{"podcast":{"title":"Crimes of the Centuries","slug":"crimes-of-the-centuries-1330689","podcast_index_feed_id":1330689,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5034723.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5034723","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/41419318.jpg","author":"Amber Hunt and Audioboom","episode_count":264,"summary":"Crime is so commonplace that it takes something particularly shocking to be labelled the “crime of the century.” Even so, there are a lot of cases that have earned the distinction. In each episode of Crimes of the Centuries, award-winning journalist Amber Hunt will examine a case that’s lesser known today but was huge when it happened. The cases explored span the centuries and each left a mark. Some made history by changing laws. Others were so shocking they changed society.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crimes-of-the-centuries-1330689"},"episode":{"title":"S5 Ep41: My Lai and the Cost of Following Orders","slug":"s5-ep41-my-lai-and-the-cost-of-following-orders","published_at":"2026-01-12T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crimes-of-the-centuries-1330689/s5-ep41-my-lai-and-the-cost-of-following-orders","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crimes-of-the-centuries-1330689","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8828338","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/clrtpod.com/m/pscrb.fm/rss/p/prfx.byspotify.com/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audioboom.com/posts/8828338.mp3?modified=1772082216&sid=5034723&source=rss","summary":"The massacre at My Lai was one of the most lethal attacks on civilians carried out by American troops in Vietnam. For more than a year, the Army’s official line held firm: it was an encounter with the enemy. Only when a soldier wrote dozens of letters, and a reporter refused to let the story die, did the truth reach the public. This episode explores the events of that day and the long road to accountability.","meta_description":"The massacre at My Lai was one of the most lethal attacks on civilians carried out by American troops in Vietnam. For more than a year, the Army’s officia…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3099,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crimes-of-the-centuries-1330689/episodes/s5-ep41-my-lai-and-the-cost-of-following-orders/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crimes-of-the-centuries-1330689/s5-ep41-my-lai-and-the-cost-of-following-orders.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}