{"podcast":{"title":"Sources Tell Jeff Passan","slug":"sources-tell-jeff-passan-7803482","podcast_index_feed_id":7803482,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ESP3067387531","website_url":"http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/f2756fe0-31f5-11f1-bded-8b1ec4f3bf5a/image/f16b3a37c3a0ae354a2deb60d426362d.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"ESPN","episode_count":17,"summary":"Sources Tell Jeff Passan brings together the biggest names in baseball with the game's best reporter to tell the most important stories through the people that lived them. Just as accessible for the new fan as it is the one who has read Jeff Passan’s work for nearly a quarter-century, the show is a tour guide through the game’s vastness — the incredible individual accomplishments, the team successes, the inherent failures, the untold tales, the parallel joy and pain, and the love of the game all of it breeds. Baseball is a little weird, and this show is, too. If you want to understand the game — really understand it — this is the place.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T00:17:47.920496+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sources-tell-jeff-passan-7803482"},"episode":{"title":"Baseball Superstitions: Turk Wendell & Dr. Stuart Vyse","slug":"baseball-superstitions-turk-wendell-dr-stuart-vyse","published_at":"2026-06-09T12:59:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sources-tell-jeff-passan-7803482/baseball-superstitions-turk-wendell-dr-stuart-vyse","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sources-tell-jeff-passan-7803482","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP7117428763.mp3?updated=1781011376","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP7117428763.mp3?updated=1781011376","summary":"Baseball has always been a game of routines, rituals, and maybe a little bit of magic. This week on Sources Tell Jeff Passan, Jeff explores the fascinating world of baseball superstitions. Former MLB pitcher Turk Wendell—one of the most famously superstitious players in baseball history—joins the show to discuss the routines that defined his career and why he never considered them superstitions at all. Then, psychologist and author Dr. Stuart Vyse breaks down the science behind superstition: why athletes cling to rituals, why we believe certain behaviors can influence outcomes, and what those habits reveal about the human mind. From the mound to the mind, this episode examines why superstition has remained such a powerful part of baseball culture for generations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices","meta_description":"Baseball has always been a game of routines, rituals, and maybe a little bit of magic. This week on Sources Tell Jeff Passan, Jeff explores the fascinatin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3979,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sources-tell-jeff-passan-7803482/episodes/baseball-superstitions-turk-wendell-dr-stuart-vyse/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sources-tell-jeff-passan-7803482/baseball-superstitions-turk-wendell-dr-stuart-vyse.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}