{"podcast":{"title":"Pesto Comics - Audio Edition","slug":"pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321","podcast_index_feed_id":7033321,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1239092.rss","website_url":"https://pestocomics.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1239092/3c9705c6d58222a56a36cf89b86db67d.jpg","author":"Adriano Ariganello | Pesto Comics","episode_count":136,"summary":"See inside the mind of a comic book micro-publisher every week, with behind-the-scenes insights into books like FROM PARTS UNKNOWN, SNIP, NAKED KAIJU WOMAN and more from Pesto Comics.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T08:21:58.347668+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321"},"episode":{"title":"Managing Your Mental Health","slug":"managing-your-mental-health","published_at":"2026-03-26T21:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321/managing-your-mental-health","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321","url":"https://pestocomics.substack.com/p/managing-your-mental-health","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192205371/17af3da460b9982c654f15522543ecf5.mp3","summary":"FOC week is here - and it has me thinking about my mental health. 00:00 FOC Week Is Here 00:34 New Production Designer 01:22 Letters Page Announcement 02:56 Kickstarter & Direct Market Strategy 09:44 Managing the Workload 11:39 Burnout & Seeking Help 13:14 Knowing When to Step Back 15:18 Why It's Worth It 16:51 Closing & Next Week == Check out all the comics and books coming from Adriano and Pesto Comics! Comics: NAKED KAIJU WOMAN 3 https://bit.ly/nkw3 CRIMSON FRONTIER 1 & 2 https://bit.ly/cf1comic PRIME CUT 1 & 2 https://bit.ly/prime1comic Books BACKLOT BABYLON (LEO LUCAS 1) https://bit.ly/backlotbabylon == This video is available as an audio podcast on all your favourite platforms as 'Pesto Comics Audio Edition' and on Substack at https://pestocomics.substack.com --- See everything Pesto Comics has to offer at https://pestocomics.com Find Adriano on social media: https://www.instagram.com/pestocomics/ https://bsky.app/profile/pestocomics.bsky.social https://x.com/pestocomics https://www.tiktok.com/@pestocomics See more from Adriano on the Instant Ink Comic Book Podcast every week: https://www.youtube.com/@InstantInkPodcast/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pestocomics.substack.com","meta_description":"FOC week is here - and it has me thinking about my mental health. 00:00 FOC Week Is Here 00:34 New Production Designer 01:22 Letters Page Announcement 02:…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1050,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321/episodes/managing-your-mental-health/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pesto-comics-audio-edition-7033321/managing-your-mental-health.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}