{"podcast":{"title":"New Books Network","slug":"new-books-network-529292","podcast_index_feed_id":529292,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/OuTJEAhS","website_url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f4d2a1d0-a64d-477c-afe6-78ea68c8d119/c4c9e2fd-6133-4a85-8c77-58d8e7902835/3000x3000/main-channelpage.png?aid=rss_feed","author":"New Books Network","episode_count":600,"summary":"Interviews with Authors about their New Books Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network","last_synced_at":"2026-10-02T08:23:46.189970+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292"},"episode":{"title":"Power Surge: Conglomerate Hollywood and the Studio System's Last Hurrah with Thomas Schatz (U California Press, 2026)","slug":"power-surge-conglomerate-hollywood-and-the-studio-system-s-last-hurrah-with-thomas-schatz-u-california-press-2026","published_at":"2026-09-25T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292/power-surge-conglomerate-hollywood-and-the-studio-system-s-last-hurrah-with-thomas-schatz-u-california-press-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292","url":"https://newbooksnetwork.com","audio_url":"https://injector.simplecastaudio.com/f4d2a1d0-a64d-477c-afe6-78ea68c8d119/episodes/1d4c81a2-cd35-4455-a2be-db37ee1152cc/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=f4d2a1d0-a64d-477c-afe6-78ea68c8d119&awEpisodeId=1d4c81a2-cd35-4455-a2be-db37ee1152cc&awSourceEpisodeId=3813f3e1-ba66-41a3-bb38-27825c122591&feed=OuTJEAhS","summary":"Thomas Schatz returns us to an era when a newly enriched movie industry rediscovered its creative energy, and indie went mainstream without losing its edge. Between 1989 and 2004, all the old studios either merged with other media giants or were swallowed up by even bigger diversified behemoths, leading to an infusion of money and fast-tracking the digital revolution. Yet even as CGI and piles of cash fueled a new breed of blockbusters—Batman and Titanic, Toy Story and The Lord of the Rings—an indie ethos permeated the industry. And at the crossroads of commodification and aesthetic vision, auteurs ranging from Steven Soderbergh and Quentin Tarantino to Sofia Coppola and Ang Lee became household names. Power Surge: Conglomerate Hollywood and the Studio System's Last Hurrah with Thomas Schatz (U California Press, 2026) traces these trajectories, which increasingly clashed and commingled during the 1990s and early 2000s, resulting in nothing short of a new golden age—and perhaps the last gasp of the century-old studio system.","meta_description":"Thomas Schatz returns us to an era when a newly enriched movie industry rediscovered its creative energy, and indie went mainstream without losing its edg…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4353,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/new-books-network-529292/episodes/power-surge-conglomerate-hollywood-and-the-studio-system-s-last-hurrah-with-thomas-schatz-u-california-press-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-books-network-529292/power-surge-conglomerate-hollywood-and-the-studio-system-s-last-hurrah-with-thomas-schatz-u-california-press-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}