{"podcast":{"title":"Paper Talk","slug":"paper-talk-1377227","podcast_index_feed_id":1377227,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3290fe5c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://helenhiebertstudio.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/8383631/c933e512ff643974.jpeg","author":"Helen Hiebert Studio","episode_count":157,"summary":"Paper Talk is an ongoing series of interviews by Helen Hiebert featuring artists and professionals who are working in the field of hand papermaking.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T14:17:35.241746+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-talk-1377227"},"episode":{"title":"James Ojascastro","slug":"james-ojascastro","published_at":"2025-04-24T14:45:38+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-talk-1377227/james-ojascastro","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-talk-1377227","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/paper-talk-helen-hiebert/episodes/James-Ojascastro-e31v1fe","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/3290fe5c/podcast/play/101729198/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-3-24%2Ff46bb4a4-2571-9136-05e4-05d7717e4911.mp3","summary":"James Ojascastro is an origamist, papermaker, and botanist, with a Ph.D. in ethnobotany from Washington University in St. Louis in collaboration with the Missouri BotanicalGarden. Ojascastro employs a combination of methods – including fiber trait measurements, experimental papermaking, species distribution modeling, andsemistructured interviews – to explore the history, biogeography, and conservation of papermaking traditions (especially of Nepal and Vietnam) through a botanical lens. Outside of academia, Ojascastro uses his researchbackground to guide and inform what plants and which processes will yield paper suitable for origami art.","meta_description":"James Ojascastro is an origamist, papermaker, and botanist, with a Ph.D. in ethnobotany from Washington University in St. Louis in collaboration with the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3958,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/paper-talk-1377227/episodes/james-ojascastro/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/paper-talk-1377227/james-ojascastro.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}