{"podcast":{"title":"Glass Half Full with Craig Melvin","slug":"glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin-7675253","podcast_index_feed_id":7675253,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/BkOWZ14F","website_url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/56ae3642-8448-4d83-8f83-bea602669488/8920ae5a-4914-4b92-9dfe-7bf3b608561e/3000x3000/main_tile.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"NBC News","episode_count":34,"summary":"TODAY’s Craig Melvin brings warmth, humor, and curiosity to intimate conversations from his basement bar. Each week Craig sits down with a celebrity, athlete, comedian or just plain fascinating person to talk about the defining moments, challenges and triumphs that shaped their lives. Expect thoughtful insights, unexpected turns and the type of honesty that feels like catching up with an old friend. And who knows? You might just leave with a fresh perspective...and your glass half full.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-16T00:18:01.422402+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin-7675253"},"episode":{"title":"Margaret Cho on Turning Down ‘Heated Rivalry’ and What It Takes to Stay Funny","slug":"margaret-cho-on-turning-down-heated-rivalry-and-what-it-takes-to-stay-funny","published_at":"2026-09-15T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin-7675253/margaret-cho-on-turning-down-heated-rivalry-and-what-it-takes-to-stay-funny","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin-7675253","url":"https://www.nbcnews.com/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/WyZndMW35x3t79tHlknd/nbcnews.simplecastaudio.com/834c10f1-7493-43df-96d0-c633605ca932/episodes/6839dbe2-199c-4dc2-a9a0-52d39a274f6c/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=834c10f1-7493-43df-96d0-c633605ca932&awEpisodeId=6839dbe2-199c-4dc2-a9a0-52d39a274f6c&feed=BkOWZ14F","summary":"Comedian and trailblazer Margaret Cho sits down with Craig Melvin on this week’s episode of “Glass Half Full” for a candid conversation about resilience, reinvention and what it means to keep going after nearly 40 years in comedy. She opens up about the “Golden Girls” star who made her believe she was going to be OK in Hollywood, how “All-American Girl” gave representation to a generation while quietly destroying her relationship with her body, and the intervention that led her to rehab. Margaret also gets candid about her decades of LGBTQ+ advocacy, which began in her parents’ gay bookstore in San Francisco, and why she turned down a role in “Heated Rivalry,” a decision she now regrets.","meta_description":"Comedian and trailblazer Margaret Cho sits down with Craig Melvin on this week’s episode of “Glass Half Full” for a candid conversation about resilience,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2625,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin-7675253/episodes/margaret-cho-on-turning-down-heated-rivalry-and-what-it-takes-to-stay-funny/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/glass-half-full-with-craig-melvin-7675253/margaret-cho-on-turning-down-heated-rivalry-and-what-it-takes-to-stay-funny.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}