{"podcast":{"title":"Life’s Tough, Explorers Are TOUGHER!","slug":"life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599","podcast_index_feed_id":3600599,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/2440723.rss","website_url":"https://www.lifestough.com","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/07i5gzxwf9o2pbyvu3m11zjcez5k?.jpg","author":"Richard Wiese","episode_count":58,"summary":"“Exploring is an innate part of being human.” Richard Wiese, spends 30 minutes every week with some of the world’s most compelling adventurers, explorers, and socio-environmental advocates, listening to their distinct adventures, unique discoveries, projects & goals, while discovering their multitude of challenges, surprises, triumphs and set-backs they encounter along the way. Join Richard as he pulls back the curtain on what it’s like to travel around the world and beyond; explore some of the most exotic and often dangerous places; and uncover what makes people, places and our planet so special.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599"},"episode":{"title":"From NY to the Rainforest: Elodie Freymann’s Journey","slug":"from-ny-to-the-rainforest-elodie-freymann-s-journey","published_at":"2025-09-18T02:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599/from-ny-to-the-rainforest-elodie-freymann-s-journey","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2440723/episodes/17855563-from-ny-to-the-rainforest-elodie-freymann-s-journey.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2440723/episodes/17855563-from-ny-to-the-rainforest-elodie-freymann-s-journey.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Life’s Tough, Explorers are Tougher, host Richard Wiese speaks with Elodie Freymann, a primatologist, botanist, and naturalist whose work blends science, storytelling, and exploration. From her New York roots to her time studying chimpanzees in the forests of Uganda, Elodie’s journey is anything but conventional. She shares how a chance discovery of javelin in high school led her to Brown University, where she pursued anthropology and ethnobotany. After a stint in documenta...","meta_description":"In this episode of Life’s Tough, Explorers are Tougher, host Richard Wiese speaks with Elodie Freymann, a primatologist, botanist, and naturalist whose wo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1822,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599/episodes/from-ny-to-the-rainforest-elodie-freymann-s-journey/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599/from-ny-to-the-rainforest-elodie-freymann-s-journey.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}