{"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":"Re-Release: Berlin 1936 - The Olympics under the Third Reich","slug":"re-release-berlin-1936-the-olympics-under-the-third-reich","published_at":"2026-02-13T18:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687/re-release-berlin-1936-the-olympics-under-the-third-reich","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/doomed-to-fail-5986687","url":"https://doomed-to-fail.simplecast.com/episodes/re-release-berlin-1936-the-olympics-under-the-third-reich-Ie1522uK","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/37aaf174-eb80-4dea-a732-285857d6abd8/episodes/1fbf17e7-b8e5-4f7e-9c1f-6e0be0162b45/audio/704ee0b1-2fa9-4fae-94c9-edaf384ffd5c/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=ZZCWQQO7","summary":"In 1936, the Olympics were hosted in Berlin, Germany. You guessed it - things were not great. We'll talk about the wonderfully talented American Jesse Owens, the invention of Basketball, and the propaganda of Leni Riefenstahl. It was a scary time to be in Europe - Hitler thought that every Olympics would be in Berlin for the rest of time, but they did not. The basketball courts would later be hanging fields.","meta_description":"In 1936, the Olympics were hosted in Berlin, Germany. You guessed it - things were not great. We'll talk about the wonderfully talented American Jesse Owe…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3482,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/doomed-to-fail-5986687/episodes/re-release-berlin-1936-the-olympics-under-the-third-reich/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/re-release-berlin-1936-the-olympics-under-the-third-reich.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}