{"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 271: Women and Waterways - Kayaking the Mississippi","slug":"episode-271-women-and-waterways-kayaking-the-mississippi","published_at":"2026-03-04T07:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wandering-naturalist-1156951/episode-271-women-and-waterways-kayaking-the-mississippi","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_March_2026_-_Part_1_final.mp3?dest-id=939395","summary":"Wander with us down the Mississippi River as Devin Brown joins us to discuss how her connection to the Mississippi River changed her life. Her first meeting with the Mississippi River happened in Minneapolis as an adult and inspired her to change her career. Since then she has become an avid paddler. More recently she is the first Black woman to attempt to kayak the entire Mississippi River. From its narrow stretch near Itasca to massive cottonwoods breaching like whales during record flooding, her trip was full of amazing stories.","meta_description":"Wander with us down the Mississippi River as Devin Brown joins us to discuss how her connection to the Mississippi River changed her life. Her first meeti…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2720,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-wandering-naturalist-1156951/episodes/episode-271-women-and-waterways-kayaking-the-mississippi/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-271-women-and-waterways-kayaking-the-mississippi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}