{"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":"See Also: HARDBALL (2001) - with Jacki Krestel","slug":"see-also-hardball-2001-with-jacki-krestel","published_at":"2026-06-23T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1999-the-podcast-5273048/see-also-hardball-2001-with-jacki-krestel","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1999-the-podcast-5273048","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CCPN2125884443.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CCPN2125884443.mp3","summary":"VARSITY BLUES director Brian Robbins follow-up was another inspirational, somewhat edgy sports movie HARDBALL - this time about baseball and set in Chicago. 1999 icon Keanu Reeves plays down-on-his-luck sports gambler Conor O'Neill who finds himself the head coach of an inner-city Chicago youth baseball team. Somehow, he makes the team better. Somehow, the team makes him better. Diane Lane is also involved for unclear reasons. Is HARDBALL a good baseball movie? No. But is it a good movie? Also no. But the kids are great, including a very young Michael B. Jordan. Anyway, since it's about baseball and set in Chicago, Jacki Krestel is once again with us to talk about how, if you're going to make a baseball movie, you gotta actually demonstrate that you love baseball!","meta_description":"VARSITY BLUES director Brian Robbins follow-up was another inspirational, somewhat edgy sports movie HARDBALL - this time about baseball and set in Chicag…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4933,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/1999-the-podcast-5273048/episodes/see-also-hardball-2001-with-jacki-krestel/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/see-also-hardball-2001-with-jacki-krestel.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}