# NEWS: Why Box Office Inflation Actually Matters Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dan-murrell-4348795/news-why-box-office-inflation-actually-matters Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/dan-murrell-4348795/news-why-box-office-inflation-actually-matters.md Podcast: [Dan Murrell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dan-murrell-4348795) Published: 2026-08-10T14:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/495/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP1409115666.mp3 Audio file: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/495/traffic.megaphone.fm/SBP1409115666.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dan-murrell-4348795/episodes/news-why-box-office-inflation-actually-matters Duration seconds: 1101 ## Resource There's been a lot of debate over adjusting box office grosses for inflation. As someone who often uses those numbers in my own analysis, here's my two cents on why it's an important historical tool. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/dan-murrell-4348795/episodes/news-why-box-office-inflation-actually-matters/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/dan-murrell-4348795/news-why-box-office-inflation-actually-matters.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.