{"podcast":{"title":"Interesting Things with JC","slug":"interesting-things-with-jc-5049896","podcast_index_feed_id":5049896,"rss_url":"https://jimconnors.net/?format=rss","website_url":"https://jimconnors.net/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bba2d6fca525b3efa21591f/1641345203068-7ISWC2M7C29QNG3DNOMY/Ray_Effect_for_Backgrounds_Transparent_PNG_Clip_Art_Image-01.jpg?format=1500w","author":"JC","episode_count":300,"summary":"Interesting Things with JC is a new podcast mini series, with highlight on some of the more interesting historical stories, current events as well as under-told stories.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-26T14:20:48.613691+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-things-with-jc-5049896"},"episode":{"title":"1730: \"Weed Zappers\"","slug":"1730-weed-zappers","published_at":"2026-07-31T07:00:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-things-with-jc-5049896/1730-weed-zappers","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-things-with-jc-5049896","url":"https://jimconnors.net/interesting-things-with-jc/2026/7/30/1730-weed-zappers","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bba2d6fca525b3efa21591f/t/6a6af77176b58c396c646489/1785395059604/1730+-+Interesting+Things+-+Weed+Zappers.mp3","summary":"Interesting Things with JC #1730: \"Weed Zappers\" – Herbicide-resistant weeds are surviving the chemicals meant to kill them, so some farmers are now sending 15,000 volts through individual plants to destroy them from stem to root as agriculture adapts to evolution.","meta_description":"Interesting Things with JC #1730: \"Weed Zappers\" – Herbicide-resistant weeds are surviving the chemicals meant to kill them, so some farmers are now sendi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":164,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/interesting-things-with-jc-5049896/episodes/1730-weed-zappers/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/interesting-things-with-jc-5049896/1730-weed-zappers.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}