{"podcast":{"title":"The Backpacking Podcast presented by Outdoor Vitals","slug":"the-backpacking-podcast-presented-by-outdoor-vitals-1207657","podcast_index_feed_id":1207657,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/120f0c00/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backpackingpodcast","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/2929760/2929760-1712694426930-e4195e2ddd16b.jpg","author":"John Kelley, Jeremiah Stringer","episode_count":323,"summary":"Be prepared to listen to great stories, hear from incredible guests, and laugh until your stomach hurts. Jeremiah Stringer and John Kelley share from experiences and knowledge from the trail while bringing the fun back to backpacking podcasts. The main goal here is to make you smile, and you'll quickly realize that Wednesdays are the best day of the week.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T08:20:53.765169+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backpacking-podcast-presented-by-outdoor-vitals-1207657"},"episode":{"title":"318 We're Spraying ROUNDUP in our National Forests?","slug":"318-we-re-spraying-roundup-in-our-national-forests","published_at":"2026-05-08T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backpacking-podcast-presented-by-outdoor-vitals-1207657/318-we-re-spraying-roundup-in-our-national-forests","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backpacking-podcast-presented-by-outdoor-vitals-1207657","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backpackingpodcast/episodes/318-Were-Spraying-ROUNDUP-in-our-National-Forests-e3j0hlb","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/APO7181970543.mp3","summary":"Is the Forest Service really spraying Round Up in our forests? Is the Garmin InReach Mini 3 worth the money you'd spend on it? How likely are you to be attacked by a grizzly bear in Yellowstone? All this and more in this episode of the Backpacking Podcast.Get signed up for the Live Ultralight Membership at Outdoor Vitals: https://alnk.to/fSkxDxLGive us your thoughts on this article: https://www.backpacker.com/stories/essays/opinion/thru-hiking-demands-sacrifice-but-it-still-favors-privilege/","meta_description":"Is the Forest Service really spraying Round Up in our forests? Is the Garmin InReach Mini 3 worth the money you'd spend on it? How likely are you to be at…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4059,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-backpacking-podcast-presented-by-outdoor-vitals-1207657/episodes/318-we-re-spraying-roundup-in-our-national-forests/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-backpacking-podcast-presented-by-outdoor-vitals-1207657/318-we-re-spraying-roundup-in-our-national-forests.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}