{"podcast":{"title":"The Jim Motavalli Interview Podcast","slug":"the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast-7022794","podcast_index_feed_id":7022794,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/MfBMjF0sZI6wMMVz08fN80B_rguhEvP7M-_V-QI3EDs/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS80MjEy/ZTUxZGFmY2NlOTU3/NzBkNzUwNmFhOTQ1/Y2E2OS5qcGc.jpg","author":"WPKN, Jim Motavalli","episode_count":55,"summary":"Jim Motavalli of WPKN features interviews new and archival - artists, movers, shakers, and more.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T06:18:01.352624+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast-7022794"},"episode":{"title":"John Sayles: The Filmmaker's Take on the World of Henry Ford","slug":"john-sayles-the-filmmaker-s-take-on-the-world-of-henry-ford","published_at":"2026-04-18T20:35:03+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast-7022794/john-sayles-the-filmmaker-s-take-on-the-world-of-henry-ford","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast-7022794","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/fd3916b3","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/fd3916b3/ab28df20.mp3","summary":"John Sayles is a prolific filmmaker who, since The Return of the Secaucus Seven in 1980, hasn't been afraid to take on big political themes. In 17 films and eight novels (as well as short-story collections and screenplays) he looks at a specific moment in the historical record from multiple perspectives. Sayles' latest work is Crucible , a closely observed historical novel that looks at the Ford Motor Company from the introduction of the Model A to the postwar period. It includes the fight for unionization (and union busters), the boss' anti-Semitism, the immigrants' experience, and Fordlandia, the ill-fated attempt to grow rubber (for tires) in Brazil.","meta_description":"John Sayles is a prolific filmmaker who, since The Return of the Secaucus Seven in 1980, hasn't been afraid to take on big political themes. In 17 films a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1915,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast-7022794/episodes/john-sayles-the-filmmaker-s-take-on-the-world-of-henry-ford/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-jim-motavalli-interview-podcast-7022794/john-sayles-the-filmmaker-s-take-on-the-world-of-henry-ford.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}