{"podcast":{"title":"Doomed to Fail","slug":"doomed-to-fail-5986687","podcast_index_feed_id":5986687,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/ZZCWQQO7","website_url":"https://doomed-to-fail.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/2ba0da50-1a9f-4593-b08d-a31895d99c75/51f86954-b897-4944-bc8d-214ea01765ac/3000x3000/1-8412.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Farz Sokhansanj","episode_count":344,"summary":"We bring you stories of history's most notorious disasters and epic failures. Join us as we analyze the red flags and ask the important questions. How did things go so wrong? Could these disasters have been avoided? Join us as we laugh, learn, and explore the most epic failures of all time.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-16T08:19:32.909638+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 241: A Ship of Dreams (and Gold) - The SS Central America","slug":"ep-241-a-ship-of-dreams-and-gold-the-ss-central-america","published_at":"2026-04-06T18:59:47+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687/ep-241-a-ship-of-dreams-and-gold-the-ss-central-america","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687","url":"https://doomed-to-fail.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-241-a-ship-of-dreams-and-gold-the-ss-central-america-vfccXI_t","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/6400cf1b-6e76-439e-88c0-571cd883ed6b/37aaf174-eb80-4dea-a732-285857d6abd8/episodes/audio/group/863c28e8-fa58-4394-8cc4-771710231e8a/group-item/ecdc5b9a-e896-4e60-9612-c4fbb8f5a0a2/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=ZZCWQQO7","summary":"Picture it - it's 1857, and you are on a ship filled with gold from San Francisco to the East Coast of the USA! There are so many things that could go wrong crossing Panama, heading up the Caribbean, pirates, probably? Then the boat DOES sink along with a crap-ton of gold. Fast forward to the 1980s when Tommy Gregory Thompson (treasure hunter, thief, crazy man) starts to find the gold!","meta_description":"Picture it - it's 1857, and you are on a ship filled with gold from San Francisco to the East Coast of the USA! There are so many things that could go wro…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1655,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/doomed-to-fail-5986687/episodes/ep-241-a-ship-of-dreams-and-gold-the-ss-central-america/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687/ep-241-a-ship-of-dreams-and-gold-the-ss-central-america.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}