{"podcast":{"title":"Strange Bites","slug":"strange-bites-7718928","podcast_index_feed_id":7718928,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10f50156c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://strangebites.podview.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/45418739/45418739-1772311267638-ba712da06d989.jpg","author":"Lance Martin","episode_count":45,"summary":"Strange Bites is a biweekly podcast that delivers real, cutting-edge discoveries served up in bite-sized episodes (15 minutes or less) wrapped in atmospheric, creative fiction. Hosted by Lance Martin, each episode plunges listeners into shadowy labs, forgotten dig sites, and eerie breakthroughs where fact meets chilling narrative. Imagine stumbling upon a material lighter than air that could reshape aerospace… but in the dead of night, it feels like touching something that shouldn’t exist. Or watching scientists accidentally birth tiny organisms that grow their own primitive brains and perhaps begin to dream. These aren’t dry lectures—they’re immersive tales that make your skin crawl while your mind races with the real implications. Real science, fictional delivery: Every story is grounded in verifiable research (with sources linked in show notes), but most of the storytelling is creative fiction. This blends thriller-like narration, vivid imagery, and thoughtful exploration of ramifications—ethical dilemmas, existential questions, and “what if” scenarios. Perfect for commutes, late nights, or quick hits of wonder. Two episodes drop weekly, keeping the strange flowing steadily. Da…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T02:20:58.833958+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strange-bites-7718928"},"episode":{"title":"The Pocket Shark’s Secret Glow","slug":"the-pocket-shark-s-secret-glow","published_at":"2026-05-13T20:27:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strange-bites-7718928/the-pocket-shark-s-secret-glow","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strange-bites-7718928","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/lancemartin/episodes/The-Pocket-Sharks-Secret-Glow-e3jb23j","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/10f50156c/podcast/play/119948851/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-13%2F599e4d62-8dc3-8bfd-c0bc-8117e28d7682.mp3","summary":"It’s February 4, 2010. The Gulf of Mexico is black as ink at midnight, hundreds of miles off Louisiana. The NOAA ship Pisces rocks gently on the waves, its crew chasing sperm whale, those massive giants that dive deeper than any submarine. They’re not hunting sharks. They’re just mapping what the whales eat, dragging a big trawl net through the deep, pitch-black waters like a fisherman casting into the unknown. They haul up the net, and among the usual squirmy fish and squid is something tiny. No bigger than your hand. Fourteen centimeters long. A baby shark. Sources 1. Grace et al. (2019) – Original scientific description of the new species: https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4619.1.4 2. NOAA Fisheries Feature Story (2019): https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/tiny-shark-fits-your-pocket-and-glows-dark 3. Tulane University News (2019): https://news.tulane.edu/pr/researchers-identify-new-species-pocket-shark 4. Claes et al. (2020) – Histological study proving the bioluminescent fluid: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-75656-8 5. Wikipedia summary with full references: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollisquama_mississippiensis 6. Sci.News coverage (2019): https://www.sci.news/biology/american-pocket-shark-07422.html","meta_description":"It’s February 4, 2010. The Gulf of Mexico is black as ink at midnight, hundreds of miles off Louisiana. The NOAA ship Pisces rocks gently on the waves, it…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":474,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/strange-bites-7718928/episodes/the-pocket-shark-s-secret-glow/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/strange-bites-7718928/the-pocket-shark-s-secret-glow.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}