{"podcast":{"title":"In a Minute with Evan Lovett","slug":"in-a-minute-with-evan-lovett-6041444","podcast_index_feed_id":6041444,"rss_url":"https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/audacy/fe767a3afb93cb737a60ca03ad7fa84e","website_url":"https://www.audacy.com/podcast/all","image_url":"https://images.castfire.com/image/647/0/0/0/0-7680805.jpg","author":"Audacy","episode_count":196,"summary":"From the creator of social media mainstay L.A. In a Minute, Evan Lovett invites you along for a personal and intimate ride as he shares interesting facts about all sorts of things you didn’t know you needed to know. Be entertained and informed as Evan brings you into his mind to see the world through his lens. There is history everywhere, as long as you know where to look. Let's get into it!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T20:17:55.457135+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-a-minute-with-evan-lovett-6041444"},"episode":{"title":"L.A.’s Mattress King Larry Miller on creating the Sit'N Sleep Empire","slug":"l-a-s-mattress-king-larry-miller-on-creating-the-sit-n-sleep-empire","published_at":"2026-08-24T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-a-minute-with-evan-lovett-6041444/l-a-s-mattress-king-larry-miller-on-creating-the-sit-n-sleep-empire","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-a-minute-with-evan-lovett-6041444","url":"https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F8608159_2026-08-21-225859","audio_url":"https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8608159/8608159_2026-08-21-225859.128.mp3?rssID=3942","summary":"Larry Miller is one of the most recognizable voices in Southern California business, having built Sit ’n Sleep into Southern California’s largest independent mattress retailer. Meanwhile, Larry became a local advertising icon thanks to the unforgettable “You’re killing me, Larry!” commercials and his promise to “beat anyone’s advertised price or your mattress is freeeeee!” We discuss his origins as a futon reseller and the radio advertising that completely changed the trajectory of the company. We also get into the creation of those legendary commercials, what it takes to build and maintain a family-owned business for more than 45 years, the changing mattress industry, and how Sit ’n Sleep became one of those distinctly Southern California brands that seemingly everyone in L.A. knows.","meta_description":"Larry Miller is one of the most recognizable voices in Southern California business, having built Sit ’n Sleep into Southern California’s largest independ…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2653,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/in-a-minute-with-evan-lovett-6041444/episodes/l-a-s-mattress-king-larry-miller-on-creating-the-sit-n-sleep-empire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-a-minute-with-evan-lovett-6041444/l-a-s-mattress-king-larry-miller-on-creating-the-sit-n-sleep-empire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}