{"podcast":{"title":"Vibe Check","slug":"vibe-check-5608224","podcast_index_feed_id":5608224,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/tA_4bn2c","website_url":"https://www.siriusxm.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/00c81e60-45f9-4643-9fed-2184b2b6a3d3/54022a1b-ef3c-481f-b7da-b6c467deb5cc/3000x3000/sxm-cover-vibecheck-3000x3000-refresh-final.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"SiriusXM","episode_count":262,"summary":"A weekly podcast where Saeed Jones and Zach Stafford make sense of what’s going on in news and culture – and how it all feels. Vibe Check is your favorite group chat, come to life. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Vibe Check ad-free. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T16:18:14.229060+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vibe-check-5608224"},"episode":{"title":"One Oscar Battle After Another with Traci Thomas","slug":"one-oscar-battle-after-another-with-traci-thomas","published_at":"2026-03-11T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vibe-check-5608224/one-oscar-battle-after-another-with-traci-thomas","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vibe-check-5608224","url":"https://www.siriusxm.com","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/2/pdst.fm/e/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/stitcher.simplecastaudio.com/93631aed-f31d-4c5b-b678-a6cd6844abdd/episodes/508cd4cc-aeac-45b6-ae17-ab0bbe557890/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=93631aed-f31d-4c5b-b678-a6cd6844abdd&awEpisodeId=508cd4cc-aeac-45b6-ae17-ab0bbe557890&feed=tA_4bn2c","summary":"On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach are joined by Traci Thomas, host of The Stacks podcast, for an in-depth pre-Oscars chat. They break down this year’s awards season chaos and dig into Sinners and One Battle After Another, exploring how both films depict Black life in America from very different angles. They also get into Hollywood’s habit of rewarding negative tropes about Black women and debate what actually makes a movie a “Black movie.” Then, they wrap with their Oscar winner predictions.","meta_description":"On this episode of Vibe Check, Saeed and Zach are joined by Traci Thomas, host of The Stacks podcast, for an in-depth pre-Oscars chat. They break down thi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3391,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/vibe-check-5608224/episodes/one-oscar-battle-after-another-with-traci-thomas/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/vibe-check-5608224/one-oscar-battle-after-another-with-traci-thomas.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}