{"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":"RE-RELEASE: Michael Kostroff!","slug":"re-release-michael-kostroff","published_at":"2026-03-25T09:37:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548/re-release-michael-kostroff","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/RE-RELEASE-Michael-Kostroff-e3gsv22","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fe3fcfb0/podcast/play/117389826/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-2-24%2F420648916-44100-2-5a727fee51ad7.mp3","summary":"IN HONOR OF OUR 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WE'RE RE-RELEASING EPISODES ALL WEEK! RE-RELEASE FROM NOVEMBER 2025! Currently starring in Dog Day Afternoon on Broadway alongside Jon Bernthal and Ebon Moss-Bacharach, Michael Kostroff is an actor with over 100 TV/Film credits! He’s best known for his role as the defense attorney Maurice Levy on The Wire as well as the executive producer Marshall Pike on Disney Channel’s Sonny with a Chance! Upcoming, he’ll be starring in the new live action Marvel/Sony series Spider-Noir premiering May 27th based on the hit Spider Verse films alongside Nicolas Cage on MGM+. His most prominent theater credits include Thenardier on the national tour of Les Miserables as well as Max Bialystock (u/s) on The Producers National Tour! He’s also an author of the book The Stage Actor’s Handbook! We get to chatting about the most helpful audition advice (as he served as an acting/audition coach for many years) plus the biggest nuanced differences between stage and screen acting!","meta_description":"IN HONOR OF OUR 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WE'RE RE-RELEASING EPISODES ALL WEEK! RE-RELEASE FROM NOVEMBER 2025! Currently starring in Dog Day Afternoon on Broadwa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6149,"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/re-release-michael-kostroff/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/re-release-michael-kostroff.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}