{"podcast":{"title":"\"Fine\" Dining","slug":"fine-dining-5768145","podcast_index_feed_id":5768145,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/432342/rss","website_url":"https://www.finediningpodcast.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/4/d/f/b/4dfb339f63440d2bd959afa2a1bf1c87/Spotify_Apple_Amazon_Podcast.png","author":"Michael Ornelas","episode_count":173,"summary":"Comedian Michael Ornelas dives deep into the stories behind your favorite chain restaurants like Domino's, BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse, and Long John Silver's before determining if they are better or worse than Chili's: the most mediocre restaurant in America.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fine-dining-5768145"},"episode":{"title":"Domino's Pizza: Hostages, Food Tampering, and Turning It All Around","slug":"domino-s-pizza-hostages-food-tampering-and-turning-it-all-around","published_at":"2026-01-07T08:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fine-dining-5768145/domino-s-pizza-hostages-food-tampering-and-turning-it-all-around","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fine-dining-5768145","url":"https://www.finediningpodcast.com/","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/9369c4b7-1e7b-4d55-9b95-8001ab364097/AUDIO_S04E01_Dominos_Pt_1_FINAL.mp3?dest-id=3605298","summary":"🍕📦🚗 Domino's Pizza: Hostages, Food Tampering, and Turning It All Around 🚗📦🍕 Season 4 (omg, what??) kicks off with a deep dive into the wild, complicated, and occasionally Noidy history of Domino's Pizza . Joined by improviser and musician James Werner (@jamesyjoehenry), I trace how a tiny Michigan pizzeria turned into the world's largest pizza chain by making bold promises, bad mistakes, smarter apologies, and some genuinely fascinating tech gambles. This is a story about shame, sincerity, and why sometimes admitting \"our pizza sucks\" is the smartest move a company can make. 🍕 Two Brothers, $500, and a Volkswagen Beetle That Changed Pizza History ⏱️ The 30-Minute Delivery Promise That Built the Brand (and Nearly Broke It) 😈 The Noid, a Nintendo Game, and One of the Strangest Ad Campaign Aftermaths Ever 📉 \"Our Pizza Sucks\": The 2010 Recipe Overhaul That Saved Domino's 📱 Domino's Becomes an E-Commerce Company That Happens to Sell Pizza 🕳️ Paving Over Potholes Because \"Bad Roads Shouldn't Happen to Good Pizza\" 🧠 The Pizza Tracker Is Mostly Fake and That's Kind of the Point 🎅 James Pitches His Dream Restaurant: Santa's Kitchen, Serving What Santa Eats ⭐ Yelp From Strangers Includes a Reviewer Furious About a Tip Request on Mother's Day 💬 COMMENT BELOW: Did the Domino's recipe change actually win you back? 📢 SUPPORT THE SHOW & JOIN THE COMMUNITY: 🎉 Patreon (Bonus episodes, extended Yelp segments & more): patreon.com/finediningpodcast 💬 Discord (Food talk, memes, cursed Yelp): discord.gg/6a2YqrtWV4 🎥 Watch full episodes: youtube.com/@thefinediningpodcast 🔗 All links: linktree.com/finediningpodcast 🎤 Guest: James Werner | IG: @jamesyjoehenry Patreon Producers: Sue Ornelas & Joyce Van Patreon Subscribers: David Ornelas, Kellie Baldwin, Jeremy Horwitz, Herbert Amaya, Simone Dav…","meta_description":"🍕📦🚗 Domino's Pizza: Hostages, Food Tampering, and Turning It All Around 🚗📦🍕 Season 4 (omg, what??) kicks off with a deep dive into the wild, complicated,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3521,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fine-dining-5768145/episodes/domino-s-pizza-hostages-food-tampering-and-turning-it-all-around/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/fine-dining-5768145/domino-s-pizza-hostages-food-tampering-and-turning-it-all-around.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}