{"podcast":{"title":"Popcorn Podcast","slug":"popcorn-podcast-640780","podcast_index_feed_id":640780,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/62e06099a16d940014076400","website_url":"https://www.popcornpodcast.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/62e06099a16d940014076400/1751837291167-cf736706-5580-4668-8897-7ef893e3051b.jpeg","author":"Leigh Livingstone","episode_count":588,"summary":"Popcorn Podcast's bite-sized salty episodes will help you decide what movies to watch next. With exciting celebrity interviews, new movie reviews, giveaways, movie news and more, Popcorn Podcast with Leigh and Tim is for movie lovers everywhere. Hosted by entertainment journalist Leigh and movie expert Tim. Got a few minutes? Help us out by filling in this survey: http://bit.ly/popcornpodcast-survey Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T06:21:35.231471+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780"},"episode":{"title":"Amanda Peet, Matthew Shear: Fantasy Life and grown-up rom-coms","slug":"amanda-peet-matthew-shear-fantasy-life-and-grown-up-rom-coms","published_at":"2026-03-27T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780/amanda-peet-matthew-shear-fantasy-life-and-grown-up-rom-coms","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780","url":"https://www.popcornpodcast.com/episodes/amanda-peet-matthew-shear-interview-fantasy-life","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/62e06099a16d940014076400/e/69bfd4e81a160b44db3c6ecd/media.mp3","summary":"Amanda Peet and Matthew Shear are here to talk about  Fantasy Life , their New York-set romantic comedy that won the Audience Award at South by Southwest and earned Peet a Special Jury Award for what Variety called the performance of a lifetime. They dig into what drew Peet to this unusually specific script, how writer, director and star Shear drew on his real-life experience as a Manhattan manny to write something deeply personal, and what it was like directing legends, including Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban and Holland Taylor as a first-time filmmaker. There's also a frank and fascinating conversation about whether acting is a void that can ever truly be filled. More Popcorn: Addition director Marcelle Lunam on Teresa Palmer, anxiety and power of love Nick Offerman on humour and humanity Talking The Travellers with Bryan Brown and Bruce Beresford Know someone who loves movies? Please share  Popcorn Podcast  with your friends. Keep Popcorn Podcast on the air by  shouting Leigh and Tim a movie snack . Visit  popcornpodcast.com  for movie reviews, celebrity interviews and giveaways. Popcorn Podcast interviews the biggest stars on YouTube:  Popcorn Podcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Amanda Peet and Matthew Shear are here to talk about Fantasy Life , their New York-set romantic comedy that won the Audience Award at South by South…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":722,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/popcorn-podcast-640780/episodes/amanda-peet-matthew-shear-fantasy-life-and-grown-up-rom-coms/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/popcorn-podcast-640780/amanda-peet-matthew-shear-fantasy-life-and-grown-up-rom-coms.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}