{"podcast":{"title":"Director's Club","slug":"director-s-club-1054745","podcast_index_feed_id":1054745,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/directorsclubpodcast/","website_url":"https://jimlaczkowski.net","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/e67f75ef-abf0-40d4-b635-6c231fcba380/dc.png","author":"Jim Laczkowski","episode_count":348,"summary":"A monthly show that reviews one film director per episode with the occasional bonus episode. Episodes 123-172 were hosted by Brad & Al. As of 2022, new episodes will be hosted by Jim and/or Bill. The spin-off show, B-Side Me, is also here (for now) which is all about music/bands!","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/director-s-club-1054745"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 245: 1996 - The Year In Review","slug":"episode-245-1996-the-year-in-review","published_at":"2026-03-06T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/director-s-club-1054745/episode-245-1996-the-year-in-review","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/director-s-club-1054745","url":"https://jimlaczkowski.net","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/23ebb2c2-143e-4818-b6e7-3ba974e51727.mp3","summary":"Not too big of a summary this time around since the title says it all and there’s a lot to get to in terms of the episode proper. Every year around late February / early March, I call upon Chicago film critic buddies Collin Souter & Erik Childress to join me for an epic 5 hour+ episode discussing as many movies as we can, traveling back in time 30 years to cover an entire year. Clips, trailers, songs, quotes, excerpts, a trailer remix and more! Thank you Collin & Erik as always and thank you to the fans/listeners/subscribers for listening to this yearly tradition. Follow Collin https://letterboxd.com/cdsouter https://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/christmasmoviesactually https://www.collinsouter.com Follow Erik https://letterboxd.com/erikthemovieman https://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/moviemadness https://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/the-friendship-dilemma","meta_description":"Not too big of a summary this time around since the title says it all and there’s a lot to get to in terms of the episode proper. Every year around late F…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":20501,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/director-s-club-1054745/episodes/episode-245-1996-the-year-in-review/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/director-s-club-1054745/episode-245-1996-the-year-in-review.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}