{"podcast":{"title":"General Meeting with Becky Sloviter","slug":"general-meeting-with-becky-sloviter-7468602","podcast_index_feed_id":7468602,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/general-meeting-with-becky-sloviter","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/general-meeting-with-becky-sloviter","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/d3/1b/ae/ff/d31baeff-57ef-4502-95c9-be17aa515219/eff9f38ae83e427d9b405fd16e314bbdfaa27280e9fd4bea32e5c70f4a99c578cfa65fcc1a5a70ce509c4c49ad237bbb1f79b0f0b72091ac0cf1594eb1010619.jpeg","author":"Becky Sloviter","episode_count":47,"summary":"Hollywood, but make it real. Fun, authentic conversations with the people who make the stuff we love — and the friends I’ve been lucky enough to make along the way. I’ve spent the past 20 years as a Hollywood producer having what’s known as “general meetings” — one-on-one sit-downs with actors, writers, and filmmakers. These personal and creative conversations have always been my favorite part of the job — the moments when the glossy version of Hollywood drops away and you connect with the real person across from you. So now, I’m bringing that to life as a podcast. Each week on General Meeting with Becky Sloviter , I sit down with smart, funny, and talented friends — actors and writers who have made us laugh and cry, and filmmakers who inspire us — for real conversations about creativity, connection, and everything in between. My hope is that these chats will help us all feel a little more connected — and a little less alone. Because we’re all going through it these days — but as the iconic Penny Lane says in my third favorite movie of all time: “Famous people are just more interesting.” Welcome to General Meeting with Becky Sloviter.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T16:21:08.728568+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/general-meeting-with-becky-sloviter-7468602"},"episode":{"title":"Deborah Kaplan: On Can't Hardly Wait, Josie and the Pussycats, and the Right People Finding Her Work","slug":"deborah-kaplan-on-can-t-hardly-wait-josie-and-the-pussycats-and-the-right-people-finding-her-work","published_at":"2026-06-30T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/general-meeting-with-becky-sloviter-7468602/deborah-kaplan-on-can-t-hardly-wait-josie-and-the-pussycats-and-the-right-people-finding-her-work","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/general-meeting-with-becky-sloviter-7468602","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/71beaa39-c59e-4db9-9652-d87608b7887e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/71beaa39-c59e-4db9-9652-d87608b7887e.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Another hometown kid joins the pod as Becky welcomes writer/director Deborah Kaplan (Can't Hardly Wait, Josie and the Pussycats) — fellow proud Philadelphian, Abingtonian, and alum of both Camp Kweebec and McKinley Elementary. (Doesn't get better than this!) Deb shares the backstory of how she connected with her longtime writing and directing partner Harry Elfont at NYU — despite the two of them having grown up in neighboring towns (hi, Lower Moreland!) — and how that partnership led to their wildly early success with the '90s teen classic, Can't Hardly Wait (a movie Becky loves to an unhealthy degree). Deb also gets candid about the long and winding road of a Hollywood career: from the Friday night opening weekend call from the head of the studio to radio silence by Monday morning, how she and Harry have jumped back into movie directing after a long stretch in television, and the lesson she's learned about how the right people find her work. Check out our episodes on YouTube as well! https://www.youtube.com/@generalmeetingpod If you enjoyed this podcast, please follow, share, like, comment, all the things - thank you for your support! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/generalmeetingpod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@generalmeetingpod Website: https://www.generalmeetingpod.com Host: Becky Sloviter Guest: Deborah Kaplan -  https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0438226/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Another hometown kid joins the pod as Becky welcomes writer/director Deborah Kaplan (Can't Hardly Wait, Josie and the Pussycats) — fellow proud Philadelph…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2797,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/general-meeting-with-becky-sloviter-7468602/episodes/deborah-kaplan-on-can-t-hardly-wait-josie-and-the-pussycats-and-the-right-people-finding-her-work/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/general-meeting-with-becky-sloviter-7468602/deborah-kaplan-on-can-t-hardly-wait-josie-and-the-pussycats-and-the-right-people-finding-her-work.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}