{"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":"Stephen Cole's I Wanna Be Like You!","slug":"stephen-cole-s-i-wanna-be-like-you","published_at":"2026-01-21T15:04:19+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/i-wanna-be-like-you-with-elbi-cespedes-7248548/stephen-cole-s-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/Stephen-Coles-I-Wanna-Be-Like-You-e3dvd41","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fe3fcfb0/podcast/play/114324033/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-0-21%2F416557820-44100-2-422cd01fcce7b.mp3","summary":"Stephen Cole is prolific author and musical theater lyricist who’s written multiple books and musicals premiering Off Broadway, regionally and around the world! Notably, he was the author for memoirs and biographies for Charles Strouse, Marni Nixon, and Noel Coward! Some of his most popular musicals include After The Fair, the musical adaptation of the classic film The Night of the Hunter and The Road to Qatar (which focused around writing the first ever musical written by Americans to premiere in the Middle East!). He also served as a writer for tributes for the Drama League where he met many Broadway legends including Chita Rivera who eventually starred in Casper, (an original musical where he served as the lyricist) a show focused around the Casper the Friendly Ghost! He’s now written a historical fiction novel inspired by his personal relationship with Ethel Merman in the later years of her life titled MARY & ETHEL and Mikey Who? which is out now!","meta_description":"Stephen Cole is prolific author and musical theater lyricist who’s written multiple books and musicals premiering Off Broadway, regionally and around the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":7384,"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/stephen-cole-s-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/stephen-cole-s-i-wanna-be-like-you.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}