{"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":359,"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":"2026-09-22T18:21:12.749449+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 261: Timur - He was a fan of skulls","slug":"ep-261-timur-he-was-a-fan-of-skulls","published_at":"2026-09-14T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687/ep-261-timur-he-was-a-fan-of-skulls","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687","url":"https://doomed-to-fail.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-261-timur-he-was-a-fan-of-skulls-aoqK_1MV","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/6400cf1b-6e76-439e-88c0-571cd883ed6b/37aaf174-eb80-4dea-a732-285857d6abd8/episodes/audio/group/73999d31-46d5-47da-af66-d41b1382ae09/group-item/c64aa921-2d81-4403-b50e-7d4ec0b2804f/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=ZZCWQQO7","summary":"Today in 'things could be worse' at least the early 15th century warrior king Timur (aka Tamerlane) isn't knocking on your city walls demanding piles of heads. Because for real that happened, Timur's empire spanned Central Asia and was characterized by wall-to-wall bone-chilling terror (including flaming camels!), whilst saving the artists & scientists building a cultural renaissance out of whoever didn't die. We're talking Genghis Khan ancestry, Persian expansion, and more!","meta_description":"Today in 'things could be worse' at least the early 15th century warrior king Timur (aka Tamerlane) isn't knocking on your city walls demanding piles of h…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2672,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/doomed-to-fail-5986687/episodes/ep-261-timur-he-was-a-fan-of-skulls/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-261-timur-he-was-a-fan-of-skulls.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}