{"podcast":{"title":"Story Nerd","slug":"story-nerd-5321719","podcast_index_feed_id":5321719,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/valerie3v/feed.xml","website_url":"https://valerie3v.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22517313/story-nerd-trademark.jpg","author":"Valerie Francis","episode_count":100,"summary":"For novelists, memoirists and screenwriters who want to write stories readers will love, and who want to work with a literary agent. Each week, editors Valerie Francis and Melanie Hill use films to explain how to craft a story that hooks the reader on page one and holds their attention all the way to the end. On alternate weeks, Valerie and literary agent Kathleen Foxx offer their professional feedback on query letters and writing samples submitted by Story Nerd listeners. The goal is simple: to help writers realize their dreams of becoming published authors. If you love to write, and you love to tell stories, and you want to see your book out in the world, this podcast is for you! ”The only thing that matters, and that ever will matter, is the story. That’s it.” - Tom Hanks (Oxford Union 2024)","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T16:18:10.114788+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/story-nerd-5321719"},"episode":{"title":"What Went Wrong: 80 for Brady","slug":"what-went-wrong-80-for-brady","published_at":"2026-05-06T11:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/story-nerd-5321719/what-went-wrong-80-for-brady","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/story-nerd-5321719","url":"https://valerie3v.podbean.com/e/what-went-wrong-80-for-brady/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/1iewc3agubnxe6ur/d_5a89041c-c813-40c4-890d-a8e249ba1095_ecc02378-71a1-4297-8fb1-cd4d834eddb7_episodes_audio_group_74ae4e26-8804-4cc1-953b-34306f0ccae6_group-item_d7f168ab-47b8-4893-bbed-21a9fdf62502_128_default_tc.mp3","summary":"I'm convinced that the screenplay for this film was generated by AI. Of course, I have no proof for that, but 80 for Brady is so completely bizarre that if AI wasn't involved, I'd like to know what the filmmakers were smoking. It misses the mark at every turn and has so neglected (ignored? forgotten?) the fundamentals of storytelling that not even four legends of stage and screen can save it. This just might be the worst movie ever made. Oy with the poodles already! - V.","meta_description":"I'm convinced that the screenplay for this film was generated by AI. Of course, I have no proof for that, but 80 for Brady is so completely bizarre that i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2919,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/story-nerd-5321719/episodes/what-went-wrong-80-for-brady/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/story-nerd-5321719/what-went-wrong-80-for-brady.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}