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Stick around on this feed for new episodes going forward. Produced by Benjamin Frisch Subscribe to Richard's newsletter, ⁠⁠Premiere Party,⁠⁠ and read Alison's work ⁠⁠at Vulture. Follow @blankcheckpod on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Threads⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T18:19:24.868644+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-darlings-7771666"},"episodes":[{"title":"\"Backrooms\" And The Internet Horror Boom (With Ryan Broderick)","slug":"backrooms-and-the-internet-horror-boom-with-ryan-broderick","published_at":"2026-06-04T08:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-darlings-7771666/backrooms-and-the-internet-horror-boom-with-ryan-broderick","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/THI9646654247.mp3","duration_seconds":5789,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/critical-darlings-7771666/episodes/backrooms-and-the-internet-horror-boom-with-ryan-broderick/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-darlings-7771666/backrooms-and-the-internet-horror-boom-with-ryan-broderick.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]},{"title":"“Obsession” And Youtube Creators In Hollywood","slug":"obsession-and-youtube-creators-in-hollywood","published_at":"2026-05-28T08:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-darlings-7771666/obsession-and-youtube-creators-in-hollywood","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/THI3074655819.mp3","duration_seconds":4831,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/critical-darlings-7771666/episodes/obsession-and-youtube-creators-in-hollywood/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-darlings-7771666/obsession-and-youtube-creators-in-hollywood.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]},{"title":"Our Favorite Movies Of The Year So Far, And A Summer Blockbusters Preview","slug":"our-favorite-movies-of-the-year-so-far-and-a-summer-blockbusters-preview","published_at":"2026-05-21T08:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-darlings-7771666/our-favorite-movies-of-the-year-so-far-and-a-summer-blockbusters-preview","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/THI5140656700.mp3","duration_seconds":5688,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/critical-darlings-7771666/episodes/our-favorite-movies-of-the-year-so-far-and-a-summer-blockbusters-preview/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-darlings-7771666/our-favorite-movies-of-the-year-so-far-and-a-summer-blockbusters-preview.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]},{"title":"“The Sheep Detectives” And Amazon’s Box Office Bets (With Griffin Newman)","slug":"the-sheep-detectives-and-amazon-s-box-office-bets-with-griffin-newman","published_at":"2026-05-14T08:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-darlings-7771666/the-sheep-detectives-and-amazon-s-box-office-bets-with-griffin-newman","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/THI8365974617.mp3","duration_seconds":5360,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/critical-darlings-7771666/episodes/the-sheep-detectives-and-amazon-s-box-office-bets-with-griffin-newman/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/critical-darlings-7771666/the-sheep-detectives-and-amazon-s-box-office-bets-with-griffin-newman.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]},{"title":"“The Devil Wears Prada 2” And The Future Of Tastemakers (With Who? 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