{"podcast":{"title":"The Swiss Connection","slug":"the-swiss-connection-1071732","podcast_index_feed_id":1071732,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/910414.rss","website_url":"https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swissconnection","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/9ow36ippqhyi8swb0k1uuj66lwjy?.jpg","author":"SWI swissinfo.ch","episode_count":93,"summary":"Discover science and innovation in Switzerland with the Swiss Connection Podcast! From the tiniest particles to the vastness of space, satisfy your scientific curiosity and join our journalists while they talk to researchers working on projects ranging from rocket building and AI to medicine and climate solutions. This podcast is produced by SWI swissinfo.ch, a multilingual public service media company in Switzerland.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T00:20:04.791619+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-swiss-connection-1071732"},"episode":{"title":"Invasive Quagga mussel Is Rewriting Switzerland’s Waterscape","slug":"invasive-quagga-mussel-is-rewriting-switzerland-s-waterscape","published_at":"2026-02-17T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-swiss-connection-1071732/invasive-quagga-mussel-is-rewriting-switzerland-s-waterscape","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-swiss-connection-1071732","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/episodes/18668254-invasive-quagga-mussel-is-rewriting-switzerland-s-waterscape.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/episodes/18668254-invasive-quagga-mussel-is-rewriting-switzerland-s-waterscape.mp3","summary":"Send us Fan Mail A fingernail‑sized invader is transforming Swiss lakes and the cost of clean water. In this episode, we track the quagga mussel from its arrival in the Rhine to its rapid spread through deep Swiss basins—stripping plankton, stressing fisheries, and clogging water infrastructure. Researchers from Eawag and the University of Konstanz explain the biology behind its takeover and what global case studies reveal about long‑term impacts. read more on this story on Quagga musse...","meta_description":"Send us Fan Mail A fingernail‑sized invader is transforming Swiss lakes and the cost of clean water. In this episode, we track the quagga mussel from its…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":787,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-swiss-connection-1071732/episodes/invasive-quagga-mussel-is-rewriting-switzerland-s-waterscape/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-swiss-connection-1071732/invasive-quagga-mussel-is-rewriting-switzerland-s-waterscape.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}