{"podcast":{"title":"TED-Ed","slug":"ted-ed-7859430","podcast_index_feed_id":7859430,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ted-ed","website_url":null,"image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/b7403760-4a33-11f1-9f4d-0b7f17190ea0/image/74cc63dc47cf18e2bcec0e2d83f0aaf9.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"TED-Ed","episode_count":1210,"summary":"TED-Ed’s mission is to create lessons worth sharing. Feed and expand your curiosity with our award-winning animated shorts - published on YouTube and available with supplemental learning materials on ed.ted.com. Want to suggest an idea for a TED-Ed animation, nominate an educator or animator? Visit our website at: http://ed.ted.com/get_involved. Consider backing us on Patreon. By doing so, you directly support our nonprofit mission to create free, high-quality educational content: https://www.patreon.com/teded For more information on using TED-Ed content for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film, or in an online course), please submit a Media Request using this link: https://media-requests.ted.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T10:18:01.246496+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-ed-7859430"},"episode":{"title":"A cinematic tour through visual effects - Don Levy","slug":"a-cinematic-tour-through-visual-effects-don-levy","published_at":"2026-06-21T12:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-ed-7859430/a-cinematic-tour-through-visual-effects-don-levy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-ed-7859430","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG1791203060.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/VG1791203060.mp3","summary":"View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-cinematic-journey-through-visual-effects-don-levyIt's been 110 years since Georges Méliès sent a spaceship slamming into the eye of the man on the moon. So how far have visual effects come since then? Working closely with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Don Levy takes us on a visual journey through special effects, from the fakery of early technology to the seamless marvels of modern filmmaking. Talk by Don Levy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/a-cinematic-journey-through-visual-effects-don-levyIt's been 110 years since Georges Méliès sent a spaceship s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":519,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ted-ed-7859430/episodes/a-cinematic-tour-through-visual-effects-don-levy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ted-ed-7859430/a-cinematic-tour-through-visual-effects-don-levy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}