{"podcast":{"title":"MRAC Film Club","slug":"mrac-film-club-6694874","podcast_index_feed_id":6694874,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ec947720/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anthony-ragucci","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/39591528/39591528-1699667150660-708e1525ab42a.jpg","author":"MRAC Film Club","episode_count":141,"summary":"We are a weekly film discussion group. Each month is a deep dive into a single cinematic theme wherein the playlist is curated by a member of our team. We meet once a week to discuss a single film and the occasional supplemental. Join the club. Watch the film. Pod the cast","last_synced_at":"2026-07-05T22:17:03.678730+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrac-film-club-6694874"},"episode":{"title":"Cold Hard Cage, Week 2 - Adaptation (2002)","slug":"cold-hard-cage-week-2-adaptation-2002","published_at":"2026-06-21T16:14:50+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrac-film-club-6694874/cold-hard-cage-week-2-adaptation-2002","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrac-film-club-6694874","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/anthony-ragucci/episodes/Cold-Hard-Cage--Week-2---Adaptation-2002-e3l35um","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ec947720/podcast/play/121787798/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-21%2F9fa357ce-beb2-0218-62ee-6e70117be1a5.mp3","summary":"Episode 140 - What's better than a movie with Nick Cage? How about a movie with 2 Nick Cages? This week we get meta with the story of Charlie Kaufman (played by Nick Cage) as he struggles to adapt the screen play for the novel The Orchid Thief by Susan Orlean (played by Meryl Streep). Directed by Spike Jonze, this one is a modern meta classic that features and additional Cage who plays his own twin brother Donald. This one also made the MRAC history books as the 4th film to make it into the prestigious MRAC honors society, receiving a 10/10 from all 4 of us. Tune in as we break this one down. And tune in next week for a Cage double feature: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), and Color Out of Space (2019) email us at mracfilmclub@gmail.com","meta_description":"Episode 140 - What's better than a movie with Nick Cage? How about a movie with 2 Nick Cages? This week we get meta with the story of Charlie Kaufman (pla…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5963,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mrac-film-club-6694874/episodes/cold-hard-cage-week-2-adaptation-2002/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mrac-film-club-6694874/cold-hard-cage-week-2-adaptation-2002.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}