{"podcast":{"title":"Kermode & Mayo’s Take","slug":"kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583","podcast_index_feed_id":5310583,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/kermodeandmayo","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3dead3fa-9fbc-11ec-a343-aba8a0855498/image/K_M_TILE_ART_full_lyr_UPDATED.jpg-2023-12-01_15_59_52.236000.jpeg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Sony Music","episode_count":290,"summary":"Essential film reviews, TV reviews, and all conversations around movie and non-movie related stuff brought to you by Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo. Plus a whole bunch of recommendations to watch in cinemas, on all streaming services and on physical media. Want more Kermode & Mayo? Subscribe to Kermode & Mayo’s Extra Takes to get ad-free listening plus access to our subscriber-exclusive show, TAKE TWO, with new episodes every Friday. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, or at extratakes.com to get access on your preferred podcast platform. There's more to discover at kermodeandmayo.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices . EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/take Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T02:20:02.396742+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583"},"episode":{"title":"John Waters: “I’m so respectable I could puke”","slug":"john-waters-i-m-so-respectable-i-could-puke","published_at":"2026-04-16T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583/john-waters-i-m-so-respectable-i-could-puke","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/a16f7d/mgln.ai/e/143/tracking.swap.fm/track/Vjambo9ifGBwbaCTlDBD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SONY3640710774.mp3?updated=1776343453","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/pdrl.fm/a16f7d/mgln.ai/e/143/tracking.swap.fm/track/Vjambo9ifGBwbaCTlDBD/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/SONY3640710774.mp3?updated=1776343453","summary":"Some exciting news—The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member-only chat rooms, polls and submissions to influence the show, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, the monthly Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show—a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time. On this week’s Take, Mark and Simon are back with more box fresh film reviews of the latest big screen releases. And we are still reviewing three brand new films out this week, even though it’s Easter holibobs and the show is pre-recorded—because the Good Doctors are actual time travellers now, ICYMI. First up, they head to the Highlands for Glenrothan, Brian Cox’s whisky-soaked directorial debut family drama—does it live up to its lofty ambitions, or get lost in the Scottish mist? Then it’s Rebuilding, a quietly affecting portrait of second chances and fragile hope starring Josh O’Connor as a cowboy without a ranch. And finally, Wizard of the Kremlin—where Vladamir Putin is played by… Jude Law?! Plus Mark talks to ‘The Pope of Trash’ John Waters, director of cult classics like Pink Flamingoes and Multiple Maniacs, and high priest of bad taste. He’s celebrating the BFI’s Trash season. Expect a gleeful and provocative conversation on the art of trash cinema, the pleasures of the disreputable, and why good bad films might just be the most honest kind of all. Plus, as always, there’s the latest correspondence from the faithful, a few choice diversions, and the sort of cinematic enthusiasm (and exasperation) you’ve come to expect. You can contact the sh…","meta_description":"Some exciting news—The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4596,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583/episodes/john-waters-i-m-so-respectable-i-could-puke/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kermode-mayo-s-take-5310583/john-waters-i-m-so-respectable-i-could-puke.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}