{"podcast":{"title":"Okay, But... Birds","slug":"okay-but-birds-7584311","podcast_index_feed_id":7584311,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/okaybutbirds/","website_url":"https://okaybutbirds.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/82139d43-3207-4d7f-937c-632349305d2e/OBB-Artwork-2026.png","author":"Dr. Scott Taylor","episode_count":30,"summary":"Hosted by evolutionary biologist Dr. Scott Taylor, Okay, But... Birds explores the drama, brilliance, and science behind bird life. Each snackable 30-minute episode blends smart storytelling, expert interviews, and a touch of humor to reveal how birds shape our world . No jargon. No binoculars required. Just real science, quirky insights, and bird-brained drama you’ll want to share at brunch. Because birds aren’t background. Birds are cool.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T22:17:10.381387+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/okay-but-birds-7584311"},"episode":{"title":"Okay, but why do some birds babysit?","slug":"okay-but-why-do-some-birds-babysit","published_at":"2026-03-05T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/okay-but-birds-7584311/okay-but-why-do-some-birds-babysit","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/okay-but-birds-7584311","url":"https://okaybutbirds.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c776aa40-8d1e-40a0-8e64-f142a74e7f23.mp3","summary":"E13. Some birds skip having their own families and spend years helping raise their siblings instead. It sounds like altruism, but it's probably more complicated than that. In this episode, host Dr. Scott Taylor is joined by Dr. Nancy Chen, UCLA, to unpack the notion that it takes a village to raise a child chick. In this episode, you'll hear about: Why some birds spend years as unpaid helpers before starting families of their own What the Florida Scrub-Jay's 50-year study at Archbold Biological Station revealed about cooperative breeding Whether helping your siblings is really altruism or just evolution doing it’s thing If you enjoy this one, follow Okay, But... Birds and share it with a friend who thinks family is complicated. All audio, video, and images in this episode are either original to Okay, But... Birds (© Okay Media, LLC) or used under license/permission from the respective rights holders. Bird media from the Macaulay Library is used courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as follows: Florida Scrub-Jay audio contributed by Bob McGuire, ML229211 American Crow video contributed by Jay McGowan, ML472843 Superb Fairywren audio contributed by Vicki Powys, ML233810 Superb Starling audio contributed by Myles E. W. North, ML14855 Red-necked Phalarope audio contributed by Bob McGuire, ML235440 Northern Jacana audio contributed by Gerrit Vyn, ML140224","meta_description":"E13. Some birds skip having their own families and spend years helping raise their siblings instead. It sounds like altruism, but it's probably more compl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1902,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/okay-but-birds-7584311/episodes/okay-but-why-do-some-birds-babysit/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/okay-but-birds-7584311/okay-but-why-do-some-birds-babysit.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}