{"api_version": 1, "episode_id": "ep_the_dan_le_batard_show_with_stugotz_79a9625f1b2a", "title": "Hour 3: Pitch Clock Minus Zero (feat. Aram Leighton)", "podcast": "The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz", "podcast_slug": "the_dan_le_batard_show_with_stugotz", "category": "sports", "publish_date": "2026-04-16T16:15:00+00:00", "audio_url": "https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/arttrk.com/p/DF7K3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/LBE8023765996.mp3?updated=1776356379", "source_link": "https://lebatardaf.com/", "cover_image_url": "https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/353b02e2-4f64-11eb-938f-27ae6b16a7ea/image/becde028af51362962bc3ff5b524dc5a.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress", "summary": "Hank revitalizes his pizza shop by leveraging Microsoft Excel's Copilot to analyze sales and costs, allowing him to successfully reintroduce the $1 slice. 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