{"podcast":{"title":"The Whistleblowers","slug":"the-whistleblowers-7101397","podcast_index_feed_id":7101397,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6042504/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-whistleblowers--6042504","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/93302f09c72a87f042746e5d39893715.jpg","author":"Jay Roc","episode_count":106,"summary":"In The Whistleblowers, former CIA agent John Kiriakou brings you some of the bravest men and women fighting for justice. John himself knows what it’s like, having blown the whistle on CIA torture, paying the price with years in prison, and lawsuit upon lawsuit. On The Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou sings the praises and brings to light the people we rely on to keep our government and institutions in check. © Autonomous Nonprofit Organization “TV-Novosti”, 2005–2026. All rights reserved.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whistleblowers-7101397"},"episode":{"title":"The strange death of the American chestnut","slug":"the-strange-death-of-the-american-chestnut","published_at":"2026-05-17T20:35:02+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whistleblowers-7101397/the-strange-death-of-the-american-chestnut","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whistleblowers-7101397","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-strange-death-of-the-american-chestnut--72043990","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72043990/apr_20_2024.mp3","summary":"Apr 20, 2024 05:48 The strange death of the American chestnut Disease struck the American chestnut population in the early 20th century and now the once famed tree is all but extinct in North America. But scientists say they have come up with a plan to revive the chestnut tree through genetic engineering. To some that might sound like a great idea. But is it? It’s never been done before. And we have literally no idea what it will do to other trees as its pollen is spread by the winds, bees, and other insects. On this episode of the Whistleblowers, John Kiriakou asks Anne Petermann, the executive director of the Global Justice Ecology Project... Are we saving the chestnut? Or are we dooming other species?","meta_description":"Apr 20, 2024 05:48 The strange death of the American chestnut Disease struck the American chestnut population in the early 20th century and now the once f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1699,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-whistleblowers-7101397/episodes/the-strange-death-of-the-american-chestnut/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-whistleblowers-7101397/the-strange-death-of-the-american-chestnut.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}