{"podcast":{"title":"Useless Information Podcast","slug":"useless-information-podcast-627049","podcast_index_feed_id":627049,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/useless-information","website_url":"http://www.uselessinformation.org","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d853bcae-df4a-11e7-8053-ef52be625e36/image/z_useless_logo_3000_1.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Airwave Media Podcast Network","episode_count":271,"summary":"Podcasting since 2008! - It really is all true! Quirky, bizarre, and unusual stories from the Flip Side of History.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T14:20:26.910392+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useless-information-podcast-627049"},"episode":{"title":"Retrocast #39 - Podcast #252","slug":"retrocast-39-podcast-252","published_at":"2026-01-14T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useless-information-podcast-627049/retrocast-39-podcast-252","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useless-information-podcast-627049","url":"https://uselessinformation.org/retrocast-39-podcast-252/⁠","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML3681896611.mp3?updated=1768351550","summary":"In this episode: A woman has 1,446 metal objects in her stomach, a teenager faces almost certain death unless a nail is removed from her lung, a doctor claims that a patient has a bullfrog living in her stomach, and much more! My niece Sierra McGivney’s story about the four women who helped create the American Alpine Club: https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2025/11/5/guidebook-xvilibrary-feature Talks that I am scheduled to give: Monday, January 26, 2026 – Clifton Park Library - https://events.cphlibrary.org/event/15276997 Friday, March 27, 2026 – Hudson Valley CC (Troy) - https://tinyurl.com/5839cad3 Wednesday, April 29, 2026 – Hudson Valley CC (Malta) - https://tinyurl.com/swksxtr3 Images, links, and transcripts for this podcast can be found at https://uselessinformation.org/retrocast-39-podcast-252/ You can follow the Useless Information Podcast on these platforms: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uselessinformationpodcast X (Twitter): https://t.co/7pV2H8iXJV Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/FlipSideofHistory/ The Useless Information Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit https://www.airwavemedia.com/ to listen to more great podcasts just like this one. Please contact advertising@airwavemedia.com if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"In this episode: A woman has 1,446 metal objects in her stomach, a teenager faces almost certain death unless a nail is removed from her lung, a doctor cl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2672,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/useless-information-podcast-627049/episodes/retrocast-39-podcast-252/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/useless-information-podcast-627049/retrocast-39-podcast-252.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}