{"podcast":{"title":"The Desert of the Reel: A Movie Podcast","slug":"the-desert-of-the-reel-a-movie-podcast-6745471","podcast_index_feed_id":6745471,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ef374714/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desert-of-the-reel","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/40033773/40033773-1702701906834-241e47ae9797b.jpg","author":"Desert of the Reel","episode_count":136,"summary":"Welcome to the Desert of the Reel, a movie podcast where host Ryan Hudson forces co-host Jason Dietz to watch the big blockbuster movies he’s refused to watch because he didn’t think they were worth his time. As two passionate high school English/film/philosophy/creativity teachers with graduate degrees, we're dedicated to using our academic training to argue about and dig deeply into movies. We explore the creativity and philosophy in our films and push our listeners to think critically about their entertainment.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T20:19:57.206759+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-desert-of-the-reel-a-movie-podcast-6745471"},"episode":{"title":"Hundreds of Beavers (2022) - The Most Creative Film of All Time? - DOTR Jason's Choice #22","slug":"hundreds-of-beavers-2022-the-most-creative-film-of-all-time-dotr-jason-s-choice-22","published_at":"2026-06-05T13:36:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-desert-of-the-reel-a-movie-podcast-6745471/hundreds-of-beavers-2022-the-most-creative-film-of-all-time-dotr-jason-s-choice-22","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-desert-of-the-reel-a-movie-podcast-6745471","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/desert-of-the-reel/episodes/Hundreds-of-Beavers-2022---The-Most-Creative-Film-of-All-Time----DOTR-Jasons-Choice-22-e3k9prp","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/ef374714/podcast/play/120956217/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-3%2F425443101-44100-2-d849842fe0e22.m4a","summary":"On its surface, Hundreds of Beavers (2022) is very much an outlier choice for a Jason's Choice film, but as we dig a little deeper, we uncover a film that is deeply about creativity, the creative process, and who we are as a species and individuals. We explore AI, both the dangers it presents to a critical creative humanity and the ways we could use AI to enable critical creative thinking far beyond our human capacities. Plus, Hundreds of Beavers ( 2022) is just a lot of fun. Please let us know how many minutes it took you to \"get it\" at desertofthereelpod@gmail.com!","meta_description":"On its surface, Hundreds of Beavers (2022) is very much an outlier choice for a Jason's Choice film, but as we dig a little deeper, we uncover a film that…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4927,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-desert-of-the-reel-a-movie-podcast-6745471/episodes/hundreds-of-beavers-2022-the-most-creative-film-of-all-time-dotr-jason-s-choice-22/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-desert-of-the-reel-a-movie-podcast-6745471/hundreds-of-beavers-2022-the-most-creative-film-of-all-time-dotr-jason-s-choice-22.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}