{"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":"Making Your Voice Heard with Former Congress Staffer Ben Anderson","slug":"making-your-voice-heard-with-former-congress-staffer-ben-anderson","published_at":"2026-03-29T23:50:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-grit-experience-7725883/making-your-voice-heard-with-former-congress-staffer-ben-anderson","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-global-grit-experience-7725883","url":"https://theglobalgritexperience.com/episode/does-it-really-matter","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/5eeaee48-caf5-44d8-8ef3-b8db3353ff3c.mp3","summary":"We're asked to make calls, write letters, sign petitions, protest…to make our voices heard to the higher ups in congress. But does it matter? Do our efforts actually ever make it up the food chain to make a difference? I invited Ben Anderson to give us a little insight into this. Ben has worked for three members of congress from Minnesota, the US House Committee on Agriculture, and at the US Department of Agriculture. He shares what he thinks works, matters, and is most effective.","meta_description":"We're asked to make calls, write letters, sign petitions, protest…to make our voices heard to the higher ups in congress. But does it matter? Do our effor…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1214,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-global-grit-experience-7725883/episodes/making-your-voice-heard-with-former-congress-staffer-ben-anderson/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/making-your-voice-heard-with-former-congress-staffer-ben-anderson.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}