{"podcast":{"title":"CONNOR RATLIFF presents THE ACTING CLASS: THE PODCAST","slug":"connor-ratliff-presents-the-acting-class-the-podcast-7639772","podcast_index_feed_id":7639772,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/crptacpod/feed.xml","website_url":"https://crptacpod.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/21850657/InShot_20251230_004033440.jpg","author":"CONNOR RATLIFF presents THE ACTING CLASS","episode_count":100,"summary":"CONNOR RATLIFF presents THE ACTING CLASS is an ongoing series of live and filmed performances which pretend to be real acting classes. This companion podcast features professional actor/comedian CONNOR RATLIFF talking about the show and about acting in general. As the creator as one of the most acclaimed podcasts of the past decade -- Dead Eyes , cited by TIME Magazine & Left Of Dial Media's lists of the \"best 100 podcasts of all time\" and featured in the book The Podcast Pantheon , published by Chronicle Books in 2025 -- it should be clear that this podcast will not attempt to achieve the same level of quality or acclaim as that one. This podcast is going to be a sloppy mess. It was conceived in desperation, as a way to attract attention to an ongoing series of live shows and online videos while struggling to maintain a consistent level of employment as a working actor in desperate times. It is possible that almost no one will listen to this podcast, or that a small number of people might sample it once and never listen again. Minus the celebrity hook of Dead Eyes, it may be that the appeal of this endeavor will be as low as double or single digit listenership. Which is fine. It'…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T10:19:27.920022+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connor-ratliff-presents-the-acting-class-the-podcast-7639772"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 107: DCM & NYC","slug":"ep-107-dcm-nyc","published_at":"2026-06-15T20:24:56+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connor-ratliff-presents-the-acting-class-the-podcast-7639772/ep-107-dcm-nyc","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connor-ratliff-presents-the-acting-class-the-podcast-7639772","url":"https://crptacpod.podbean.com/e/ep-107-dcm-nyc/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/cvubnmvx3jhgkzty/InShot_20260615_154521264_15062026.mp3","summary":"Longest episode yet! The first half is deep-dive stuff about the Del Close Marathon, the multi-day, multi-stage improv festival which just returned to NYC for the first time in close to a decade! Then I pivot to the recent controversy about who can call themselves a \"New Yorker.\" I talked too long! But then again, what is the point of this thing, anyway, if not to talk too long?","meta_description":"Longest episode yet! The first half is deep-dive stuff about the Del Close Marathon, the multi-day, multi-stage improv festival which just returned to NYC…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2502,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/connor-ratliff-presents-the-acting-class-the-podcast-7639772/episodes/ep-107-dcm-nyc/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/connor-ratliff-presents-the-acting-class-the-podcast-7639772/ep-107-dcm-nyc.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}