{"podcast":{"title":"Spooky Science Sisters","slug":"spooky-science-sisters-781638","podcast_index_feed_id":781638,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/spookysciencesisters","website_url":"https://spookysciencesisters.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/8fc0d8d4-721f-11ec-bf31-a726c65ef885/image/Copy_of_New-Logo-May2023-FINAL-2-3000x__3_.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Spooky Science Sisters","episode_count":110,"summary":"We're two scientists and sisters (in-law) bringing you a podcast about the science behind all things strange and unusual, from the natural to the supernatural! So, put on your critical thinking caps and join us every other week for some creepy conversation and lots of laughter.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spooky-science-sisters-781638"},"episode":{"title":"Frickin' Bats!","slug":"frickin-bats","published_at":"2025-05-16T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spooky-science-sisters-781638/frickin-bats","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spooky-science-sisters-781638","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FPMN6896041344.mp3?updated=1753913709","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/FPMN6896041344.mp3?updated=1753913709","summary":"This episode is all about bats! These inherently spooky creatures have a bad reputation that dates back centuries and continues today because of the disease risk they pose to humans, but how much flak do these fuzzy flyers actually deserve? Also, did you know bats have belly buttons!? ** As mentioned in the episode, you can learn more about bat exposures and what to do if you think you've been exposed here: https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/rabies/risk/humanbat.html ** WE WROTE A BOOK! And you can preorder it here: ⁠https://geni.us/spookyscience⁠ Preorder Bonus Incentive -> ⁠https://www.quarto.com/campaign/spooky-science-preorder⁠ ** Want to listen without the ads? Check out our Patreon, where you can get ad-free episodes & more! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/spookyscipod⁠ ** Links to our social media & more: Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/spookyscipod⁠ TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@spookyscience⁠ Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/spookyscipod⁠ Threads: ⁠https://www.threads.net/@spookyscipod⁠ Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@spookysciencesisters⁠ YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@spookysciencesisters⁠ Discord Server: ⁠https://discord.gg/vf7pC7GkbH⁠ Amazon Storefront: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/shop/spookysciencesisterspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"This episode is all about bats! These inherently spooky creatures have a bad reputation that dates back centuries and continues today because of the disea…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2628,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/spooky-science-sisters-781638/episodes/frickin-bats/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/spooky-science-sisters-781638/frickin-bats.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}