# Cult of Personality | DCR AidStation 052 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dirt-church-radio-trail-running-1006279/cult-of-personality-dcr-aidstation-052 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dirt-church-radio-trail-running-1006279/cult-of-personality-dcr-aidstation-052.md Podcast: [Dirt Church Radio Trail Running](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dirt-church-radio-trail-running-1006279) Published: 2026-05-15T16:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2018097/episodes/19162487-cult-of-personality-dcr-aidstation-052.mp3 Audio file: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2018097/episodes/19162487-cult-of-personality-dcr-aidstation-052.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dirt-church-radio-trail-running-1006279/episodes/cult-of-personality-dcr-aidstation-052 Duration seconds: 2623 ## Resource We’ve had some big weeks in the running world. With some incredible performances and a new normal being established across the board, from 42.2 to 250 miles. Ali, Andrew, and Matt are here for it, and we have some questions as well. Is our sport, and the big tent that it has become, lost some of its sparkle, its unpredictability, its wonder? Now, every elite performance must surely hinge on the 1%ers. When is too much too much? Have accomplishment and performance been superseded by atte... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dirt-church-radio-trail-running-1006279/episodes/cult-of-personality-dcr-aidstation-052/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dirt-church-radio-trail-running-1006279/cult-of-personality-dcr-aidstation-052.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.