{"podcast":{"title":"People Places Planet","slug":"people-places-planet-338317","podcast_index_feed_id":338317,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/people-places-planet-podcast","website_url":"https://www.eli.org/podcasts","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/baRBJDO_xsACt8m0qyxuj2QkA6kiKFDWODFGyQKAx0k/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzcwOC8xNTQ2NTMz/ODY1LWFydHdvcmsu/anBn.jpg","author":"Environmental Law Institute","episode_count":202,"summary":"Welcome to People Places Planet, ELI's leading environmental podcast. We talk to leading experts across sectors who share their solutions to the world's most pressing environmental problems. Tune in for the latest environmental law, policy, and governance developments.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/people-places-planet-338317"},"episode":{"title":"A Thriving Future for Wetlands: Lessons from Louisiana, Virginia, and Idaho","slug":"a-thriving-future-for-wetlands-lessons-from-louisiana-virginia-and-idaho","published_at":"2025-09-10T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/people-places-planet-338317/a-thriving-future-for-wetlands-lessons-from-louisiana-virginia-and-idaho","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/people-places-planet-338317","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/bca31f6b","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/bca31f6b/c1083cc9.mp3","summary":"Since 1989, the National Wetlands Awards have honored leaders who protect, restore, and steward America’s wetlands. In this episode of People, Places, Planet , host Sebastian Duque Rios sits down with the 2025 awardees: Simone Maloz, campaign director of Restore the Mississippi River Delta (00:59); Mike Rolband, Director of Virginia’s Department of Environmental Quality (17:16); and Wyatt Penfold, a fourth-generation farmer from Idaho’s Teton Valley (32:24). Together, they share stories of coastal restoration in Louisiana, advances in wetland regulation and permitting in Virginia, and collaborative water management in Idaho. Their work highlights how wetlands preserve culture, protect communities, and provide ecological resilience—and why ensuring their survival requires broad commitment and sustained care across sectors and communities. ★ Support this podcast ★","meta_description":"Since 1989, the National Wetlands Awards have honored leaders who protect, restore, and steward America’s wetlands. In this episode of People, Places, Pla…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3031,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/people-places-planet-338317/episodes/a-thriving-future-for-wetlands-lessons-from-louisiana-virginia-and-idaho/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/people-places-planet-338317/a-thriving-future-for-wetlands-lessons-from-louisiana-virginia-and-idaho.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}