{"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":"He’s done lots more than Toy Story","slug":"he-s-done-lots-more-than-toy-story","published_at":"2026-05-20T14:38:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sifter-5261861/he-s-done-lots-more-than-toy-story","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sifter-5261861","url":"https://tvjerry.com/hes-done-lots-more-than-toy-story/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hes-done-lots-more-than-toy-story","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/sifter/content.blubrry.com/sifter/Steve_Segal_5.mp3","summary":"Richmond native Steve Segal started animating as a young boy and his first major project was “Futropolis” (my podcast about the movie with him and co-director Phil Trumbo is linked below). After he left Richmond, his career included: – Creating animations on early computers – Getting to meet John Lassiter – Scenes he animated on “Toy Story” – Being a scene planner on “A Bug’s Life” – Working on animation for “Pee-wee’s Playhouse” – Directing “It’s Tough to be a Bug” at Disney World – Controversy teaching History of Animation – What’s next (maybe even AI) LINKS Steve Segal’s website My podcast with Steve & Phil Trumbo about “Futropolis” “Futropolis” on YouTube My podcast with Debra Freeman about “Finding Edna Lewis”","meta_description":"Richmond native Steve Segal started animating as a young boy and his first major project was “Futropolis” (my podcast about the movie with him and co-dire…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1511,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sifter-5261861/episodes/he-s-done-lots-more-than-toy-story/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sifter-5261861/he-s-done-lots-more-than-toy-story.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}