{"podcast":{"title":"First Time Go","slug":"first-time-go-6464248","podcast_index_feed_id":6464248,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/9ddc691d-2273-47d5-a1b9-5a4acb0670f5","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/first-time-go","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2023/7/16/21/0c15e674-8c90-4b18-8b97-c53f23462b2f_230528_110552_88def817163bbbaf04b3c82bcdb5bd9f.jpg","author":"Benjamin Duchek","episode_count":118,"summary":"A weekly podcast highlighting the creators of independent film and the business behind it. Hosted by Ben Duchek.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T10:19:10.852638+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-time-go-6464248"},"episode":{"title":"Special Cannes Podcast: Ant Roberson Of AT WHAT COST (2026)","slug":"special-cannes-podcast-ant-roberson-of-at-what-cost-2026","published_at":"2026-05-26T11:30:48+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-time-go-6464248/special-cannes-podcast-ant-roberson-of-at-what-cost-2026","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-time-go-6464248","url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/9ddc691d-2273-47d5-a1b9-5a4acb0670f5/episodes/0ebb3b9e-7f8a-4f31-979f-8b47d4d52612","audio_url":"https://audio4.redcircle.com/episodes/0ebb3b9e-7f8a-4f31-979f-8b47d4d52612/stream.mp3","summary":"The people that filmmaker Ant Roberson inspires are legion: athletes looking to enter filmmaking; film school students heading to Cannes; actors inspired by meaty roles; filmmakers looking to make their feature breakthrough, and so many others. Add me to the list because I have zero doubt he'll be taking a film here to competition very shortly. In this episode, Ant and I discuss: what it's like having his film premiere at the Emerging Filmmaker Student Showcase at the Cannes Film Festival; what does he want people to know about his film; how he got his start in filmmaking; why there should be more athletes should get into filmmaking; the fascinating way he introduced the story and what it says about the horror genre; what crowdfunding was like for this film and how he followed his father's advice (which is universally great); why having a finished product is so important at the Cannes Film Festival and how he decided to balance his time; how he plans on beating a indie film system destined to make life difficult on filmmakers'; how to follow along on his journey. Ant's Indie Film Highlight: Christian Kamaal (one of my all-time favorite episodes of the pod) ; Letia Solomon ; Dante Bailey ; Peter Horgan Links: Follow Ant On Instagram","meta_description":"The people that filmmaker Ant Roberson inspires are legion: athletes looking to enter filmmaking; film school students heading to Cannes; actors inspired…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1300,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/first-time-go-6464248/episodes/special-cannes-podcast-ant-roberson-of-at-what-cost-2026/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/first-time-go-6464248/special-cannes-podcast-ant-roberson-of-at-what-cost-2026.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}