# PREVIEW - #714 - Pulp Friction Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/michael-and-us-646417/preview-714-pulp-friction Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/michael-and-us-646417/preview-714-pulp-friction.md Podcast: [Michael and Us](https://stenobird.com/podcast/michael-and-us-646417) Published: 2026-05-14T19:06:58+00:00 Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/michael-and-us/preview-714-pulp-friction Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2320695173-michael-and-us-preview-714-pulp-friction.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/michael-and-us-646417/episodes/preview-714-pulp-friction Duration seconds: 248 ## Resource After too long a drought, we return to the writing of Armond White, the legendarily contrarian conservative film critic (currently with the National Review) whose writing has texture like no one else's. We focus on his recent defense of Pete Hegseth via Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. PLUS: Is Remains of the Day a #grindset classic? PATREON-EXCLUSIVE EPISODE - https://www.patreon.com/posts/714-pulp-158271632 ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/michael-and-us-646417/episodes/preview-714-pulp-friction/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/michael-and-us-646417/preview-714-pulp-friction.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.