{"podcast":{"title":"Selected Shorts","slug":"selected-shorts-2124093","podcast_index_feed_id":2124093,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:84350815/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://itunes.com/selectedshorts","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-yCn4mB9PGy6HGkGm-yV7Yag-original.jpg","author":"Symphony Space","episode_count":265,"summary":"Spellbinding short stories by established and eme…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T06:17:23.000607+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selected-shorts-2124093"},"episode":{"title":"Elements of Nature","slug":"elements-of-nature","published_at":"2026-04-30T17:00:57+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selected-shorts-2124093/elements-of-nature","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selected-shorts-2124093","url":"https://soundcloud.com/selectedshorts/elements-of-nature-1","audio_url":"http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2311381172-selectedshorts-elements-of-nature-1.mp3","summary":"Host Meg Wolitzer presents four works in which nature and the out-of-doors drive both plots and character. Humorist Jenny Allen does battle with her stubborn plants in “Garden Growing Pains,” read by Kirsten Vangsness. The majestic Canadian border separates an Indigenous family in Thomas King’s “Borders,” read by Kimberly Guerrero. A housewife masters one of the elements in “Flying,” by Alyce Miller. The reader is Kirsten Vansgness again. And a sudden storm creates a sense of abandon in the Kate Chopin classic “The Storm,” read by Jane Curtin. “Garden Growing Pains,” “Borders,” and “Flying,” were presented in cooperation with CacheArts and Utah Public Radio, KUSU-FM.","meta_description":"Host Meg Wolitzer presents four works in which nature and the out-of-doors drive both plots and character. Humorist Jenny Allen does battle with her stubb…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3432,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/selected-shorts-2124093/episodes/elements-of-nature/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/selected-shorts-2124093/elements-of-nature.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}