{"podcast":{"title":"The Dive | Driven by Kia - A League of Legends Esports Podcast","slug":"the-dive-driven-by-kia-a-league-of-legends-esports-podcast-414090","podcast_index_feed_id":414090,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/261a7d9c/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://lolesports.com/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/6292703/6292703-1717725466749-700adadff1a17.jpg","author":"The Dive | Driven by Kia - A League of Legends Esports Podcast","episode_count":342,"summary":"Welcome to The Dive Driven by Kia, a weekly podcast hosted by Kobe, Azael, and Meteos that takes a closer look at the world of League of Legends esports and the LCS. Every week, the gang will be diving into the biggest international news, meta shifts and solo queue trends, and in-depth analysis of the LCS. #TheDiveLOL","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T06:20:12.281256+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dive-driven-by-kia-a-league-of-legends-esports-podcast-414090"},"episode":{"title":"LCS Updates with MarkZ, Finals Recap, Promo/Rel | The Dive Driven by Kia","slug":"lcs-updates-with-markz-finals-recap-promo-rel-the-dive-driven-by-kia","published_at":"2025-10-02T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dive-driven-by-kia-a-league-of-legends-esports-podcast-414090/lcs-updates-with-markz-finals-recap-promo-rel-the-dive-driven-by-kia","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dive-driven-by-kia-a-league-of-legends-esports-podcast-414090","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-dive-esports-podcast/episodes/LCS-Updates-with-MarkZ--Finals-Recap--PromoRel--The-Dive-Driven-by-Kia-e38vuk8","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/261a7d9c/podcast/play/109099080/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-9-2%2F408514277-44100-2-5c32955937b13.m4a","summary":"In today’s episode of The Dive Driven by Kia, Kobe and Meteos welcome commissioner MarkZ to discuss the return of the LCS in 2026. Read more here: https://lolesports.com/en-US/news/lcs-and-cblol-return Next, the crew breaks down the LTA Championship this past weekend in Dallas including Vivo Keyd Stars taking down 100 Thieves, FlyQuest claiming the LTA Championship title, and Dhokla’s return to the finals stage. Finally, we look ahead to the start of the Promotion/Relegation tournament this weekend with some familiar names like Tactical, Winsome, V1per, FakeGod, LCS MVP Summit… and even a World Champion (oooh, spooky). Tune in starting this Saturday to see if Disguised can defend their spot or if a new team will join the LCS next year!","meta_description":"In today’s episode of The Dive Driven by Kia, Kobe and Meteos welcome commissioner MarkZ to discuss the return of the LCS in 2026. Read more here: https:/…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3687,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dive-driven-by-kia-a-league-of-legends-esports-podcast-414090/episodes/lcs-updates-with-markz-finals-recap-promo-rel-the-dive-driven-by-kia/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dive-driven-by-kia-a-league-of-legends-esports-podcast-414090/lcs-updates-with-markz-finals-recap-promo-rel-the-dive-driven-by-kia.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}