{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Funspooled-7548672b.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Falmost-famous-with-alan-sepinwall-mhKibRxq","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Almost Famous (with Alan Sepinwall)","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/2a5b2793-8836-4839-a6db-63f4ba9ac5e7/2b6b77f0-60da-4035-88c6-38010293ff01/fe4387fc48a19671cdb6586d839bf5cd.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"With Paul away, Amy hits the road with TV critic and former Rolling Stone writer Alan Sepinwall to revisit Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous, the coming-of-age rock movie about a teenage journalist, a very complicated band, and the blurry line between access and honesty. They dig into Crowe’s autobiographical story, the film’s legendary cast, and its many musical highs, while exploring what it means to be a critic when you’re also a fan. Along the way, Amy and Alan debate Lester Bangs’ advice, the power critics have to shape what becomes canon, and why Almost Famous remains one of the great movies about falling in love with music.\nYou can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6\nFollow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/\nPaul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer\nCheck out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer\nEpisodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/\nLearn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts."}