{"podcast":{"title":"1999: The Podcast","slug":"1999-the-podcast-5273048","podcast_index_feed_id":5273048,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/1999","website_url":"https://www.cageclub.me/1999","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/d0064978-a2db-11ec-a3d7-ff9be675552e/image/87ed8bb1b40c97b52fb71552c29afb28.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"John Brooks and Julia Sirmons","episode_count":114,"summary":"Was 1999 the best year in movie history? We think it might be! John Brooks, Julia Sirmons, and special guests work their way through all the year has to offer, one movie at a time, and we’ll ask special guests to share their memories of this amazing year and the movies that made it unforgettable. Unfortunately, nobody can be told what 1999: The Podcast is… you have to hear it for yourself!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-15T16:22:53.358332+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1999-the-podcast-5273048"},"episode":{"title":"OSCARS SPECIAL 2026","slug":"oscars-special-2026","published_at":"2026-03-14T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1999-the-podcast-5273048/oscars-special-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1999-the-podcast-5273048","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CCPN4370089557.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CCPN4370089557.mp3","summary":"It's Oscars Weekend! 1999 was a weird year in Oscar history, as the awards held that year saw one of the most controversial Best Picture wins ever (SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE) and the awards held the following year honoring the awards of 1999 gave the Best Picture Oscar to a film that, well, has not aged well at all (AMERICAN BEAUTY) So to mark the weekend, we took some time to discuss those two films and their legacies and discussed our picks for some of the worst Best Picture wins in recent history. We talk FORREST GUMP, BRAVEHEART, ANORA, CRASH, and more!","meta_description":"It's Oscars Weekend! 1999 was a weird year in Oscar history, as the awards held that year saw one of the most controversial Best Picture wins ever (SHAKES…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3360,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/1999-the-podcast-5273048/episodes/oscars-special-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1999-the-podcast-5273048/oscars-special-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}