# Ponies Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873/ponies Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873/ponies.md Podcast: [The Writers Panel](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873) Published: 2026-01-20T09:01:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/nerdistwriters/episodes/696e803f1e4bca00bf1daf03 Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/64136d56d4086100118cc769/e/696e803f1e4bca00bf1daf03/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-writers-panel-1063873/episodes/ponies Duration seconds: 3166 ## Resource Ponies creators Susanna Fogel and David Iserson ( The Spy Who Dumped Me ) discuss how they collaborate, the long road to Ponies , comedy with stakes, American culture through a funhouse mirror, genre as a way of writing about relationships and politics, why pitching is a scam, and more. THE WRITERS PANEL IS A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. Follow and support the show by subscribing to Ben Blacker's newsletter, Re:Writing , where you'll also get weekly advice from the thousands of writers he's interviewed over the years, as well as access to exclusive live Q&As, meet-ups, and more: benblacker.substack.com SOCIALS: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/benblacker.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bablacker/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-writers-panel-1063873/episodes/ponies/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-writers-panel-1063873/ponies.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.