{"podcast":{"title":"Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine","slug":"little-known-facts-with-ilana-levine-218599","podcast_index_feed_id":218599,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ALM3701330109","website_url":"http://www.LittleKnownFactsPodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/eed12a4a-c61c-11e6-808f-07b60c989991/image/IMG_6644.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Hosted by actress Ilana Levine","episode_count":527,"summary":"With her unique style of hosting, Ilana Levine gives her listeners up close and personal access to today's biggest stars from Broadway, Film and Television. Her intimate and revealing conversations with Tony Award, Academy Award, Grammy Award and Emmy Award winners gives listeners the feeling they are part of a conversation between old friends. Guests include Julianne Moore, Matthew Broderick, Isabelle Huppert, Sarah Jessica Parker, Ben Platt, Uma Thurman, Matt Bomer, Aasif Mandvi, Octavia Spencer, Edie Falco, Allison Janney, Beanie Feldstein, John Slattery, Judith Light, Molly Ringwald, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Chenoweth, Anthony Rapp, Jason Alexander, Tony Shalhoub, Griffin Dunne, Kaskade, Laura Linney and many more. New episodes are released on Mondays.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/little-known-facts-with-ilana-levine-218599"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 497 - Bradley Whitford","slug":"episode-497-bradley-whitford","published_at":"2026-03-02T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/little-known-facts-with-ilana-levine-218599/episode-497-bradley-whitford","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/little-known-facts-with-ilana-levine-218599","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL2206188357.mp3?updated=1772382775","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/ADL2206188357.mp3?updated=1772382775","summary":"Bradley Whitford, a classically trained stage actor, gained fame as “Josh Lyman,” on NBC’s 'The West Wing,' which earned him his first Emmy award in 2001. He went on to win Emmys in 2015 and 2019 for his work in 'Transparent' and 'The Handmaid’s Tale' and is grateful to have had the opportunity last year to direct the show’s fifth season penultimate episode, “Allegiance.” He is currently filming “The Diplomat” alongside his West Wing co- star, Allison Janney. Whitford appeared in AMC’s limited series 'Parish' alongside Giancarlo Esposito, a drama about a taxi driver whose life is upended after picking up a Zimbabwean gangster. He also starred in the independent film 'I’ll Be Right' There with Edie Falco and completed work on Netflix’s limited series 'The Madness,' opposite Colman Domingo. He is also known for his work in the Oscar-nominated films 'Get Out,' 'The Post,' 'Scent of a Woman,' and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 'tick, tick… BOOM!' Whitford also produced the documentary, 'Not Going Quietly,' about the life of progressive activist Ady Barkan. Other notable film credits include Warner Bros’ 'Godzilla: King of the Monsters,' Disney’s 'Saving Mr. Banks,' and HBO’s Lyndon B. Johnson biopic, 'All The Way,' among many others. TV credits include Apple TV+’s 'Echo 3,' NBC’s 'Perfect Harmony,' which he executive produced and starred in; FOX/Netflix’s 'Brookline Nine-Nine,' Showtime’s 'Happy-ish,' ABC’s 'Trophy Wife,' CBS’ 'The Mentalist,' FOX’s 'The Good Guys,' and NBC’s 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,' among others. Growing up in Wisconsin, Whitford studied theater and English literature at Wesleyan University and attended the Juilliard Theater Center. He has appeared on Broadway in Aaron Sorkin’s 'A Few Good Men' and in 'Boeing, Boeing' with Mark Rylance. Off-Broadway credits…","meta_description":"Bradley Whitford, a classically trained stage actor, gained fame as “Josh Lyman,” on NBC’s 'The West Wing,' which earned him his first Emmy award in 2001.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4457,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/little-known-facts-with-ilana-levine-218599/episodes/episode-497-bradley-whitford/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/little-known-facts-with-ilana-levine-218599/episode-497-bradley-whitford.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}