{"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":"The Potawatomi \"Trail of Death\" and Felix Schlag’s Nickel Legacy | September 4","slug":"the-potawatomi-trail-of-death-and-felix-schlag-s-nickel-legacy-september-4","published_at":"2026-09-04T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805/the-potawatomi-trail-of-death-and-felix-schlag-s-nickel-legacy-september-4","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/michigan-minute-6463805","url":"https://www.wkar.org/podcast/michigan-minute/2026-09-04/the-potawatomi-trail-of-death-and-felix-schlags-nickel-legacy-september-4","audio_url":"https://cpa.ds.npr.org/s461/audio/2025/08/miminute0904-25.mp3","summary":"On this day in 1838, over 850 Potawatomi, including 150 from Michigan, were forced west on the \"trail of death,\" though some in Dowagiac resisted thanks to leader Leopold Pokagon. In 1891, Felix Schlag, the designer of the U.S. nickel used from 1938 to 2004, was born. His initials, FS, appear under Jefferson’s bust on nickels from 1966 onward. Schlag spent his final years in Owosso, Michigan.","meta_description":"On this day in 1838, over 850 Potawatomi, including 150 from Michigan, were forced west on the \"trail of death,\" though some in Dowagiac resisted thanks t…","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/the-potawatomi-trail-of-death-and-felix-schlag-s-nickel-legacy-september-4/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/the-potawatomi-trail-of-death-and-felix-schlag-s-nickel-legacy-september-4.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}