{"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":"Marilyn and Ella Fitzgerald","slug":"marilyn-and-ella-fitzgerald","published_at":"2026-06-09T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001/marilyn-and-ella-fitzgerald","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL7690113421.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CTL7690113421.mp3","summary":"The unlikely friendship of Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald, and the phone call that helped quietly boost one of the greatest careers in music history! We're covering one of my favorite Marilyn stories after last week's episode - the story of her calling up Hollywood's Mocambo night club to lobby on behalf of Ella Fitzgerald's residency, and how Ella Fitzgerald credits Marilyn to her \"never playing a small club again.\" Find me everywhere: linktr.ee/literallylaurad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"The unlikely friendship of Marilyn Monroe and Ella Fitzgerald, and the phone call that helped quietly boost one of the greatest careers in music history!…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":600,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/characters-690001/episodes/marilyn-and-ella-fitzgerald/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/characters-690001/marilyn-and-ella-fitzgerald.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}