{"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":"The Best Movies of the First Half of 2026","slug":"the-best-movies-of-the-first-half-of-2026","published_at":"2026-07-03T22:28:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grierson-leitch-410223/the-best-movies-of-the-first-half-of-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grierson-leitch-410223","url":"https://11aa77b4-df32-492c-b795-b90fab7f5b55.libsyn.com/the-best-movies-of-the-first-half-of-2026","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/11aa77b4-df32-492c-b795-b90fab7f5b55/GriersonLeitch3July2026ReadyToPost.mp3?dest-id=4061106","summary":"It's our annual show, every July 4th, when we look back at the best movies of the first half of the year. Grierson gives his six best, and Leitch does as well. And enjoy America's 250th birthday, we guess! 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":"It's our annual show, every July 4th, when we look back at the best movies of the first half of the year. Grierson gives his six best, and Leitch does as…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7313,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grierson-leitch-410223/episodes/the-best-movies-of-the-first-half-of-2026/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/the-best-movies-of-the-first-half-of-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}