{"podcast":{"title":"92NY Talks","slug":"92ny-talks-397831","podcast_index_feed_id":397831,"rss_url":"https://92ytalks.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.92ny.org/archives/featured-series/talks-podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/4/e/2/b4e250ac68df10f227a2322813b393ee/Talks_Podcast-3000x3000.jpg","author":"The 92nd Street Y, New York","episode_count":300,"summary":"The 92nd Street Y, New York has harnessed the power of arts and ideas to enrich, enlighten and change lives, and the power of community to repair the world for 150 years. This podcast features many of the fascinating people and conversations from our stage.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/92ny-talks-397831"},"episode":{"title":"LORNE: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live with Susan Morrison and Bob Odenkirk","slug":"lorne-the-man-who-invented-saturday-night-live-with-susan-morrison-and-bob-odenkirk","published_at":"2026-01-23T20:20:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/92ny-talks-397831/lorne-the-man-who-invented-saturday-night-live-with-susan-morrison-and-bob-odenkirk","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/92ny-talks-397831","url":"https://92ytalks.libsyn.com/lorne-the-man-who-invented-saturday-night-live-susan-morrison-in-conversation-with-bob-odenkirk","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/92ytalks/Podcast-01-23-2026-Lorne-Man-Who-Created-SNL-Bob-Odenkirk_mixdown-full.mp3?dest-id=210969","summary":"As Saturday Night Live marks its 50th anniversary, celebrate the genius behind one of television's most enduring cultural institutions — Lorne Michaels. In her definitive biography, Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Life , Susan Morrison — articles editor at The New Yorker — gains unprecedented access to Michaels himself, along with SNL 's iconic cast and writers, offering a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the man who reshaped American comedy. With razor-sharp insight and hundreds of interviews, Morrison reveals the warts-and-all portrait of Michaels: a visionary tastemaker, a shrewd businessman, a relentless perfectionist, and the enigmatic force behind SNL 's star-making machine. From Will Ferrell to Tina Fey, John Mulaney to Chris Rock, the legends who defined the show open up about the comedy god who made it all possible. Joining Morrison is comedian, writer, and SNL alum Bob Odenkirk, who once called Michaels \"some kind of very distant, strange comedy god.\" Together, they'll dive into the obsessive brilliance of a man whose influence reaches far beyond late-night TV — and discuss the star-studded 50th-anniversary special that reminded the world why Saturday Night Live still matters. Expect stories, revelations, and plenty of laughs in this unmissable conversation about the genius who forever changed the face of comedy.","meta_description":"As Saturday Night Live marks its 50th anniversary, celebrate the genius behind one of television's most enduring cultural institutions — Lorne Michaels. I…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3526,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/92ny-talks-397831/episodes/lorne-the-man-who-invented-saturday-night-live-with-susan-morrison-and-bob-odenkirk/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/92ny-talks-397831/lorne-the-man-who-invented-saturday-night-live-with-susan-morrison-and-bob-odenkirk.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}