# Ep 623: Side Sauntering with Melisa of MWY Pottery Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-maker-s-playbook-3471418/ep-623-side-sauntering-with-melisa-of-mwy-pottery Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-maker-s-playbook-3471418/ep-623-side-sauntering-with-melisa-of-mwy-pottery.md Podcast: [The Maker's Playbook](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-maker-s-playbook-3471418) Published: 2025-06-20T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://mgln.ai/e/1263/www.buzzsprout.com/1976744/episodes/17352092-ep-623-side-sauntering-with-melisa-of-mwy-pottery.mp3 Audio file: https://mgln.ai/e/1263/www.buzzsprout.com/1976744/episodes/17352092-ep-623-side-sauntering-with-melisa-of-mwy-pottery.mp3 Processing state: processed JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-maker-s-playbook-3471418/episodes/ep-623-side-sauntering-with-melisa-of-mwy-pottery Duration seconds: 3334 ## Resource Send us Fan Mail As makers, many of us feel pressure to choose between our creative passions and a more traditional career - but what if that's a false choice entirely? What if taking your craft seriously doesn't require abandoning a career you are equally passionate about? Melisa's journey from taking her first clay class as a 40th birthday gift to creating what she calls a "side saunter" shows us how blending our different worlds can actually make both richer. Could embracing your own pace ... ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-maker-s-playbook-3471418/episodes/ep-623-side-sauntering-with-melisa-of-mwy-pottery/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-maker-s-playbook-3471418/ep-623-side-sauntering-with-melisa-of-mwy-pottery.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.