{"podcast":{"title":"In-depth News Features | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News","slug":"in-depth-news-features-nhk-world-japan-news-6248665","podcast_index_feed_id":6248665,"rss_url":"https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/data/en/news/backstory/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/","image_url":"https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/common/podcast_images/english_features_1500x1500.png","author":"NHK WORLD-JAPAN","episode_count":233,"summary":"Feature stories with video and in-depth analysis on the latest news from Japan, Asia and beyond, produced by Japanese public media.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T22:18:54.674897+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-news-features-nhk-world-japan-news-6248665"},"episode":{"title":"Why New York's bodega cats are big business drivers","slug":"why-new-york-s-bodega-cats-are-big-business-drivers","published_at":"2026-06-29T02:44:45+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-news-features-nhk-world-japan-news-6248665/why-new-york-s-bodega-cats-are-big-business-drivers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-news-features-nhk-world-japan-news-6248665","url":"https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/backstories/4917/","audio_url":"https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/upld/medias/en/news/backstory/articles-4917-9785-202606291141.mp3","summary":"The secret to a successful business in New York City might have whiskers and paws. Walk into many of the city's 10,000 corner stores known as bodegas, and you might find a \"bodega cat\" beckoning customers like a live version of a Japanese lucky \"Maneki-neko\" figure. From an orange tabby making an extra 400 dollars a day to a feisty feline that took on a health inspector, NHK World's Inoue Yuki went behind the storefronts to meet some of the hardest-working (and cutest) shopkeepers in the Big Apple.","meta_description":"The secret to a successful business in New York City might have whiskers and paws. Walk into many of the city's 10,000 corner stores known as bodegas, and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":411,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-depth-news-features-nhk-world-japan-news-6248665/episodes/why-new-york-s-bodega-cats-are-big-business-drivers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-depth-news-features-nhk-world-japan-news-6248665/why-new-york-s-bodega-cats-are-big-business-drivers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}