{"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":"Slippery Senator: Oregon's John H. Mitchell","slug":"slippery-senator-oregon-s-john-h-mitchell","published_at":"2026-01-28T08:01:42+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/rainy-day-rabbit-holes-history-unhinged-6613547/slippery-senator-oregon-s-john-h-mitchell","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/b87ea63c-9bc1-4c7e-9e78-659ea915d9bb/stream.mp3","summary":"Last week we rereleased our Oregon Land Fraud episode with Allison Gill (The Daily Beans) — your deep dive into how the land scam worked. This week, we follow up by zooming in on the scandal magnet at the center of it all: Senator John H. Mitchell. Four terms. Endless controversy. Bribery accusations. Political sabotage. And proof that corruption doesn’t go away — it just changes costumes. 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":"Last week we rereleased our Oregon Land Fraud episode with Allison Gill (The Daily Beans) — your deep dive into how the land scam worked. This week, we fo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2848,"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/slippery-senator-oregon-s-john-h-mitchell/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/slippery-senator-oregon-s-john-h-mitchell.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}