{"podcast":{"title":"Surely You Can't Be Serious Podcast","slug":"surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast-494776","podcast_index_feed_id":494776,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6765289/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast--6765289","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4f88689e8dcb196e23f67b5efb248479.jpg","author":"Surely You Can't Be Serious PC","episode_count":416,"summary":"The pinnacle of infotainment! Crazy stuff you didn’t know about the greatest movies and music of the 80’s, 90’s, and beyond. Hilarity ensues as a research professor and a pop culture savant are pitted against each other in a debate to determine what entertainment icons of film, music, and games are the best of the best of Generation X. https://www.thesurelypodcast.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T14:19:30.941069+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast-494776"},"episode":{"title":"\"The Breakfast Club\" (1985) vs. \"St. Elmo's fire\" (1985): Part 2","slug":"the-breakfast-club-1985-vs-st-elmo-s-fire-1985-part-2","published_at":"2026-01-06T06:05:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast-494776/the-breakfast-club-1985-vs-st-elmo-s-fire-1985-part-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast-494776","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-breakfast-club-1985-vs-st-elmo-s-fire-1985-part-2--69272076","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69272076/breakfast_2_final.mp3","summary":"The debate comes to a head. In Episode 2 of 2, Jason and Dee of the Surely You Can’t Be Serious podcast finish their head-to-head breakdown of the iconic 1985 films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s Fire. This time, the focus shifts to the cast of St. Elmo’s Fire and the lasting legacy of its ensemble as full-fledged Brat Pack icons. For fun, Dee takes a sharper angle by calling out each character’s fatal flaw, while Jason counters with an alternate, more generous interpretation — finding the redeeming qualities hiding beneath the self-absorption, ambition, and chaos. With the character debate settled, the guys zoom out and deliver their final verdict, answering the big question they’ve been circling all along: which of these two 1985 classics truly stands the test of time? Is it the intimate honesty of detention, or the messy post-college reality of adulthood? Nostalgia, analysis, and judgment collide as Jason and Dee crown a winner and close the book on one of the great 80s movie matchups. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/surelypodcast Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@surelypodcast Check out our new merch store: https://surely-you-cant-be-serious-merch.myshopify.com/","meta_description":"The debate comes to a head. In Episode 2 of 2, Jason and Dee of the Surely You Can’t Be Serious podcast finish their head-to-head breakdown of the iconic…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2777,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast-494776/episodes/the-breakfast-club-1985-vs-st-elmo-s-fire-1985-part-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast-494776/the-breakfast-club-1985-vs-st-elmo-s-fire-1985-part-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}