{"podcast":{"title":"Dojo Talks: A Chess Podcast","slug":"dojo-talks-a-chess-podcast-3643500","podcast_index_feed_id":3643500,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/chessdojotalks/feed.xml","website_url":"https://ChessDojo.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/11401901/WhiteLogoText_Wide_3x_wjm5ni.png","author":"IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, GM Jesse Kraai","episode_count":100,"summary":"The official podcast of ChessDojo (IM Kostya Kavutskiy, IM David Pruess, & GM Jesse Kraai). Most episodes are streamed live to twitch.tv/chessdojolive.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T00:18:30.006043+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dojo-talks-a-chess-podcast-3643500"},"episode":{"title":"EP 174 | Dark Squares: How Chess Saved Danny Rensch's Life","slug":"ep-174-dark-squares-how-chess-saved-danny-rensch-s-life","published_at":"2025-11-11T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dojo-talks-a-chess-podcast-3643500/ep-174-dark-squares-how-chess-saved-danny-rensch-s-life","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dojo-talks-a-chess-podcast-3643500","url":"https://ChessDojoTalks.podbean.com/e/ep-174-dark-squares-how-chess-saved-danny-renschs-life/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/byx967a7a7d2zfs2/Main_1.mp3","summary":"The sensei discuss Danny Rensch’s memoir, Dark Squares, exploring how a traumatizing cult upbringing and early chess success shaped his life, career, and the wider evolution of the chess world. Check out Dark Squares and pick up a copy here: https://amzn.to/4pyW2yt Join the Dojo - https://chessdojo.clubWatch Live - https://twitch.tv/chessdojoPlay Chess - https://go.chess.com/chessdojo Merch - https://www.chessdojo.club/shop Want to support the channel?Patreon - https://patreon.com/chessdojoDonate - https://streamelements.com/chessdojo/tip Find all of our chess book & supplies recommendations (& more!) on our Amazon storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/chessdojo Shopping through our link is a great way to support the Dojo. We earn a small affiliate % but at no cost to you. Website: https://chessdojo.clubTwitch: https://twitch.tv/chessdojoDiscord: https://discord.gg/GhKsJtjpFwTwitter: https://twitter.com/chessdojoPatreon: https://patreon.com/chessdojoInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/chessdojoFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/chessdojoPodcast: https://chessdojotalks.podbean.comTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@/chessdojoclips 00:03 – Book overview03:22 – Ear injury & setbacks12:24 – Shelby School & cult24:55 – Trance & hierarchy36:34 – Separation & trauma55:34 – Chess world’s shift1:13:24 – Media angle & Hans","meta_description":"The sensei discuss Danny Rensch’s memoir, Dark Squares, exploring how a traumatizing cult upbringing and early chess success shaped his life, career, and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4893,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dojo-talks-a-chess-podcast-3643500/episodes/ep-174-dark-squares-how-chess-saved-danny-rensch-s-life/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/dojo-talks-a-chess-podcast-3643500/ep-174-dark-squares-how-chess-saved-danny-rensch-s-life.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}