{"podcast":{"title":"The Happiest Animal Show","slug":"the-happiest-animal-show-7268499","podcast_index_feed_id":7268499,"rss_url":"https://feeds.blubrry.com/feeds/3932513.xml","website_url":"https://www.happiestanimalshow.com","image_url":"https://assets.blubrry.com/coverart/orig/3932513-559743.jpg","author":"Sisbro Studios","episode_count":36,"summary":"The Happiest Animal Show (on Planet Earth) is a comedy podcast for kids and grownups who love wildlife. It's filled with animal clues, original animal songs, animal jokes and interviews with special guests from comedians to scientists to kids. It’s all based around the very important question, “What animal is making you happy today?” and is hosted by sister/brother zoologists, filmmakers and songwriters Laura Sams and Robert Sams, who share their own animal adventures and misadventures. Like that time Rob was outsmarted by an octopus, and a moose, and a golden tamarin monkey, and well, you get the idea. The podcast is like a comedy safari for your ears! New episodes every other Saturday.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-02T14:18:28.601335+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-happiest-animal-show-7268499"},"episode":{"title":"Backyard Buddies (with National Geographic Explorer Dr. Tierney Thys)","slug":"backyard-buddies-with-national-geographic-explorer-dr-tierney-thys","published_at":"2026-03-21T05:44:26+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-happiest-animal-show-7268499/backyard-buddies-with-national-geographic-explorer-dr-tierney-thys","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-happiest-animal-show-7268499","url":"https://podcast.show/3932513/episode/153565694/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/3932513/mc.blubrry.com/3932513/HAS-2026-03-21-036.mp3?awCollectionId=3932513&awEpisodeId=12030566&aw_0_azn.pgenre=Kids+%26+Family&aw_0_1st.ri=blubrry&aw_0_azn.pcountry=US&aw_0_azn.planguage=en&cat_exclude=IAB1-2%2CIAB1-8%2CIAB1-9%2CIAB2-3%2CIAB2-5%2CIAB2-16%2CIAB3-1%2CIAB3-3%2CIAB3-5%2CIAB3-7%2CIAB3-11%2CIAB3-12%2CIAB4-3%2CIAB5-15%2CIAB6-4%2CIAB7%2CIAB8-2%2CIAB8-5%2CIAB8-6%2CIAB8-7%2CIAB8-9%2CIAB8-13%2CIAB8-18%2CIAB8-19%2CIAB8-20%2CIAB8-21%2CIAB8-23%2CIAB9-9%2CIAB9-13%2CIAB9-14%2CIAB9-18%2CIAB10-1%2CIAB10-9%2CIAB11%2CIAB12%2CIAB13%2CIAB14%2CIAB15-1%2CIAB15-5%2CIAB17-4%2CIAB17-12%2CIAB17-14%2CIAB17-16%2CIAB17-18%2CIAB17-22%2CIAB17-25%2CIAB18%2CIAB19-3%2CIAB19-4%2CIAB19-6%2CIAB19-7%2CIAB19-8%2CIAB19-10%2CIAB19-12%2CIAB19-13%2CIAB19-14%2CIAB19-15%2CIAB19-17%2CIAB19-18%2CIAB19-19%2CIAB19-20%2CIAB19-23%2CIAB19-24%2CIAB19-25%2CIAB19-26%2CIAB19-28%2CIAB19-29%2CIAB19-30%2CIAB19-31%2CIAB19-32%2CIAB19-33%2CIAB19-34%2CIAB19-35%2CIAB19-36%2CIAB21%2CIAB22%2CIAB23%2CIAB24%2CIAB25%2CIAB26&aw_0_cnt.rss=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.blubrry.com%2Ffeeds%2F3932513.xml","summary":"What backyard animals are making you happy today? What animal can put 72 sunflower seeds in its cheeks? Hear Laura and Rob pick backyard buddies, a song about the mola mola fish, awesome animal clues from 5 year old Isla-Marie from British Colombia, Canada, and special guest, National Geographic Explorer Dr. Tierney Thys. This is the second animal Dr. Thys has shared with us (she talked about mola molas last year), and we dedicate this episode to her memory. What animal did she pick? Here’s a hint: it’s a shorebird with a bright beak. The Happiest Animal Show (on Planet Earth) is a comedy podcast for kids and grownups who love wildlife, filled with animal clues, songs, jokes and special guests from comedians to scientists to kids. It's all hosted by the sister/brother duo of Laura Sams and Robert Sams, who are both zoologists, film-makers and children’s songwriters. We promise this podcast is a comedy safari for your ears! And if you’re parents, it’s something to listen to in the car! And if you’re a person, it’s something happy for your brain! And if you like fish, rabbits, salamanders, chipmunks or oystercatchers, you just might like this episode.","meta_description":"What backyard animals are making you happy today? What animal can put 72 sunflower seeds in its cheeks? Hear Laura and Rob pick backyard buddies, a song a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1240,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-happiest-animal-show-7268499/episodes/backyard-buddies-with-national-geographic-explorer-dr-tierney-thys/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-happiest-animal-show-7268499/backyard-buddies-with-national-geographic-explorer-dr-tierney-thys.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}