{"podcast":{"title":"Natural Connections","slug":"natural-connections-90209","podcast_index_feed_id":90209,"rss_url":"https://cablenaturalhistorymuseum.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://cablenaturalhistorymuseum.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/a/4/7/6/a4765a07d301e418/podcast_logo.jpg","author":"Emily Stone","episode_count":99,"summary":"Natural Connections is a weekly newspaper column created by Emily Stone, the Naturalist/Education Director at the Cable Natural History Museum in Cable, Wisconsin. In each episode, Emily reads her fun and informative weekly column about Northwoods Nature.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-11T06:25:04.872355+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/natural-connections-90209"},"episode":{"title":"430 - Summer Blooms with Lois Nestel","slug":"430-summer-blooms-with-lois-nestel","published_at":"2026-06-11T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/natural-connections-90209/430-summer-blooms-with-lois-nestel","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/natural-connections-90209","url":"https://cablenaturalhistorymuseum.libsyn.com/430-summer-blooms-with-lois-nestel-0","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cablenaturalhistorymuseum/430_-_Summer_Blooms_with_Lois_Nestel.mp3?dest-id=491045","summary":"While staying in Boulder Junction, Wis. to take a Wilderness First Responder course last week, I made time for a bike ride on the Heart of Vilas County Bike Trail. This wonderfully curvy, scenic, paved trail is a favorite of mine. At this junction between spring and summer, I delighted in the profusion of flowers. Lois Nestel, the Museum's first naturalist and director, might not have joined me on a bike ride, but I know I would have loved to walk attentively through the woods with her. This week, I'd like to share her description of the residents of woods and fields as summer begins to bloom. Slow down a minute with me, we'll smell the roses, and I think you'll find it rewarding.","meta_description":"While staying in Boulder Junction, Wis. to take a Wilderness First Responder course last week, I made time for a bike ride on the Heart of Vilas County Bi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":302,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/natural-connections-90209/episodes/430-summer-blooms-with-lois-nestel/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/natural-connections-90209/430-summer-blooms-with-lois-nestel.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}