{"podcast":{"title":"Beginnings","slug":"beginnings-712871","podcast_index_feed_id":712871,"rss_url":"https://beginnings.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://beginningspod.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/7/7/a/9/77a9ce61a5a84663e55e3c100dce7605/Beginnings_Logo_Perfect_Square_for_Libsyn.jpg","author":"Andy Beckerman","episode_count":500,"summary":"We all know the stories of how creative people get into the business of creating for a living, but how did they start using their imaginations in the first place? On the Beginnings podcast, writer and performer Andy Beckerman asks well-known and on-their-way-up comedians, musicians, writers, artists and thinkers about their earliest creative acts, their formative childhood experiences, and how they've developed both creatively and emotionally over the years. Beginnings is part therapy, part philosophy and almost all fascinating (95% according to FDA studies).","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T16:17:50.333758+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beginnings-712871"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 709: cub","slug":"episode-709-cub","published_at":"2026-02-20T05:55:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beginnings-712871/episode-709-cub","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beginnings-712871","url":"https://beginnings.libsyn.com/episode-709-cub","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/beginnings/Beginnings_-_cub.mp3?dest-id=73019","summary":"On today's episode, I talk to Lisa Marr and Lisa Gertrud, two-thirds of the band cub. Hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, Lisa Marr and Robynn Iwata formed cub in 1992 and while they were only together for five short years, were incredibly prolific, releasing a dozen albums, EPs and 7\"es in their half-a-decade as a band. After their break-up, Robin started the band I Am Spoonbender, while Lisa M and Lisa G, who joined in 1994, moved to California where they started the band Buck. Since the '90s, both Lisas have had extensive careers in film and visual art; Lisa M co-founded the Echo Park Film Center, and Lisa G is a founding member of Vancouver's Iris Film Collective. Back in mid-January, Mint Records released the 30th anniversary reissue of cub's second album Come Out Come Out, and even three decades later, it is still fantastic! This is the website for Beginnings , subscribe on Apple Podcasts , follow me on Twitter . Check out my free philosophy Substack where I write essays every couple months here and my old casiopop band's lost album here ! And the comedy podcast I do with my wife Naomi Couples Therapy can be found here ! Theme song by the fantastic Savoir Adore ! Second theme by the brilliant Mike Pace ! Closing theme by the delightful Gregory Brothers ! Podcast art by the inimitable Beano Gee !","meta_description":"On today's episode, I talk to Lisa Marr and Lisa Gertrud, two-thirds of the band cub. Hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, Lisa Marr and Robynn Iwata…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4167,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beginnings-712871/episodes/episode-709-cub/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/beginnings-712871/episode-709-cub.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}