{"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":"Serena McCalla: Educator Who Built a Science Empire","slug":"serena-mccalla-educator-who-built-a-science-empire","published_at":"2026-05-20T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599/serena-mccalla-educator-who-built-a-science-empire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-s-tough-explorers-are-tougher-3600599","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2440723/episodes/19210033-serena-mccalla-educator-who-built-a-science-empire.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/2440723/episodes/19210033-serena-mccalla-educator-who-built-a-science-empire.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Life’s Tough, Explorers are Tougher, Richard Wiese sits down with Serena McCalla — National Geographic Explorer, molecular scientist, educator, and mentor featured in the acclaimed documentary Science Fair. Serena shares her journey from growing up in a hardworking immigrant family to building one of the most successful high school science research programs in the country. She explains how curiosity, discipline, and sacrifice shaped her path, and how she pushed students bey...","meta_description":"In this episode of Life’s Tough, Explorers are Tougher, Richard Wiese sits down with Serena McCalla — National Geographic Explorer, molecular scientist, e…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1861,"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/serena-mccalla-educator-who-built-a-science-empire/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/serena-mccalla-educator-who-built-a-science-empire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}