{"podcast":{"title":"Writers on Film","slug":"writers-on-film-5386597","podcast_index_feed_id":5386597,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/2vUBUobj","website_url":"https://bleav.com/shows/writers-on-film/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/615b38e1-0319-49ee-a9ac-80505ffd9001/acd2687b-1fab-405b-9e3a-539e0b5827f2/3000x3000/3c161fbf4d5f156f526925e5465053e6.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"John Bleasdale","episode_count":297,"summary":"Writers on Film is the only podcast to focus on film books and to talk to the best authors working in the area of cinema. From Making Of tomes to biographies, studies to novelisations, author and film critic John Bleasdale is fascinated by where the written word intersects with the world of the big screen. Get bonus content on Patreon A proud part of the Film Stories Podcast Network: www.filmstories.co.uk","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T20:19:41.600799+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/writers-on-film-5386597"},"episode":{"title":"Trans Cinema by Laura Horak","slug":"trans-cinema-by-laura-horak","published_at":"2026-06-10T12:14:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/writers-on-film-5386597/trans-cinema-by-laura-horak","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/writers-on-film-5386597","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/writers-on-film/episodes/trans-cinema-by-laura-horak/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/615b38e1-0319-49ee-a9ac-80505ffd9001/episodes/ab8fab39-13b4-4ded-b584-f6ada81f8e92/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=615b38e1-0319-49ee-a9ac-80505ffd9001&awEpisodeId=ab8fab39-13b4-4ded-b584-f6ada81f8e92&feed=2vUBUobj","summary":"Since the 1990s, a largely underground upwelling of trans creativity has helped new trans identities, communities, and political movements come together. In Trans Cinema, Laura Horak provides an entryway to the wildly diverse and creative cinema made by trans creators, including those who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color. Overlooked until now, this rich collection of media ranges in genre from romantic comedies to horror films and asks essential questions about how to be human and how to craft a livable life in a world on fire.","meta_description":"Since the 1990s, a largely underground upwelling of trans creativity has helped new trans identities, communities, and political movements come together.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3824,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/writers-on-film-5386597/episodes/trans-cinema-by-laura-horak/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/writers-on-film-5386597/trans-cinema-by-laura-horak.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}