{"podcast":{"title":"Artist Motivation with Ira Cross","slug":"artist-motivation-with-ira-cross-7070100","podcast_index_feed_id":7070100,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/3199927.rss","website_url":"https://iraterrycross.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/3199927/2933c8f6785594ed69cfd2e177ed72a5.jpg","author":"Ira Cross","episode_count":88,"summary":"I’m an actor and overall filmmaker that loves to empower people to empower themselves.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-07T22:21:10.994178+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/artist-motivation-with-ira-cross-7070100"},"episode":{"title":"Empower Others","slug":"empower-others","published_at":"2025-10-22T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/artist-motivation-with-ira-cross-7070100/empower-others","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/artist-motivation-with-ira-cross-7070100","url":"https://iraterrycross.substack.com/p/empower-others","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/176342882/35f9cb5bc00380713e558d444d5d08ff.mp3","summary":"“If you’re doing anything creative, empower other people in that creative process.” Sometimes all that is needed to empower others is to exist completely and unapologetically as yourself. Having a conversation with somebody that needs verbal validation is wonderful. However, sometimes you just need to be you and do your thing and people will notice. There are so many people in this world that serve as a positive example and don’t realize all of the people they are inspiring. When a little Black girl sees Mae Jemison, she knows that she can be a scientist too. When a person fighting addiction sees how Samuel L. Jackson not only beat addiction, but used it to catapult his career, they can see inspiration and hope. When a son sees his mother fighting through life to make a way for him, he knows there’s no struggle in his life that he can’t beat. Create with intention. Create knowing that people are watching and wanting you to succeed. Because when you succeed they see themselves succeeding. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit iraterrycross.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"“If you’re doing anything creative, empower other people in that creative process.” Sometimes all that is needed to empower others is to exist completely…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":73,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/artist-motivation-with-ira-cross-7070100/episodes/empower-others/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/artist-motivation-with-ira-cross-7070100/empower-others.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}