{"podcast":{"title":"Everything & Anything...and a bit gay Podcast","slug":"everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108","podcast_index_feed_id":6752108,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/prFhjice","website_url":"https://www.everythingandanythingpodcast.com/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/732965a8-b75c-4c2b-9803-1411be48134d/0edaafe4-e169-4638-b901-8d28ef02b3aa/3000x3000/3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Zach Randles-Friedman","episode_count":319,"summary":"Queer-hosted and unapologetically curious. We cover everything and anything — and yes, it's a bit gay.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T12:22:46.665507+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 297: From a Wisconsin Bedroom \"News Set\" to Podcast Empire: Richard Wilmore on Rosie O'Donnell, Coming Out & Building a Media Career","slug":"ep-297-from-a-wisconsin-bedroom-news-set-to-podcast-empire-richard-wilmore-on-rosie-o-donnell-coming-out-building-a-media-career","published_at":"2026-08-25T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108/ep-297-from-a-wisconsin-bedroom-news-set-to-podcast-empire-richard-wilmore-on-rosie-o-donnell-coming-out-building-a-media-career","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108","url":"https://www.everythingandanythingpodcast.com/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdcn.co/e/afp-939909-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/cfe1ea8e-7d0f-47dc-a4ba-305ba19ff04f/episodes/e0da2a9b-bbd4-4368-bb94-9ecc62efc57d/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=cfe1ea8e-7d0f-47dc-a4ba-305ba19ff04f&awEpisodeId=e0da2a9b-bbd4-4368-bb94-9ecc62efc57d&feed=prFhjice","summary":"Podcast veteran and full-time creator Richard Wilmore joins Zach for a wide-ranging conversation covering his childhood in rural Wisconsin, coming out in his twenties, and the surprising origin of his media career: a lifelong obsession with Rosie O'Donnell that started at age 12 and turned into homemade \"talk shows\" filmed alone in his bedroom. From there, the two trace Richard's path through a mobile fashion truck, an arts-and-health nonprofit, and over a decade of podcasting — now running a full production studio, co-hosting a media festival show, and building new projects with friends. Along the way, they dig into the real mechanics of hosting: booking guests, killing bad episodes, chasing viral moments that never quite arrive, and learning to be comfortable being seen. Learn more about Richard: https://www.makeyourdayricher.com/","meta_description":"Podcast veteran and full-time creator Richard Wilmore joins Zach for a wide-ranging conversation covering his childhood in rural Wisconsin, coming out in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3656,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108/episodes/ep-297-from-a-wisconsin-bedroom-news-set-to-podcast-empire-richard-wilmore-on-rosie-o-donnell-coming-out-building-a-media-career/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108/ep-297-from-a-wisconsin-bedroom-news-set-to-podcast-empire-richard-wilmore-on-rosie-o-donnell-coming-out-building-a-media-career.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}