{"podcast":{"title":"STEMcast - McGill iGEM","slug":"stemcast-mcgill-igem-6511088","podcast_index_feed_id":6511088,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/stemcast/feed.xml","website_url":"https://www.stemcast.ca/","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/stemcast/podcast_cover_20260602_020643_bbc4d832871b50cf43a6b3de50be74c1.png","author":"STEMcast","episode_count":31,"summary":"STEMcast is a McGill iGEM podcast that serves to highlight the connections between the largely varying subfields of STEM. We interview guest speakers from a diverse range of fields, bringing listeners into the loop on STEM research in biotech, AI, medicine, environment, math and much more! Contact us at: igem@mcgilleus.ca","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T18:17:03.968496+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stemcast-mcgill-igem-6511088"},"episode":{"title":"STEMcast Episode 30 | Biotechnologies and Their Perception in India with Dr. Julia Freeman: How Can We Best Utilize this Technology, and What’s Stopping Us?","slug":"stemcast-episode-30-biotechnologies-and-their-perception-in-india-with-dr-julia-freeman-how-can-we-best-utilize-this-technology-and-what-s-stopping-us","published_at":"2025-06-01T15:36:37+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stemcast-mcgill-igem-6511088/stemcast-episode-30-biotechnologies-and-their-perception-in-india-with-dr-julia-freeman-how-can-we-best-utilize-this-technology-and-what-s-stopping-us","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stemcast-mcgill-igem-6511088","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/stemcast/2054042","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/14010/2054042/stemcast/2025_06_01_14_14_35_f4a14da0-5502-4da8-b112-a138fa6d01ea.mp3","summary":"On this episode of STEMcast, Dr. Julia Freeman walks us through her experience working with farmers in India to understand the impact that modern biotechnology is having on both a personal and industrial level. She explains that biotech has more complicated questions associated with it than what most sensationalist coverage about it (both pro- and anti-biotech) makes apparent. Where is biotech a solution, and where does it need legislative protection? How to protect farmers health and economic well-being while taking advantage of these technologies? Are farmers choosing these seeds, or is biotech being forced upon them? Hear an on-field perspective in this episode of STEMcast.","meta_description":"On this episode of STEMcast, Dr. Julia Freeman walks us through her experience working with farmers in India to understand the impact that modern biotechn…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2560,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/stemcast-mcgill-igem-6511088/episodes/stemcast-episode-30-biotechnologies-and-their-perception-in-india-with-dr-julia-freeman-how-can-we-best-utilize-this-technology-and-what-s-stopping-us/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/stemcast-mcgill-igem-6511088/stemcast-episode-30-biotechnologies-and-their-perception-in-india-with-dr-julia-freeman-how-can-we-best-utilize-this-technology-and-what-s-stopping-us.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}