{"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 59: The Species the Torah Knows, Including.... a Unicorn?","slug":"hullin-59-the-species-the-torah-knows-including-a-unicorn","published_at":"2026-06-27T23:07:59+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-talmud-105988/hullin-59-the-species-the-torah-knows-including-a-unicorn","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-talmud-105988","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/talkingtalmud/episodes/Hullin-59-The-Species-the-Torah-Knows--Including-----a-Unicorn-e3lc1du","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/12210978/podcast/play/122078078/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-27%2F95cb2ff4-887f-c650-a0eb-8af89d43c88a.mp3","summary":"What are kosher animals? What are non-kosher animals? That is, from the signs listed in the Torah for domesticated and non-domesticated animals -- such as split cloven hooves and chewing its cud (for the former category). Ditto re birds -- excluding predator birds, where the forbidden ones are listed explicitly (or perhaps for the sake of deriving a general rule). Likewise for the few kosher creepy-crawlies. And fish (fins and scales). Plus, what if there is no tradition with regard to a certain animal (eg: duck; turkey). Also, the signs of the undomesticated - which might seem superfluous, but they permit the special fat, which might appear to be incorrect, so it's explicit. Plus, a unicorn. With caveats on the horns making various goats and their cousins","meta_description":"What are kosher animals? What are non-kosher animals? That is, from the signs listed in the Torah for domesticated and non-domesticated animals -- such as…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1183,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-talmud-105988/episodes/hullin-59-the-species-the-torah-knows-including-a-unicorn/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-59-the-species-the-torah-knows-including-a-unicorn.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}