{"podcast":{"title":"Sleeping with Celebrities","slug":"sleeping-with-celebrities-6040543","podcast_index_feed_id":6040543,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/ebjiDp6h","website_url":"https://www.maximumfun.org/podcasts/sleeping-with-celebrities","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/0838eec6-85d9-4e04-824b-d59d3798a659/21d20fe2-3253-4fef-a1e2-1de63855db7c/3000x3000/sleeping-with-celebrities.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Maximum Fun","episode_count":208,"summary":"Getting to sleep can be difficult sometimes. Now you can achieve that urgently needed rest by taking advantage of our most precious natural resource: celebrities. Each week on the slyly humorous and reassuring Sleeping with Celebrities, host John Moe talks with a different guest from the world of entertainment about something they know a lot about. The conversation is guaranteed to be just interesting enough to draw your attention away from your own swirling anxieties but never interesting enough to keep you awake. No startling revelations, no dramatic screaming confrontations, but plenty of low-key dialogue, intricately laced deadpan comedy, and a ticket to dreamland.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T16:18:55.267398+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sleeping-with-celebrities-6040543"},"episode":{"title":"Rebecca Sugar: Creator of Steven Universe, Knower of Earthen Building Techniques","slug":"rebecca-sugar-creator-of-steven-universe-knower-of-earthen-building-techniques","published_at":"2026-05-20T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sleeping-with-celebrities-6040543/rebecca-sugar-creator-of-steven-universe-knower-of-earthen-building-techniques","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sleeping-with-celebrities-6040543","url":"https://www.maximumfun.org/podcasts/sleeping-with-celebrities","audio_url":"https://afp-9384.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/f0e4476d-3ac9-477a-9c63-2fcc05183b2b/episodes/a36394f1-334e-42a3-86d8-57545bf78cd9/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=f0e4476d-3ac9-477a-9c63-2fcc05183b2b&awEpisodeId=a36394f1-334e-42a3-86d8-57545bf78cd9&feed=ebjiDp6h","summary":"In the Venn diagram of “heart” and “animation”, the overlap is Rebecca Sugar. Her series, Steven Universe, was more than just the adventures of an unusual boy’s search for identity in a spectacularly imaginative spiritual/paranormal world, it was mind-expanding and profoundly human and humane literature for legions of adoring fans. Rebecca’s non-animation interests are decidedly and literally much more down to earth. She is fascinated by how to build things, especially wee small houses out earthen building materials, the advantages and disadvantages of both the ingredients and of living your life outside the construct of building codes. She talks about the controversy of whether to use the terms “dirt” or “earth”, the presence of the white-throated wood rat, and what cob is when no corn is involved. Also, she plays a historical round of In The Cart Or On The Shelf.","meta_description":"In the Venn diagram of “heart” and “animation”, the overlap is Rebecca Sugar. Her series, Steven Universe, was more than just the adventures of an unusual…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2838,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sleeping-with-celebrities-6040543/episodes/rebecca-sugar-creator-of-steven-universe-knower-of-earthen-building-techniques/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sleeping-with-celebrities-6040543/rebecca-sugar-creator-of-steven-universe-knower-of-earthen-building-techniques.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}