{"podcast":{"title":"Pop Mystery Pod","slug":"pop-mystery-pod-6911267","podcast_index_feed_id":6911267,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/CEQBba3S","website_url":"https://www.instagram.com/popmysterypod/?hl=en","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/209b9ebc-d182-4968-a9cd-dea9750afd08/3f494a42-e823-4be3-9711-87d600a28689/3000x3000/a16579b451851d95c3b61009b7bc4573076a74a389ee2990149876d0a2652adfeb43e57df258dd00649ce57b2af517bee187997b21a8181b50957ffa8ebd216d.jpeg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Tess Barker","episode_count":99,"summary":"Investigative journalist and pop culture junkie Tess Barker, dives into the pop culture moments that have puzzled her for years. This addictive, informative and revelatory show dives features the deep research and first person reporting that helped her launch the #FreeBritney movement while co-hosting Britney's Gram. Each episode unpacks a moment in celebrity news that was misunderstood or intentionally covered up at the time. Part true crime, part comedy, part deconstructing pop culture trivia, the show shines light on the dark corners in the entertainment capital of the world.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T16:18:51.204952+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-mystery-pod-6911267"},"episode":{"title":"The Settlement: What Justin Baldoni’s Lawyer Doesn’t Want Us to Know","slug":"the-settlement-what-justin-baldoni-s-lawyer-doesn-t-want-us-to-know","published_at":"2026-05-07T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-mystery-pod-6911267/the-settlement-what-justin-baldoni-s-lawyer-doesn-t-want-us-to-know","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-mystery-pod-6911267","url":"https://www.instagram.com/popmysterypod/?hl=en","audio_url":"https://afp-935193-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/209b9ebc-d182-4968-a9cd-dea9750afd08/episodes/51913eda-d7f8-4b74-b0eb-c0cba0ae7d7f/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=209b9ebc-d182-4968-a9cd-dea9750afd08&awEpisodeId=51913eda-d7f8-4b74-b0eb-c0cba0ae7d7f&feed=CEQBba3S","summary":"Blake Lively’s case against Justin Baldoni has settled. Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman has been doing a media tour in an attempt to frame this as a “victory.” Yet, for all Freedman has been talking, he doesn’t seem to be giving us the full story.","meta_description":"Blake Lively’s case against Justin Baldoni has settled. Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman has been doing a media tour in an attempt to frame this as a “vict…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1420,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pop-mystery-pod-6911267/episodes/the-settlement-what-justin-baldoni-s-lawyer-doesn-t-want-us-to-know/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-mystery-pod-6911267/the-settlement-what-justin-baldoni-s-lawyer-doesn-t-want-us-to-know.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}