{"podcast":{"title":"Tales of a Red Clay Rambler: A pottery and ceramic art podcast","slug":"tales-of-a-red-clay-rambler-a-pottery-and-ceramic-art-podcast-540969","podcast_index_feed_id":540969,"rss_url":"https://talesofaredclayrambler.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://talesofaredclayrambler.libsyn.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/d/5/8/dd5891a709c581bd/Retro2014PodcastLogo.jpg","author":"Ben Carter","episode_count":362,"summary":"Tales of a Red Clay Rambler Podcast features weekly interviews with ceramic artists from around the world. Host Ben Carter talks with potters, sculptors, and designers about their creative practice. www.talesofaredclayrambler.com","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T02:17:17.429613+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tales-of-a-red-clay-rambler-a-pottery-and-ceramic-art-podcast-540969"},"episode":{"title":"557: Josh Copus on creative entrepreneurship","slug":"557-josh-copus-on-creative-entrepreneurship","published_at":"2025-11-13T00:42:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tales-of-a-red-clay-rambler-a-pottery-and-ceramic-art-podcast-540969/557-josh-copus-on-creative-entrepreneurship","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tales-of-a-red-clay-rambler-a-pottery-and-ceramic-art-podcast-540969","url":"https://talesofaredclayrambler.libsyn.com/557-josh-copus-on-creative-entrepreneurship","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talesofaredclayrambler/S14_557_Corn_Ros_Monk_Copus_V1.mp3?dest-id=97822","summary":"Josh Copus's career started in ceramics with a focus on functional pottery made with wild North Carolina clays and wood firing. In recent years his creativity has evolved into many forms of entrepreneurship, including hotel and restaurant ownership and founding an artist collective. In our interview we talk about his roots in Floyd, VA and how studio ceramics helped him understand the principles of business. We also discuss the impact of Hurricane Helene, which devastated Marshall, NC, Copus's home town and hub of his business. www.joshcopus.com Today's episode is brought to you by the following sponsors: Monkey Stuff www.monkeystuff.com The Rosenfield Collection of Functional Ceramic Art www.Rosenfieldcollection.com Cornell Studio Supply www.cornellstudiosupply.com","meta_description":"Josh Copus's career started in ceramics with a focus on functional pottery made with wild North Carolina clays and wood firing. In recent years his creati…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3887,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tales-of-a-red-clay-rambler-a-pottery-and-ceramic-art-podcast-540969/episodes/557-josh-copus-on-creative-entrepreneurship/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tales-of-a-red-clay-rambler-a-pottery-and-ceramic-art-podcast-540969/557-josh-copus-on-creative-entrepreneurship.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}