{"podcast":{"title":"Mom Can't Cook! A DCOM Podcast","slug":"mom-can-t-cook-a-dcom-podcast-5584765","podcast_index_feed_id":5584765,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/mom-cant-cook","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/mom-cant-cook","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/e4/ca/b6/4f/e4cab64f-78eb-431e-8f1e-0c2c8f6957dd/c3fac786ea2d92dde669c2e1995998695c29a0cb0464f61ec027c556b7f826aaae0bfb64b6db249d634733f2761628f2baecbcf78a1542a4466ae663a73dfc7d.jpeg","author":"Luke Westaway & Andy Farrant","episode_count":108,"summary":"Join Luke Westaway and Andy Farrant as they talk about cinema's greatest achievement: Disney Channel Original Movies. From X-TREME rollerblading, to Mermen, to homicidal smart homes, there's something for everyone in these brilliant, baffling films. Also, usually the mom character in the film is unable to cook, and this is considered richly comic. Hence the name.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T14:20:00.086609+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mom-can-t-cook-a-dcom-podcast-5584765"},"episode":{"title":"Hatching Pete","slug":"hatching-pete","published_at":"2025-09-29T06:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mom-can-t-cook-a-dcom-podcast-5584765/hatching-pete","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mom-can-t-cook-a-dcom-podcast-5584765","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/35/clrtpod.com/m/rss.art19.com/episodes/dede48de-0dce-4b48-8e92-8732b39cc2ff.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/35/clrtpod.com/m/rss.art19.com/episodes/dede48de-0dce-4b48-8e92-8732b39cc2ff.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"If the Disney Channel approached you and asked you to write a movie about mascots, but you didn't know anything about mascots, you would probably do one of two things:  1) Go away and learn about mascots, then write the movie. 2) Say \"sorry, I don't know anything about mascots, I cannot write this movie\".  However, there is a secret third option, and that is to write the movie anyway, despite not knowing what a mascot is, or what one does, or how people would react to it.  And friends, that's the option that we have to assume led to 2009's Hatching Pete, in which a boy named Pete inspires a basketball team, lifts the hearts of an entire town, and gets away with grand theft auto by doing normal mascotting in a normal way. But will people still love Pete when he isn't in a chicken suit? Can the Brewster Roosters finally win a game if there is a chicken breakdancing in their peripheral vision? And could Disney somehow find a way for this movie to launch the pop career of Mitchell Musso? Listen and find out! If you crave bonus episodes of Mom Can't Cook!, monthly livestream watchalongs, or a shoutout at the end of the show, remember to check out our Patreon at  Patreon.com/extrahelpings . If you've watched Hatching Pete and have your own thoughts, email them to us at  momcantcookpod@gmail.com  for a chance to have them read out on the show. Next time on Mom Can't Cook! we'll be watching 2012's Girl vs. Monster. See you then! This episode is sponsored by NordVPN. EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼  nordvpn.com/momcantcook . Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Thanks to this week's other sponsor, Saily! Get an exclusive 15% discount on your first Saily data plans, simply download the Saily app and use code momcantcook at che…","meta_description":"If the Disney Channel approached you and asked you to write a movie about mascots, but you didn't know anything about mascots, you would probably do…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8537,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mom-can-t-cook-a-dcom-podcast-5584765/episodes/hatching-pete/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mom-can-t-cook-a-dcom-podcast-5584765/hatching-pete.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}