{"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 249: An Almost Disaster - The Citigroup Center","slug":"ep-249-an-almost-disaster-the-citigroup-center","published_at":"2026-06-09T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687/ep-249-an-almost-disaster-the-citigroup-center","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687","url":"https://doomed-to-fail.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-249-an-almost-disaster-the-citigroup-center-Bz1uWFib","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/6400cf1b-6e76-439e-88c0-571cd883ed6b/37aaf174-eb80-4dea-a732-285857d6abd8/episodes/audio/group/7a071238-d29c-4d53-828c-20042a26f8c2/group-item/0449f599-1cfb-45eb-85f2-1946ebfb445e/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=ZZCWQQO7","summary":"Let's talk about the almost-disaster of The Citigroup Center - 601 Lexington Ave in NYC. This building was built on a lot that wasn't empty when they got there, and they made an objectively weird deal with a church on the corner: they would build their building over the church's footprint. This caused the building to be built on stilts - everything SEEMED ok until some people did some math & the right people were finally alerted. A huge (secret) retrofit was undertaken before the building destroyed the neighborhood. Taylor continues to not be able to believe she worked on the 38th floor of a NYC building for years.","meta_description":"Let's talk about the almost-disaster of The Citigroup Center - 601 Lexington Ave in NYC. This building was built on a lot that wasn't empty when they got…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2106,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/doomed-to-fail-5986687/episodes/ep-249-an-almost-disaster-the-citigroup-center/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-249-an-almost-disaster-the-citigroup-center.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}