{"podcast":{"title":"I Wanna Be Like You with Elbi Cespedes","slug":"i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548","podcast_index_feed_id":7248548,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fe3fcfb0/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elbito322","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42555948/42555948-1739238518717-62bdbe3a55fc9.jpg","author":"elbito322","episode_count":86,"summary":"I Wanna Be Like You with Elbi Cespedes is a podcast that explores the journeys of successful individuals and how they’ve built and sustained their careers. Host Elbi Cespedes sits down with accomplished guests to discuss their beginnings, the challenges they’ve faced, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way. Through engaging and insightful conversations, this podcast offers inspiration, practical advice, and a deeper look into what it really takes to achieve long-term success.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T22:20:09.135766+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548"},"episode":{"title":"Kevin Adams' I Wanna Be Like You!","slug":"kevin-adams-i-wanna-be-like-you","published_at":"2026-06-06T03:59:33+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548/kevin-adams-i-wanna-be-like-you","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elbito322/episodes/Kevin-Adams-I-Wanna-Be-Like-You-e3kdfh5","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fe3fcfb0/podcast/play/121076709/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-5-6%2F425605848-44100-2-472ceb70c566c.mp3","summary":"Kevin Adams is a 4 time Tony Award winning lighting designer who's currently nominated for his 9th Tony Award for his lighting design on the 2025 Broadway revival of Chess! His previous credits include the Off Broadway and Broadway productions of Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Spring Awakening (for which he won his first Tony Award for). He's also worked on the original productions of Next to Normal, American Idiot, SpongeBob Squarepants, and The Cher Show! His work transcends musicals having worked on operas, Broadway plays, and one person shows including John Leguizamo's Sexaholix! Upcoming, he's working on a new book charting his career to be released plus lighting designing the Broadway musical Galileo starring Raul Esparza coming this fall to the Shubert Theatre. As our first lighting designer on the podcast, we get to talking not only about his career in the theater but also how lighting has evolved moving from the incandescent era to the more energy efficient era we're in now!","meta_description":"Kevin Adams is a 4 time Tony Award winning lighting designer who's currently nominated for his 9th Tony Award for his lighting design on the 2025 Broadway…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7990,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548/episodes/kevin-adams-i-wanna-be-like-you/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548/kevin-adams-i-wanna-be-like-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}