{"podcast":{"title":"Nature's Secret Service","slug":"nature-s-secret-service-7185139","podcast_index_feed_id":7185139,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/natures-secret-service/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.naturessecretservice.com","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/natures-secret-service/20251105_121101_e854a350e3281ba6316dc6b06b6b4904.png","author":"Ed Newcomer","episode_count":50,"summary":"A weekly true crime podcast that puts you in the room with the men and women of wildlife law enforcement who protect our planet's wild animals and plants from the greedy hands of poachers and wildlife traffickers. Visit www.naturessecretservice.com for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T14:21:56.722697+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-s-secret-service-7185139"},"episode":{"title":"S2E5: Special Agent Tom Chisdock - I'll have the Ginseng ... and the Drugs!","slug":"s2e5-special-agent-tom-chisdock-i-ll-have-the-ginseng-and-the-drugs","published_at":"2025-10-28T07:30:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-s-secret-service-7185139/s2e5-special-agent-tom-chisdock-i-ll-have-the-ginseng-and-the-drugs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-s-secret-service-7185139","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/natures-secret-service/2265185","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/308456/2265185/natures-secret-service/2025_10_11_02_41_39_1f7bdeda-f690-46d3-b307-11fec832e433.mp3","summary":"Plant crimes resurface this week but, this time, in the form of American ginseng! A native plant found throughout the Appalachian Mountains, including the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and under heavy pressure from unscrupulous commercial collectors. Join Ed and former special agent Tom Chisdock as they discuss the threats to the species, the illegal trade, and Tom's great work exposing a ginseng trafficker who also sold opioids straight from the same store that served tourists coming and going from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.","meta_description":"Plant crimes resurface this week but, this time, in the form of American ginseng! A native plant found throughout the Appalachian Mountains, including the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3553,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nature-s-secret-service-7185139/episodes/s2e5-special-agent-tom-chisdock-i-ll-have-the-ginseng-and-the-drugs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-s-secret-service-7185139/s2e5-special-agent-tom-chisdock-i-ll-have-the-ginseng-and-the-drugs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}