{"podcast":{"title":"The Drop Zone","slug":"the-drop-zone-7794124","podcast_index_feed_id":7794124,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/golf-stuff","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/Dg8EGk8z_nJZ5GtmyW6mGHiNPQzCzAeSreNq_OuvAkM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mYzQ5/Zjc1MTVhZTVhMWVk/ZTNjMjNlMzA0YTA1/ZmQzMS5wbmc.jpg","author":"Dylan Dethier","episode_count":13,"summary":"The Drop Zone is a weekly show hosted by Dylan Dethier for GOLF Magazine. Each episode sets out to answer one thoughtful question about golf, answered with the help of a guest.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-07T02:17:26.912521+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drop-zone-7794124"},"episode":{"title":"Michael Bamberger: What's Wrong with Golf","slug":"michael-bamberger-what-s-wrong-with-golf","published_at":"2026-06-09T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drop-zone-7794124/michael-bamberger-what-s-wrong-with-golf","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drop-zone-7794124","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/4692edc0","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/4692edc0/a171194e.mp3","summary":"Is golf actually broken or are we all just overthinking it? Dylan Dethier calls up the greatest living golf writer, Michael Bamberger, to chew on one deceptively simple question: what's really wrong with golf right now? Bamberger pushes back on \"grow the game\" and \"shrink the game\" as empty corporate framing, connects the dots from Jon Rahm's LIV move to $80 parking at a TGL match, and digs into the \"broification\" of the game — a culture that increasingly rewards looking the part over thinking for yourself. He also makes the case for why the PGA Tour's obsession with stats is crowding out the human story. Enjoy!","meta_description":"Is golf actually broken or are we all just overthinking it? Dylan Dethier calls up the greatest living golf writer, Michael Bamberger, to chew on one dece…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1287,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-drop-zone-7794124/episodes/michael-bamberger-what-s-wrong-with-golf/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-drop-zone-7794124/michael-bamberger-what-s-wrong-with-golf.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}