{"podcast":{"title":"The Story Collider","slug":"the-story-collider-511167","podcast_index_feed_id":511167,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/the-story-collider","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/the-story-collider","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/2c/b1/23/3d/2cb1233d-642e-4dba-9d73-8e58915a3c21/5700f265f78404f56ce398b9cab0a46c9d1980581e389b068f18b84c89ce6f28300c9cbf6b96056d471f65a7d1d98e456b862372e9b59253737b85a67a5ac514.jpeg","author":"Story Collider, Inc.","episode_count":729,"summary":"Whether we wear a lab coat or haven't seen a test tube since grade school, science is shaping all of our lives. And that means we all have science stories to tell. Every year, we host dozens of live shows all over the country, featuring all kinds of storytellers - researchers, doctors, and engineers of course, but also patients, poets, comedians, cops, and more. Some of our stories are heartbreaking, others are hilarious, but they're all true and all very personal. Welcome to The Story Collider!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T12:18:26.389320+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-collider-511167"},"episode":{"title":"Stories of Urban Climate Change: Air","slug":"stories-of-urban-climate-change-air","published_at":"2026-04-24T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-collider-511167/stories-of-urban-climate-change-air","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-collider-511167","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/35ef75cd-c443-493b-9b77-d4470e6d077d.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/35ef75cd-c443-493b-9b77-d4470e6d077d.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Oxygen sustains almost every living thing on the planet and the air we breathe is meant to be invisible. But industrialization has changed that. In many cities around the world, the air is no longer clean. Polluted air affects our health, contributes to rising global temperatures, and harms ecosystems in ways we are only beginning to fully understand. In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers share how polluted air shaped their lives and changed the way they see the world around them. Part 1: After witnessing toxic fumes pouring from a nearby factory, Virginia Kilgore decides to take action. Part 2: While working in Delhi, Sai Krishna Dammalapati is baffled by how unfazed people seem by the city’s severe air pollution. Virginia Kilgore was born in Oak Cliff and raised in Duncanville, Texas. Much of her youth was spent outdoors building forts and playing in the woods. As a teenager she frequently commuted through a town near Dallas with large factories where she experienced air pollution and became aware of the wide spread associated human health and environmental impacts. This inspired Virginia’s self-funded lobby for stronger environmental regulations in Texas. Virginia traveled as college exchange student to Germany and stayed in Europe for 2.5 years before returning to study further in Texas. Virginia is certified in Alphabiotics, a wholistic brain balancing technique. She also attended Texas A&M firefighting academy at Commerce and continued there as an EMT instructor after receiving a Texas firefighting and EMT certificate. She has worked and lectured nationally and internationally on environmental justice and health related issues. Currently, Virginia is the Executive Director of Water Is Alive Inc, a non-profit organization developing solutions for or…","meta_description":"Oxygen sustains almost every living thing on the planet and the air we breathe is meant to be invisible. But industrialization has changed that. In many c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1904,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-story-collider-511167/episodes/stories-of-urban-climate-change-air/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-collider-511167/stories-of-urban-climate-change-air.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}