{"podcast":{"title":"Talking Talmud","slug":"talking-talmud-105988","podcast_index_feed_id":105988,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/12210978/podcast/rss","website_url":"www.talkingtalmud.com","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2941550/2941550-1580386277573-ce7a9c96bf768.jpg","author":"Yardaena Osband & Anne Gordon","episode_count":2382,"summary":"Learning the daf? We have something for you to think about. Not learning the daf? We have something for you to think about! (Along with a taste of the daf...) Join the conversation with us!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-12T20:17:23.021865+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-talmud-105988"},"episode":{"title":"Hullin 57: Scientific Experiments - Talmud Style: No King at the Ant Hill","slug":"hullin-57-scientific-experiments-talmud-style-no-king-at-the-ant-hill","published_at":"2026-06-26T15:24:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-talmud-105988/hullin-57-scientific-experiments-talmud-style-no-king-at-the-ant-hill","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-talmud-105988","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkingtalmud/episodes/Hullin-57-Scientific-Experiments---Talmud-Style-No-King-at-the-Ant-Hill-e3lbt88","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/12210978/podcast/play/122073800/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-27%2F602facad-1ea1-53a8-486e-3d25fa6358cf.mp3","summary":"If a bird has a dislocated femur, the bird is nonetheless kosher. But it seems that the same sage said that it was not kosher - in Pompedita, leading to an observation that different stringencies applied in different communities. One element of the decision being where the break occurs in the bird's leg. [Who's Who: Rabbi Shimon bar Halafta] Also, efforts to demonstrate that an animal that had been dubbed a treyfa is really not a treyfa - experiments by R. Shimon bar Halafta to disprove Rabbi Yehudah, including the shenanigans at an ant hill that apparently has no king.","meta_description":"If a bird has a dislocated femur, the bird is nonetheless kosher. But it seems that the same sage said that it was not kosher - in Pompedita, leading to a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":964,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-talmud-105988/episodes/hullin-57-scientific-experiments-talmud-style-no-king-at-the-ant-hill/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-talmud-105988/hullin-57-scientific-experiments-talmud-style-no-king-at-the-ant-hill.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}