{"podcast":{"title":"Melbourne News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!","slug":"melbourne-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7572838","podcast_index_feed_id":7572838,"rss_url":"https://feeds.fastcast.ai/washington-mystics-the-daily-news-now.xml","website_url":"https://thednn.ai/","image_url":"https://image.fastcast.ai/podcasts/washington-mystics-the-daily-news-now.jpg","author":"The Daily News Now!","episode_count":197,"summary":"Hosted by Corey with the Story, Melbourne News Today delivers fast, focused daily updates on the stories shaping Melbourne—from local news and business to culture, sports, and community developments. Designed for quick, on-the-go listening, each episode brings you up to speed in minutes. Produced by AI for speed, consistency, and global scale, the show is part of The Daily News Now network—bringing local news to every city in the world and keeping communities connected. Melbourne News Today is your daily snapshot of what’s happening in your city. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T10:17:27.701480+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/melbourne-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7572838"},"episode":{"title":"Whale Mother’s Postmortem Care Revealed | Melbourne News","slug":"whale-mother-s-postmortem-care-revealed-melbourne-news","published_at":"2026-09-17T12:37:46+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/melbourne-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7572838/whale-mother-s-postmortem-care-revealed-melbourne-news","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/melbourne-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7572838","url":"https://sources.thednn.ai/ab93a8c7b0220d72","audio_url":"https://api.fastcast.ai/audio/63bb2ea2-4162-489f-8a24-a051d7c45a2f.mp3","summary":"A humpback whale mother off Australia’s Gold Coast stunned scientists by tenderly nudging and resting beside her dead calf for over an hour — the first documented case of postmortem attentive behavior in a baleen whale. While researchers hesitate to call it grief, the act reveals profound maternal bonds and caregiving instincts that may be more widespread than previously thought. As whale populations recover and tech improves, we’re gaining rare glimpses into their emotional worlds — hinting at deep social ties even in the face of loss. Listen in comfort: Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN: advertise@thednn.ai This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting. Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/17/do-whales-grieve-scientists-research-off-australias-gold-coast-suggests-they-might More coverage & latest updates: https://sources.thednn.ai/ab93a8c7b0220d72 Report issues to feedback@thednn.ai.","meta_description":"A humpback whale mother off Australia’s Gold Coast stunned scientists by tenderly nudging and resting beside her dead calf for over an hour — the first do…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":137,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/melbourne-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7572838/episodes/whale-mother-s-postmortem-care-revealed-melbourne-news/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/melbourne-news-today-2-min-news-the-daily-news-now-7572838/whale-mother-s-postmortem-care-revealed-melbourne-news.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}