{"podcast":{"title":"The Wandering Naturalist","slug":"the-wandering-naturalist-1156951","podcast_index_feed_id":1156951,"rss_url":"https://thewanderingnaturalist.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://thewanderingnaturalist.libsyn.com/website","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/9/a/f/69af91b80a89fbfb40be95ea3302a6a1/Wandering_naturalist_logo_square_updated.png","author":"Tom Knisely","episode_count":281,"summary":"Explore the history and present of over 27,000 acres of park land inside Minnesota's Hennepin County and surrounding areas. Hosts Ellen (interpretive naturalist) and Brandon (interpretive naturalist) guide you through this suburban wilderness managed by the Three Rivers Park District.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wandering-naturalist-1156951"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 258: Native American Life in the Suburbs - Paul Bunyan","slug":"episode-258-native-american-life-in-the-suburbs-paul-bunyan","published_at":"2025-11-05T06:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wandering-naturalist-1156951/episode-258-native-american-life-in-the-suburbs-paul-bunyan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wandering-naturalist-1156951","url":"https://www.threeriversparks.org/podcast","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thewanderingnaturalist/The_Wandering_Naturalist_November_2025_-_Ancestral_Lands_Part_1.mp3?dest-id=939395","summary":"Paul Bunyan and Babe the Big Blue Ox are classic stories in Minnesota culture. Where did these stories originate from? How are they connected to Ojibwe culture and history? How have these stories shaped our views of history? Dr. Deondre Smiles discusses his research on the origin of Paul Bunyon stories and the impacts it has had on Ojibwe life.","meta_description":"Paul Bunyan and Babe the Big Blue Ox are classic stories in Minnesota culture. Where did these stories originate from? How are they connected to Ojibwe cu…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1917,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-wandering-naturalist-1156951/episodes/episode-258-native-american-life-in-the-suburbs-paul-bunyan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wandering-naturalist-1156951/episode-258-native-american-life-in-the-suburbs-paul-bunyan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}