{"podcast":{"title":"Michigan Minute","slug":"michigan-minute-6463805","podcast_index_feed_id":6463805,"rss_url":"https://www.wkar.org/podcast/michigan-minute/rss.xml","website_url":"https://www.wkar.org/podcast/michigan-minute","image_url":"https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9983a9a/2147483647/strip/false/crop/1400x1400+0+0/resize/1400x1400!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F64%2F1e%2Fa510ad994aa0a9e5e9bac3db120c%2Fmichigan-minute-logo-1400x1400.png","author":"WKAR Public Media (streaming@wkar.org)","episode_count":363,"summary":"WKAR’s Jamie Paisley presents intriguing stories for each day in Michigan history. From name changes and iconic cities to arcane laws, Michigan Minute covers a wide variety of fascinatingly true tales from the Great Lake State. Interested in supporting the Michigan Minute?","last_synced_at":"2026-09-27T08:22:12.763942+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805"},"episode":{"title":"Bounty on Rats & Bathtub Boat Adventure | August 24","slug":"bounty-on-rats-bathtub-boat-adventure-august-24","published_at":"2026-08-24T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805/bounty-on-rats-bathtub-boat-adventure-august-24","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805","url":"https://www.wkar.org/podcast/michigan-minute/2026-08-24/bounty-on-rats-bathtub-boat-adventure-august-24","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s461/audio/2024/08/miminute0824.mp3","summary":"Today in 1915, Michigan introduced a bounty of 5 cents per rat to combat rodent infestations, a law that remained in place until its repeal in 2000. In 1969, East Lansing's Victor Jackson made headlines by crossing Lake Michigan to Wisconsin in a bathtub boat made from a bathtub and oil drums, completing the journey in nearly 15 hours.","meta_description":"Today in 1915, Michigan introduced a bounty of 5 cents per rat to combat rodent infestations, a law that remained in place until its repeal in 2000. In 19…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":60,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/michigan-minute-6463805/episodes/bounty-on-rats-bathtub-boat-adventure-august-24/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805/bounty-on-rats-bathtub-boat-adventure-august-24.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}