{"podcast":{"title":"Rainy Day Rabbit Holes: History Unhinged","slug":"rainy-day-rabbit-holes-history-unhinged-6613547","podcast_index_feed_id":6613547,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/ade1314b-5cdc-411b-bba6-4d80dadf133e","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/history-unhinged-rainy-day-rabbit-holes","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2026/1/8/13/6d3b0e89-fdd3-4735-a0d7-035fb6d74257_rdrh_podcast_cover_msw.jpg","author":"Rainy Day Rabbit Holes","episode_count":161,"summary":"Rainy Day Rabbit Holes is a history podcast exploring wild, weird, and unhinged stories—from crazy disasters and juicy scandals to heartwarming moments and people behaving badly. History is messy, and we love it that way.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rainy-day-rabbit-holes-history-unhinged-6613547"},"episode":{"title":"1904 Olympic Marathon","slug":"1904-olympic-marathon","published_at":"2026-02-25T08:01:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rainy-day-rabbit-holes-history-unhinged-6613547/1904-olympic-marathon","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rainy-day-rabbit-holes-history-unhinged-6613547","url":"https://www.rainydayrabbitholes.com/","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/de627d19-8491-44ef-a23c-6efe854f0b0c/stream.mp3","summary":"The 1904 Olympic Marathon wasn’t just a race—it was a full-scale experiment in bad ideas. Run in brutal heat on dusty roads, with little water, questionable “medical” advice, and athletes who were very much left to fend for themselves, this event quickly spiraled into chaos. In this episode, Jody breaks down one of the strangest moments in Olympic history, where endurance, hubris, and early-20th-century pseudoscience collided. What followed were collapses, hallucinations, rule-bending, and decisions so baffling they feel fictional—except they weren’t. This is a story about what happens when ambition outruns common sense, and why the early Olympics were less about glory and more about survival. History has never been this sweaty, dusty, or unwell. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/history-unhinged-rainy-day-rabbit-holes/exclusive-content Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"The 1904 Olympic Marathon wasn’t just a race—it was a full-scale experiment in bad ideas. Run in brutal heat on dusty roads, with little water, questionab…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2167,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/rainy-day-rabbit-holes-history-unhinged-6613547/episodes/1904-olympic-marathon/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rainy-day-rabbit-holes-history-unhinged-6613547/1904-olympic-marathon.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}