{"podcast":{"title":"Lighting the Pipes","slug":"lighting-the-pipes-765775","podcast_index_feed_id":765775,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/lighting-the-pipes/","website_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/lighting-the-pipes/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e921d8da-578e-40e2-a81d-8d30fa1b3db1/WUIIXl8WbWOAE3Fh3j_GdrQ3.jpg","author":"Lighting the Pipes","episode_count":151,"summary":"Blending research and literary analysis with conversation and review, we lock down crime stories and read them their rights. The game is afoot!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-07T12:21:03.805066+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lighting-the-pipes-765775"},"episode":{"title":"LTP Special: Operation Mincemeat","slug":"ltp-special-operation-mincemeat","published_at":"2026-07-27T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lighting-the-pipes-765775/ltp-special-operation-mincemeat","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lighting-the-pipes-765775","url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/lighting-the-pipes/","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/aae82caa-b79e-4137-87d0-8eb85babf0c4.mp3","summary":"In July of 1943, as Allied forces planned desperately for Mediterranean access into Europe, Britain's Naval Intelligence were spearheading an intrepid operation, a bait-and-switch of colossal consequence. Commander Ian Fleming, serving as personal assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence, helped to encourage the intricate planning for what would soon become Operation Mincemeat. This episode is a special Summer treat, recut and newly presented from a July 2022 episode on Bond by Numbers. Jeff Chapman, our resident military expert, cracks cover and leads us through a tour of this remarkable operation and features of Ben McIntyre's 2010 book. We also offer our thoughts on the 2021 film adaption, directed by John Madden. History&Operation@04:30; FilmReview@1:16:00","meta_description":"In July of 1943, as Allied forces planned desperately for Mediterranean access into Europe, Britain's Naval Intelligence were spearheading an intrepid ope…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6387,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lighting-the-pipes-765775/episodes/ltp-special-operation-mincemeat/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lighting-the-pipes-765775/ltp-special-operation-mincemeat.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}