{"podcast":{"title":"Once Upon A Design","slug":"once-upon-a-design-7791840","podcast_index_feed_id":7791840,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/613450/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/613450","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/9/3/a/4/93a47d17d75004a916c3140a3186d450/OnceUponADesign_PodcastCover-20260329-2hiza6m431.png","author":"Sarah-Hamlin Hastings","episode_count":9,"summary":"Once Upon a Design is a podcast dedicated to the stories behind the artisans, craftspeople and creative visionaries in the interior design world. We go deeper than just telling you about beautiful design: we dive into the lives, processes, and inspiration behind not only the designers and architects, but the talented people who help make their vision a reality- the artisans and craftspeople, the workrooms, the printers, the builders and the makers. These are the hands that actually take a space from concept to reality, and we feel they deserve to be known.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T14:17:39.161076+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/once-upon-a-design-7791840"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 4: Susan Deliss - Finding Your Secret Self","slug":"episode-4-susan-deliss-finding-your-secret-self","published_at":"2026-05-12T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/once-upon-a-design-7791840/episode-4-susan-deliss-finding-your-secret-self","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/once-upon-a-design-7791840","url":"https://92c244f8-85b3-4d53-8ce7-f2aa62728e6b.libsyn.com/episode-4-susan-deliss-finding-your-secret-self","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/92c244f8-85b3-4d53-8ce7-f2aa62728e6b/FRTIZ-SUSANDELISS-26.mp3?dest-id=5348565","summary":"For this episode, Becky joins me in the studio to chat with our dear friend and acclaimed British interior decorator and textile designer, Susan Deliss. Susan has had a fascinating, albeit circuitous path to her current career, from living in a convent, to traveling all across the Middle East as a corporate finance lawyer, to collecting exquisite vintage textiles, and becoming a sought after decorator. She finally found, what she refers to as her \"Secret Self\" when she began to design and create her own line of exquisite textiles that were inspired by her journey along the way. This is her story….","meta_description":"For this episode, Becky joins me in the studio to chat with our dear friend and acclaimed British interior decorator and textile designer, Susan Deliss. S…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2224,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/once-upon-a-design-7791840/episodes/episode-4-susan-deliss-finding-your-secret-self/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/once-upon-a-design-7791840/episode-4-susan-deliss-finding-your-secret-self.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}