{"podcast":{"title":"The Dark Zone: An Adventure Racing Podcast","slug":"the-dark-zone-an-adventure-racing-podcast-4088819","podcast_index_feed_id":4088819,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/thedarkzone/","website_url":"https://ardarkzone.com/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/2d289792-b440-42c7-9a70-740f04fc130c/1zcZxqYbShWPVZ0cj5pyQF1L.jpg","author":"Brian Gatens","episode_count":180,"summary":"The Dark Zone: An Adventure Racing Podcast welcomes you to our world. Come hear from racers, race directors, fans of AR, and everyone in between. The podcast's out there, you pick it up, it's yours, you don't, I got no sympathy for you. (as inspired by Glengarry Glenn Ross)","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T20:20:14.383793+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dark-zone-an-adventure-racing-podcast-4088819"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 140 – ITERA Flash Episode with RD Paul McGreal","slug":"episode-140-itera-flash-episode-with-rd-paul-mcgreal","published_at":"2025-08-13T00:20:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dark-zone-an-adventure-racing-podcast-4088819/episode-140-itera-flash-episode-with-rd-paul-mcgreal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dark-zone-an-adventure-racing-podcast-4088819","url":"https://ardarkzone.com/","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/episodes.captivate.fm/episode/102a1e72-b895-408f-9cbf-22fcfb160dfd.mp3","summary":"The mountains, midges, and lochs of Scotland are putting racers to the test at ITERA and ITERA-Lite. In this Flash Episode, Race Director Paul McGreal joins The Dark Zone to share not just the leaderboard highlights, but the many stories from the trail — teams helping each other through brutal weather, challenging stages, in-race competitions, and gritty comebacks after early setbacks. From the sharp end of the race to the determined mid and back of the pack teams, this update captures the iconic ITERA. Thank you for listening. If you like what you hear, please like, click, and subscribe on your streaming platform of choice. This helps spread the word about Adventure Racing and TDZ's role in elevating the sport. Remember - You Keep Racing, and We'll Keep Talking! Shownotes: ARWS Page: https://arworldseries.com/races/itera-2025-scotland Tracking Page ITERA - https://live.durtyevents.com/itera2025/ Tracking Page ITERA-Lite - https://live.durtyevents.com/iteralite2025/ Course Reveal Part 1 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-course-reveal-podcast/id1830676195?i=1000721371672 Course Reveal Part 2 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-course-reveal-podcast/id1830676195?i=1000721654274","meta_description":"The mountains, midges, and lochs of Scotland are putting racers to the test at ITERA and ITERA-Lite. In this Flash Episode, Race Director Paul McGreal joi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1564,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dark-zone-an-adventure-racing-podcast-4088819/episodes/episode-140-itera-flash-episode-with-rd-paul-mcgreal/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dark-zone-an-adventure-racing-podcast-4088819/episode-140-itera-flash-episode-with-rd-paul-mcgreal.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}