{"podcast":{"title":"Origin Stories","slug":"origin-stories-7449947","podcast_index_feed_id":7449947,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/origin-stories","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/origin-stories","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/a4/a4/b0/d1/a4a4b0d1-505e-481a-a6d5-cfbc4b5e6141/6bca6fb16cce3259f0fb7ee357268b7fa68c379a827440b54f83b7e81af5220d7e479410f86e9beccc9edef63bc296346efb4222201c1a5449aa2cef756250d8.jpeg","author":"Campside Media","episode_count":46,"summary":"Have you ever wondered exactly how your favorite movie or book –– or podcast, TV series, documentary film, or magazine article –– got made? Origin Stories has you covered. Each week, veteran journalist Matthew Shaer talks to a different writer or director about the creation of a work close to their own hearts (and to ours). Nothing is off the table: not the frustrations and the joys, not the setbacks and the successes. Intimate and incisive, instructive and eye-opening, Origin Stories is the ultimate podcast for anyone curious about the workings of the creative mind. New episodes every Wednesday! To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at ⁠joinoriginstories.com⁠ . You can also find us on ⁠Instagram⁠ , ⁠TikTok⁠ & ⁠Youtube⁠ .","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/origin-stories-7449947"},"episode":{"title":"Julie Cohn on The Redefector","slug":"julie-cohn-on-the-redefector","published_at":"2026-04-09T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/origin-stories-7449947/julie-cohn-on-the-redefector","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/origin-stories-7449947","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/724f1e02-a462-444a-9f17-fcc9e85108d7.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/724f1e02-a462-444a-9f17-fcc9e85108d7.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Julie Cohn is a journalist, screenwriter, and Tony Award–winning theater producer whose work spans film, stage, and audio. Her reporting has appeared in outlets like The New York Times and The Daily, and on Broadway she and her sister Marion co-founded The Cohn Sisters , a Tony-winning production company behind shows including Stereophonic, Suffs, Cabaret, John Proctor Is the Villain, and Just For Us. Her latest project is The Redefector , a ten-part investigative podcast about the strange Cold War case of KGB officer Vitaly Yurchenko, who defected to the United States in 1985 before unexpectedly returning to the Soviet Union. In this episode, she talks with Matthew about how she first stumbled onto the story while researching another spy project, the unusual challenges of reporting inside the secretive world of intelligence, and why trust becomes the central currency when you're trying to report on spies. “If your source trusts you, they’ll recommend you to another source who trusts you. It’s like a very slow-motion domino. Your flashlight gets a little bit wider every time you meet someone new in the story.” To connect with the team and gain access to behind the scenes content, join our community at ⁠joincampside.com⁠ . You can also find us on ⁠Instagram⁠ , ⁠TikTok⁠ & ⁠Youtube⁠ . Have a question, guest recommendation or just want to say hi? Email us at Originstories@campsidemedia.com See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Julie Cohn is a journalist, screenwriter, and Tony Award–winning theater producer whose work spans film, stage, and audio. Her reporting has appeared in o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1950,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/origin-stories-7449947/episodes/julie-cohn-on-the-redefector/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/origin-stories-7449947/julie-cohn-on-the-redefector.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}