podcast. I'm your hostess, Cynthia L Simmons, and I have been reflecting on navigating the storms of life. Sometimes…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":167,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/heart-of-the-matter-radio-podcast-6455/episodes/the-cat-who-outlasted-battleships-unsinkable-sam/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/heart-of-the-matter-radio-podcast-6455/the-cat-who-outlasted-battleships-unsinkable-sam.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}