{"podcast":{"title":"Vortex Nation Podcast","slug":"vortex-nation-podcast-857884","podcast_index_feed_id":857884,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/ePnT_9Pr","website_url":"http://www.vortexoptics.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/34260c96-a67f-4890-ba68-d559d9599daa/9f48a523-b47c-4e5d-b15f-4ab66b6d4b38/3000x3000/simplecast-logo.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Vortex Nation Podcast","episode_count":940,"summary":"Welcome to the Vortex Nation Podcast. Brought to you by lovers of hunting, shooting, public lands, the Second Amendment and dang good food.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T22:18:26.829942+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vortex-nation-podcast-857884"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 441 | Winter Tick — Death Sentence for Maine’s Moose?","slug":"ep-441-winter-tick-death-sentence-for-maine-s-moose","published_at":"2026-04-13T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vortex-nation-podcast-857884/ep-441-winter-tick-death-sentence-for-maine-s-moose","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vortex-nation-podcast-857884","url":"http://www.vortexoptics.com","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/2d93478b-e479-467b-a03e-245523bb376c/3a64a4e5-28b2-4822-9650-2869c0124a20/episodes/audio/group/4a82ca27-439e-469b-b8fd-04091c9af29d/group-item/4f7da405-7995-428e-af8f-2930d1d44b84/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=ePnT_9Pr","summary":"Maine Moose Biologist, Lee Kantar, joins Mark Boardman to discuss “Winter Tick” and its impact on the region’s moose population. Winter Tick is literally sucking the life out of Maine’s moose until they succumb. Lee talks through the biology of the ticks themselves, research he’s been involved with, and what the future holds.","meta_description":"Maine Moose Biologist, Lee Kantar, joins Mark Boardman to discuss “Winter Tick” and its impact on the region’s moose population. Winter Tick is literally…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3834,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vortex-nation-podcast-857884/episodes/ep-441-winter-tick-death-sentence-for-maine-s-moose/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vortex-nation-podcast-857884/ep-441-winter-tick-death-sentence-for-maine-s-moose.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}