{"podcast":{"title":"Smologies with Alie Ward","slug":"smologies-with-alie-ward-6911815","podcast_index_feed_id":6911815,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/s1I4c1jt","website_url":"https://www.siriusxm.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/00c81e60-45f9-4643-9fed-2184b2b6a3d3/4a4a0aa8-2e13-4810-aeb5-fe283b2c53b2/3000x3000/quick-and-grated-sage-lighter.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Alie Ward","episode_count":114,"summary":"Ologies → Smologies. It’s all of the science, with none of the swearing! Smologies are shortened, kid-friendly episodes of the award-winning science podcast, Ologies, which covers topics from Toads (Bufology) to the Moon (Selenology) and everything in between. Enjoy clean and witty bite-sized science delights as host Alie Ward asks Ologists of all kinds smart – and sometimes silly – questions. Get to know the charming and diverse array of experts who share not only their wisdom, but also their lived experiences.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T16:18:55.322605+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/smologies-with-alie-ward-6911815"},"episode":{"title":"WEATHER with Marshall Shepherd","slug":"weather-with-marshall-shepherd","published_at":"2025-12-18T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/smologies-with-alie-ward-6911815/weather-with-marshall-shepherd","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/smologies-with-alie-ward-6911815","url":"https://www.siriusxm.com","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/18a740bb-e5d2-4dee-81e4-442b03c80a10/episodes/1bf2a62a-addb-4cf0-b416-74d69734570d/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=18a740bb-e5d2-4dee-81e4-442b03c80a10&awEpisodeId=1bf2a62a-addb-4cf0-b416-74d69734570d&feed=s1I4c1jt","summary":"Polar vortices! Atmospheric rivers! Cold fronts! Warm fronts! Hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones… Wait, what’s the difference anyway? One of the world’s leading Meteorologists, Dr. Marshall Shepherd – a former NASA scientist and current Professor of Geography and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Georgia – is here to field a downpour of questions. We chat about the personalities of climate and the moods of weather, heatwaves, hail, sleet, fluid dynamics, storms of all kinds, and what a rain forecast really means.","meta_description":"Polar vortices! Atmospheric rivers! Cold fronts! Warm fronts! Hurricanes, typhoons, cyclones… Wait, what’s the difference anyway? One of the world’s leadi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1518,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/smologies-with-alie-ward-6911815/episodes/weather-with-marshall-shepherd/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/smologies-with-alie-ward-6911815/weather-with-marshall-shepherd.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}