Deep Dive: The Chamonix Winter Olympics, Literary Giants and Alicia Keys, and Al Capone's Final Days - January 25, 2026

We journey back to the inaugural Winter Olympics in 1924, celebrate a diverse trio of birthday legends from Robert Burns to Alicia Keys, and analyze the curious legacy of Al Capone.

On this episode of Deep Dive, we explore a series of pivotal moments that define January 25th across the centuries. We begin in the French Alps with the birth of a global sporting tradition and transition into the lives of some of the most influential creative minds in history.

  • ❄️ The 1924 inauguration of the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix, France.
  • 📚 The modernist legacy of Virginia Woolf and her pioneering feminist literature.
  • 📜 The enduring cultural impact of Scotland's national poet, Robert Burns.
  • 🎤 The musical mastery of fifteen-time Grammy winner Alicia Keys.
  • ⚖️ The final days of Al Capone and the surprising legal technicality that brought him down.

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  • (00:00) - The First Winter Olympics
  • (01:43) - Celebrating Creative Icons
  • (04:02) - The End of the Capone Era
  • (05:40) - Sign-off
Deep Dive: The Chamonix Winter Olympics, Literary Giants and Alicia Keys, and Al Capone's Final Days - January 25, 2026
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