{"podcast":{"title":"Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast","slug":"lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-779735","podcast_index_feed_id":779735,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:457245963/sounds.rss","website_url":"https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-yK6CL9cN8tPYf32h-3rz1Dw-original.jpg","author":"Lions Led By Donkeys","episode_count":500,"summary":"The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military hi…","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T08:17:31.787606+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-779735"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 417 - The Time the US Army Tried to Train Racist Attack Dogs Ft. Gregk Foley","slug":"episode-417-the-time-the-us-army-tried-to-train-racist-attack-dogs-ft-gregk-foley","published_at":"2026-06-08T07:32:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-779735/episode-417-the-time-the-us-army-tried-to-train-racist-attack-dogs-ft-gregk-foley","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-779735","url":"https://soundcloud.com/llbdpodcast/episode-417-the-time-the-us","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2335280015-llbdpodcast-episode-417-the-time-the-us.mp3","summary":"USE CODE DONK50 TO GET 50% OFF YOUR PATREON SUBSCRIPTION https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys LISTEN TO BLOOD WORK: https://open.spotify.com/show/5jt9RZSCVMJ1KS84QHB9jJ Buy The Highlands Burn: https://www.amazon.com/Highlands-Burn-Foundling-Brigade-Saga-ebook/dp/B0GSG5CNXX Get the audiobook (read by Joe) https://www.llbdpodcast.com/products/the-highlands-burn-audiobook During WWII the US Army developed a top secret program to create racist attack dogs on a swamp island off of the coast of Mississippi. This is the story about how Japanese-American soldiers were forced to act as bait for packs of untrained, starving, and abused dogs all because a Swiss psycho, who had no experience training dogs, convinced the US Army that each race smelled differently. SOURCES: https://www.npca.org/articles/3798-the-dog-trainers-of-cat-island https://historynet.com/dog-training-pacific-war/ https://www.sunherald.com/news/state/mississippi/article277536763.html https://www.uswardogs.org/WWII https://americanhistory.si.edu/explore/stories/dogs-defense-how-skip-spot-and-rover-went-fight-world-war-ii https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/national-dog-day https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/uncle-sam-needs-to-borrow-your-dog.htm","meta_description":"USE CODE DONK50 TO GET 50% OFF YOUR PATREON SUBSCRIPTION https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys LISTEN TO BLOOD WORK: https://open.spotify.com/show/5jt…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3931,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-779735/episodes/episode-417-the-time-the-us-army-tried-to-train-racist-attack-dogs-ft-gregk-foley/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-779735/episode-417-the-time-the-us-army-tried-to-train-racist-attack-dogs-ft-gregk-foley.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}