{"podcast":{"title":"Sifter","slug":"sifter-5261861","podcast_index_feed_id":5261861,"rss_url":"https://tvjerry.com/feed/podcast/","website_url":"https://pmp.mxi.mybluehost.me/tvjerry","image_url":"https://pmp.mxi.mybluehost.me/tvjerry/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Podcast-Logo-FINAL.jpg","author":"Jerry Williams aka TVJerry","episode_count":210,"summary":"Interviews, news & reviews of film, TV & streaming","last_synced_at":"2026-06-11T04:20:12.249813+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sifter-5261861"},"episode":{"title":"Careening animator, designer, artist","slug":"careening-animator-designer-artist","published_at":"2026-04-29T15:00:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sifter-5261861/careening-animator-designer-artist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sifter-5261861","url":"https://tvjerry.com/careening-animator-designer-artist/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=careening-animator-designer-artist","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/sifter/content.blubrry.com/sifter/Phil_Trumbo_4.mp3","summary":"Phil Trumbo was born and raised in Virginia and he started his career as an animator here with the movie he co-produced with Steve Segal, “Futropolis” (podcast with them about the movie is linked below). After he left Richmond, Phil’s career took him “careening” in several directions: – Not getting accepted in VCU’s art program – Being in bands, including The Orthotonics – Working on national commercials & MTV spots – Animating the opening and dinos for “Pee Wee’s Playhouse” – Designing for “Doug” and other TV shows – Creating the official video game of the 1996 Olympics – Video game design for 100+ games including Harry Potter, Shrek & Spiderman – Developing a bachelor’s degree in Game Design LINKS Phil’s website ”Futropolis” podcast Frank Gresham’s website  ","meta_description":"Phil Trumbo was born and raised in Virginia and he started his career as an animator here with the movie he co-produced with Steve Segal, “Futropolis” (po…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1615,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sifter-5261861/episodes/careening-animator-designer-artist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sifter-5261861/careening-animator-designer-artist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}