{"podcast":{"title":"Muddy York: A Toronto History Podcast","slug":"muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407","podcast_index_feed_id":6460407,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e3c59458/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/muddyyork","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/38113766/38113766-1716981408036-93e25185ab093.jpg","author":"Adam Waiser and Grayson Miller","episode_count":84,"summary":"Toronto has more than 200 years of history from Timothy Eaton to St Lawrence Market, from Hurricane Hazel to the CNE. Join Adam and Gray as we tell the stories of the schemers and dreamers who built TO. Follow us on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/Toronto_History Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/muddyyorkhistory","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T00:17:27.462080+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407"},"episode":{"title":"Toronto Zoo","slug":"toronto-zoo","published_at":"2025-10-07T14:03:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407/toronto-zoo","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/muddyyork/episodes/Toronto-Zoo-e39758o","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/e3c59458/podcast/play/109335256/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-7%2Fb7ff1bf0-e166-b195-6dfe-309c497e3a7c.mp3","summary":"The Zoo is a Scarborough institution. But it raises the question: what is a zoo in Toronto’s eyes? Is it an animal sanctuary? A school field trip factory? A conservation lab? On this episode of Muddy York , we'll look at the history of the high-minded, ethically ambitious and chaotically managed mega-zoo that we know today as well as the Riverdale Zoo that came before it. You can follow Muddy York on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Toronto_History⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , Blue Sky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/muddyyork.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/muddyyorkhistory/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ .","meta_description":"The Zoo is a Scarborough institution. But it raises the question: what is a zoo in Toronto’s eyes? Is it an animal sanctuary? A school field trip factory?…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2511,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407/episodes/toronto-zoo/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/muddy-york-a-toronto-history-podcast-6460407/toronto-zoo.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}