{"podcast":{"title":"The Athletic FC Podcast","slug":"the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075","podcast_index_feed_id":887075,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6818be7d1d28d62313ac8ef3","website_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/podcasts/","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6818be7d1d28d62313ac8ef3/1780908531790-dc4761a0-ffde-45cc-a794-1639ef472007.jpeg","author":"The Athletic","episode_count":1397,"summary":"The Athletic's flagship football podcast - hosted by Adam Leventhal and Emma Paton - will be with you six days a week during the World Cup, bringing unrivalled analysis and colour from every single host city. Featuring the likes of David Ornstein, Adam Crafton, Matt Slater and James Horncastle, the show will takes audience inside the biggest stories in football told by the best reporters in the business. We cut through the noise to tell you what’s really happening - and why it matters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T22:20:23.239332+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075"},"episode":{"title":"How has Chelsea become so toxic?","slug":"how-has-chelsea-become-so-toxic","published_at":"2026-04-22T15:52:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075/how-has-chelsea-become-so-toxic","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075","url":"https://shows.acast.com/the-athletic-fc-podcast/episodes/how-has-chelsea-become-so-toxic","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6818be7d1d28d62313ac8ef3/e/69e8ea486e5b90839a48b14b/media.mp3","summary":"Champions League football is slipping further from Chelsea’s grasp after a damaging 3-0 defeat to Brighton. They’ve now lost five league games in a row without scoring for the first time in 114 years. So how much worse can Chelsea’s season get? Host: Ayo Akinwolere Guests: Dean Ashton, Liam Twomey, Cerys Jones Executive Producers: Adey Moorhead Producers: Mike Stavrou, Guy Clarke, Nick Thomson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Champions League football is slipping further from Chelsea’s grasp after a damaging 3-0 defeat to Brighton. They’ve now lost five league games in a row wi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2680,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075/episodes/how-has-chelsea-become-so-toxic/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-athletic-fc-podcast-887075/how-has-chelsea-become-so-toxic.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}