{"podcast":{"title":"The Old Naturalist","slug":"the-old-naturalist-6742526","podcast_index_feed_id":6742526,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/eb9168c4/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandon7196","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39421753/39421753-1699227196855-c7e3f5e63dd52.jpg","author":"Brandon Brywczynski and Eric Durbin","episode_count":73,"summary":"Brandon is a teacher. Eric is a retired real estate title examiner. What do they have in common? A shared love for the natural history of Northwest Ohio. In The Old Naturalist you'll learn about some of the luminaries of Toledo area conservation, some current trends in environmental news, whether Eric can remember the birds, bees, or butterflies, and occasionally what beer or whiskey they would recommend you try. The Old Naturalist is a light hearted, easy listen for any nature lover.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T02:18:57.735440+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-naturalist-6742526"},"episode":{"title":"Birding Then and Now","slug":"birding-then-and-now","published_at":"2025-04-14T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-naturalist-6742526/birding-then-and-now","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-naturalist-6742526","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brandon7196/episodes/Birding-Then-and-Now-e31d2nc","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/eb9168c4/podcast/play/101140652/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-3-11%2F398209578-44100-2-3cde1b46c5fb1.mp3","summary":"The natural world is always changing. The lives our backyard birds are no exception. In this episode, Eric takes Brandon on a tour of the natural history of some of our more common backyard birds. And to match the theme of the episode, the boys decided to record at a great place to watch the birds: Secor Metropark's Window on Wildlife.","meta_description":"The natural world is always changing. The lives our backyard birds are no exception. In this episode, Eric takes Brandon on a tour of the natural history…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2142,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-old-naturalist-6742526/episodes/birding-then-and-now/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-old-naturalist-6742526/birding-then-and-now.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}