{"podcast":{"title":"The River Radius Podcast","slug":"the-river-radius-podcast-1171849","podcast_index_feed_id":1171849,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/IJbhX5_G","website_url":"www.theriverradius.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/2d324704-bda9-42b0-8cf1-017c03785e57/e1213e1a-b2e9-4e0e-bf91-aa7be18ba647/3000x3000/2021-web-soc-media-logo-river-radius.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The River Radius LLC","episode_count":138,"summary":"This is a river podcast, and a great story, boating, science, adventure and conservation podcast.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-river-radius-podcast-1171849"},"episode":{"title":"Is A River Alive? - Can a New Book Convince You?","slug":"is-a-river-alive-can-a-new-book-convince-you","published_at":"2025-08-05T09:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-river-radius-podcast-1171849/is-a-river-alive-can-a-new-book-convince-you","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-river-radius-podcast-1171849","url":"www.theriverradius.com","audio_url":"https://chrt.fm/track/G72D91/cdn.simplecast.com/audio/f458553f-e933-4834-a92c-7cc54ad680a0/episodes/e860e19c-9e6e-4016-bd0a-30122fe3bd39/audio/022f69d4-8721-4bac-84cf-50b828ff506c/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=IJbhX5_G","summary":"Every year, we ask one big question: What is a River? This year, the currents brought us to Dr. Robert Macfarlane—writer & professor—and his newly released book, Is A River Alive?, Dr Macfarlane joined us to explore that very question. From the chalk streams from his home in England to rivers across three continents, Macfarlane pursues his answers. In this episode, we move through his global journey, his new water literacy, and why he calls himself a teacher first.","meta_description":"Every year, we ask one big question: What is a River? This year, the currents brought us to Dr. Robert Macfarlane—writer & professor—and his newly release…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3186,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-river-radius-podcast-1171849/episodes/is-a-river-alive-can-a-new-book-convince-you/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-river-radius-podcast-1171849/is-a-river-alive-can-a-new-book-convince-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}