{"podcast":{"title":"Grierson & Leitch","slug":"grierson-leitch-410223","podcast_index_feed_id":410223,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/478020/rss","website_url":"http://griersonleitch.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/c/9/b/bc9b69c6d6925a53e5bbc093207a2619/GL_logo2.jpg","author":"Grierson & Leitch","episode_count":516,"summary":"Tim Grierson and Will Leitch are lifelong best friends who have been writing and talking about the movies for 25 years. Grierson is vice president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Leitch is doing his absolutely best to pretend. Read their work everywhere. But listen to this show for the pure juice, straight on tap.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T22:17:52.300318+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grierson-leitch-410223"},"episode":{"title":"\"Supergirl,\" \"Jackass: Last and Best,\" What the Success of \"Obsession\" and \"Backrooms\" Means","slug":"supergirl-jackass-last-and-best-what-the-success-of-obsession-and-backrooms-means","published_at":"2026-06-29T02:22:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grierson-leitch-410223/supergirl-jackass-last-and-best-what-the-success-of-obsession-and-backrooms-means","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grierson-leitch-410223","url":"https://11aa77b4-df32-492c-b795-b90fab7f5b55.libsyn.com/supergirl-jackass-last-and-best-what-the-success-of-obsession-and-backrooms-means","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/11aa77b4-df32-492c-b795-b90fab7f5b55/GriersonLeitch28June2026ReadyToPost.mp3?dest-id=4061106","summary":"There's a new DC movie out, from the James Gunn stable, it's \"Supergirl.\" Also, there's a very very very different movie out, the final (probably) Jackass movie, \"Jackass: Best and Last.\" But the real discussion is a long overdue one: We dig into, deeply, the success of \"Obsession\" and \"Backrooms,\" which is about age and moviegoing changes and what makes people fall in love with the movies in the first place. This was a very, very fun talk. We hope you enjoy it. Thanks to Dylan Mayer and My Friend Mary, both of which are wonderful, for the music. We hope you enjoy. Let us know what you think @griersonleitch on Twitter or Bluesky, or griersonleitch@gmail.com.","meta_description":"There's a new DC movie out, from the James Gunn stable, it's \"Supergirl.\" Also, there's a very very very different movie out, the final (probably) Jackass…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7956,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grierson-leitch-410223/episodes/supergirl-jackass-last-and-best-what-the-success-of-obsession-and-backrooms-means/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grierson-leitch-410223/supergirl-jackass-last-and-best-what-the-success-of-obsession-and-backrooms-means.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}