{"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 272: Women and Waterways - Journeys through Time","slug":"episode-272-women-and-waterways-journeys-through-time","published_at":"2026-03-04T07:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wandering-naturalist-1156951/episode-272-women-and-waterways-journeys-through-time","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_2_final.mp3?dest-id=939395","summary":"Jade Ryerson, historian with the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, wanders with us through time and she shares stories of women who have connected to the Mississippi River in the past and how that impacts us today. From Dakota women involved with diplomacy, to a court case about slavery that helped escalate tensions leading to the Civil War, to a lamplighter who helped Minneapolis and St. Paul commerce develop, women have had deep connections and impacts on the Mississippi River near us.","meta_description":"Jade Ryerson, historian with the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, wanders with us through time and she shares stories of women who have con…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1146,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-wandering-naturalist-1156951/episodes/episode-272-women-and-waterways-journeys-through-time/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-272-women-and-waterways-journeys-through-time.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}