{"podcast":{"title":"Cannonball with Wesley Morris","slug":"cannonball-with-wesley-morris-800699","podcast_index_feed_id":800699,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/JJrAJ_VY","website_url":"http://www.nytimes.com/podcasts/still-processing","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4105a47a-42e5-4ccc-887a-832af7989986/f744f7d3-52bd-4733-ae4a-818042909996/3000x3000/cannonball-album-20art-3000px-0605.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"The New York Times","episode_count":54,"summary":"Conversations about the culture that moves us – the good, the bad and whatever’s in between. Every week, critic Wesley Morris talks with writers and artists about the moment we’re in. Surprisingly personal and never obvious, new episodes drop Thursdays. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-09T18:18:04.061353+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cannonball-with-wesley-morris-800699"},"episode":{"title":"Is Broadway Going Easy On Us?","slug":"is-broadway-going-easy-on-us","published_at":"2026-06-04T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cannonball-with-wesley-morris-800699/is-broadway-going-easy-on-us","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cannonball-with-wesley-morris-800699","url":"http://www.nytimes.com/podcasts/still-processing","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/6qj4J/nyt.simplecastaudio.com/2893446d-8730-4532-8321-b81d2bb2b03b/episodes/f32cc163-045f-4f92-9a90-cef2354b8acc/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=2893446d-8730-4532-8321-b81d2bb2b03b&awEpisodeId=f32cc163-045f-4f92-9a90-cef2354b8acc&feed=JJrAJ_VY","summary":"Each spring, in the months leading up to the Tony Awards, Wesley Morris tries to see as many Broadway shows as he can. And this season’s spree (including “Ragtime,” “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” “Proof,” “Dog Day Afternoon” and “Giant\") left him with the question: Where are the challenging shows? There were some great performances, but the productions seemed designed to reflect his values and make him feel good. Doesn’t the best theater raise uncomfortable questions, and not give clear answers? Shouldn’t the shows vying for Broadway’s top awards be a bit more difficult? To work through these feelings, and to help wrap his head around this season, Wesley invites Helen Shaw, The Times’s chief theater critic, to compare notes.","meta_description":"Each spring, in the months leading up to the Tony Awards, Wesley Morris tries to see as many Broadway shows as he can. And this season’s spree (including…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3045,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/cannonball-with-wesley-morris-800699/episodes/is-broadway-going-easy-on-us/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/cannonball-with-wesley-morris-800699/is-broadway-going-easy-on-us.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}