{"podcast":{"title":"The Global Grit Experience","slug":"the-global-grit-experience-7725883","podcast_index_feed_id":7725883,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/theglobalgritexperience/","website_url":"https://theglobalgritexperience.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/fe42e6ed-fe20-46b2-9b39-19642e447214/Grit-logo-small.jpg","author":"Erika Gilsdorf","episode_count":33,"summary":"The Global Grit Experience is a podcast featuring inspiring people with grit - passion, perseverance and an unwavering dedication in protecting, and loving, nature and wildlife. Whoop! Whoop! Host Erika Gilsdorf (that’s me!) is an international, award-winning video producer, who leaves the camera behind (for the most part) to let conversations breathe authentically in a podcast that spans diverse guests and topics. I include mental health guests, too who help us cope with all the crap and find joy amidst all the junk happening to our outdoors. Uffda…it’s a lot! (I’m a Minnesotan if you can't tell). Most importantly, this is a podcast about inspiration, hope, action, and connection. We have each other my friends!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T00:17:45.982777+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-grit-experience-7725883"},"episode":{"title":"How to Build a Net-Zero Energy Home with Dr. Van Gooch","slug":"how-to-build-a-net-zero-energy-home-with-dr-van-gooch","published_at":"2026-03-17T15:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-grit-experience-7725883/how-to-build-a-net-zero-energy-home-with-dr-van-gooch","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-grit-experience-7725883","url":"https://theglobalgritexperience.com/episode/building-a-net-zero-energy-home-was-easier-than-they-thought","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/761e106b-29ee-496e-a885-9eba45e43ff2.mp3","summary":"Van and his wife Sue built a net-zero energy home 12 miles out of Alexandria, MN. As much as I wanted to know how they did it, it was why they did it that intrigued me. Dr. Van Gooch is a retired professor of Biology from the University of Minnesota at Morris, where he taught for 35 years. After retirement, he and Sue set themselves to this challenge. And, even if building a net-zero home isn’t in your cards, Van has good tips on what we can each do to save energy and money in where we live.... and how we live. If you have questions or would like to talk with Van about building a net-zero or energy efficient home, you can reach him at: goochv@morris.umn.edu 320-283-5222","meta_description":"Van and his wife Sue built a net-zero energy home 12 miles out of Alexandria, MN. As much as I wanted to know how they did it, it was why they did it that…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1268,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-global-grit-experience-7725883/episodes/how-to-build-a-net-zero-energy-home-with-dr-van-gooch/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-grit-experience-7725883/how-to-build-a-net-zero-energy-home-with-dr-van-gooch.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}