{"podcast":{"title":"The Sound Around Us!","slug":"the-sound-around-us-5981081","podcast_index_feed_id":5981081,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/e-music/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/e-music","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/e-music/20230120_110115_65b785c75a777379695a8c6858d37fb1.jpg","author":"E-Music","episode_count":2032,"summary":"\"Sound Around Us\" is a podcast that explores the various sounds in our environment and the impact they have on our daily lives. From the chirping of birds in a park to the hum of traffic on a busy street, the podcast delves into \"The Sound Around Us\", where the pun was most definitely intended! The program includes distinctive sounds from all around the world with a focus on allowing listeners to feel new emotions just by listening. The podcast seeks to increase listeners' awareness of how important sound is in creating our environment and to inspire people to pay closer attention to the noises they are surrounded by. Overall, music plays a huge role in our lives! Everywhere we turn, from the contemporary world to mother nature herself, we see it. Watch this space for weekly updates!","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T06:19:31.096889+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-around-us-5981081"},"episode":{"title":"The Hidden Skeleton That Keeps Cities Standing | The Invisible Engineering Inside Every Building","slug":"the-hidden-skeleton-that-keeps-cities-standing-the-invisible-engineering-inside-every-building","published_at":"2026-07-18T17:39:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-around-us-5981081/the-hidden-skeleton-that-keeps-cities-standing-the-invisible-engineering-inside-every-building","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-around-us-5981081","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/e-music/3002094","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/content.rss.com/episodes/182253/3002094/e-music/2026_07_18_17_34_29_10e98f5e-3943-41a2-93e1-765efc72dbfc.mp3","summary":"Look around any modern city and you'll see towering skyscrapers, massive apartment buildings, parking garages, bridges, and offices rising hundreds of feet into the sky. But what you see on the outside is only the surface. Hidden inside every structure is a carefully engineered skeleton that carries enormous forces, resists wind and earthquakes, and quietly keeps the entire building standing. In this episode, we explore the hidden skeleton that keeps cities standing. We dive into structural engineering, civil engineering, materials science, geotechnical engineering, and construction technology to understand how engineers design the invisible frameworks that support modern civilization. We examine columns, beams, slabs, shear walls, braced frames, moment frames, structural steel, reinforced concrete, foundations, piles, and deep foundation systems. We also explore how buildings transfer their weight into the ground, how engineers design for wind and earthquakes, why skyscrapers are designed to move, and how structural systems work together to prevent catastrophic failure. From the foundation buried beneath your feet to the steel and concrete hidden behind walls, modern cities depend on an extraordinary network of structural systems operating every second of every day. This episode reveals the hidden engineering that allows buildings to reach higher, carry heavier loads, and survive forces that humans can barely perceive. If you enjoy engineering, architecture, infrastructure, and the hidden systems behind everyday life, this episode is for you. Start your own podcast today with RSS: https://rss.com/?via=71219c 🛒 Zivolife - Exclusive patented superfood! 💰 Get 30% OFF | Promo Code: SOUND https://promocode.to/zivolife/sound-j81 🛒 LiQure - Gummies that help prevent hangover…","meta_description":"Look around any modern city and you'll see towering skyscrapers, massive apartment buildings, parking garages, bridges, and offices rising hundreds of fee…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2926,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-sound-around-us-5981081/episodes/the-hidden-skeleton-that-keeps-cities-standing-the-invisible-engineering-inside-every-building/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-around-us-5981081/the-hidden-skeleton-that-keeps-cities-standing-the-invisible-engineering-inside-every-building.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}