{"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":"S2E8: Bryan Christy - The Lizard King","slug":"s2e8-bryan-christy-the-lizard-king","published_at":"2025-11-18T08:30:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-s-secret-service-7185139/s2e8-bryan-christy-the-lizard-king","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-s-secret-service-7185139","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/natures-secret-service/2328688","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/308456/2328688/natures-secret-service/2025_11_14_22_11_05_27b661b0-c2f7-40ca-a5e5-6d8f8b109d49.mp3","summary":"Join Ed for his conversation with Bryan Christy as they talk about the world of the reptile trade and reptile trafficking. Christy is the author of The Lizard King , a book that chronicles the origins and history of a reptile supply company known as Strictly Reptiles and its controversial owners Ray and Mike Van Nostrand. Bryan and Ed will talk about the late Charles \"Chip\" Bepler, a US Fish and Wildlife Service special agent who spent years pursuing and making a case against Strictly and Mike Van Nostrand. The story will open your eyes to the seedy underbelly of the world of \"pet\" reptiles and even surprise you as it exposes the intense rivalry between criminal and lawman, all-the-while telling the true story of the personal lives and emotions driving the two adversaries hell bent on defeating each other.","meta_description":"Join Ed for his conversation with Bryan Christy as they talk about the world of the reptile trade and reptile trafficking. Christy is the author of The Li…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4157,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nature-s-secret-service-7185139/episodes/s2e8-bryan-christy-the-lizard-king/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/s2e8-bryan-christy-the-lizard-king.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}