{"podcast":{"title":"Characters","slug":"characters-690001","podcast_index_feed_id":690001,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CTL1306680285","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/930d0e10-bf70-11ec-9e15-e3ca8f6b8efc/image/cef69a6a588c0b9cc12b5779cb4d0e8b.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Cloud10","episode_count":288,"summary":"Diving deeper on the characters we love to consume! Laura Diez hosts guest conversations and shares stories exploring the portrayals of real people on reality tv, fictionalized women that stay in our memories, and pop culture legends. New episodes Tuesdays and Fridays.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-20T20:17:26.790728+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001"},"episode":{"title":"Becoming Creatures; Intimacy Coordination with Laura Arden","slug":"becoming-creatures-intimacy-coordination-with-laura-arden","published_at":"2026-03-31T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001/becoming-creatures-intimacy-coordination-with-laura-arden","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL2351247222.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL2351247222.mp3","summary":"We're joined in conversation today by Laura Arden, a creature actor and intimacy coordinator. We speak about developing specialties on film sets, self-advocacy, neurodivergence, and the value in being a multifaceted talent. Spoiler: Laura is also one of my dearest friends, so the conversation is both tender and giggly and so fun. Time stamps: 1:26 Becoming an actor 3:53 Creature acting 12:58 Confidence and self-expression 18:40 Intimacy coordination 24:02 Multifaceted talent 29:30 How Hollywood is changing, consumption habits + AI 33:37 Intimacy coordinator tips for every day relationships 37:25 Self advocacy 42:56 Dream roles, favorite creatures in film 44:52 Specializing vs generalizing in Hollywood 46:31 Fashion modeling Find me on socials!! linktr.ee/literallylaurad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"We're joined in conversation today by Laura Arden, a creature actor and intimacy coordinator. We speak about developing specialties on film sets, self-adv…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3135,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/characters-690001/episodes/becoming-creatures-intimacy-coordination-with-laura-arden/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001/becoming-creatures-intimacy-coordination-with-laura-arden.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}