# 711 - Tao Ruspoli (Film Director: The Dulcinée Dialectic) Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/tangentially-speaking-with-christopher-ryan-1017483/711-tao-ruspoli-film-director-the-dulcin-e-dialectic Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/tangentially-speaking-with-christopher-ryan-1017483/711-tao-ruspoli-film-director-the-dulcin-e-dialectic.md Podcast: [Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tangentially-speaking-with-christopher-ryan-1017483) Published: 2026-03-23T22:52:03+00:00 Episode link: https://chrisryan.substack.com/p/711-tao-ruspoli-film-director-the Audio file: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191922871/1100cd80b97226cd5c7c2b3bbab98a02.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tangentially-speaking-with-christopher-ryan-1017483/episodes/711-tao-ruspoli-film-director-the-dulcin-e-dialectic Duration seconds: 4878 ## Resource Tao is a magical man, living a magical life. Film director, musician, philosopher, bon-vivant, and all-around lovely human being. I’m thrilled to bring him back into our party again (for the fourth time?). Anya, Tao and I recorded this in our van at his recent 50th birthday celebration. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tangentially-speaking-with-christopher-ryan-1017483/episodes/711-tao-ruspoli-film-director-the-dulcin-e-dialectic/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/tangentially-speaking-with-christopher-ryan-1017483/711-tao-ruspoli-film-director-the-dulcin-e-dialectic.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.