{"podcast":{"title":"Word Balloon Comics Podcast","slug":"word-balloon-comics-podcast-159914","podcast_index_feed_id":159914,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/3143082/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/word-balloon-comics-podcast","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/e3d1f2c8eef985ed2d5b023b90a2aa2b.jpg","author":"John Siuntres","episode_count":1000,"summary":"1 on 1 interview show featuring the creative minds behind Comics TV Film Novels & Animation. Hosted by Chicago Pop Culture expert, John Siuntres","last_synced_at":"2026-07-26T06:17:35.360921+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-balloon-comics-podcast-159914"},"episode":{"title":"One On One Ralph Macchio","slug":"one-on-one-ralph-macchio","published_at":"2026-06-28T10:34:12+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-balloon-comics-podcast-159914/one-on-one-ralph-macchio","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-balloon-comics-podcast-159914","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/one-on-one-ralph-macchio--72727458","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/72727458/macchio.mp3","summary":"For more than four decades, Ralph Macchio has been one of the guiding hands behind some of Marvel Comics' greatest stories. Rising from an editorial assistant to Editor Emeritus, Ralph helped shape generations of readers' experiences, overseeing everything from The Avengers, Daredevil, and Spider-Man to Marvel's acclaimed line of graphic novels and collected editions. Along the way, he worked with legendary creators including Frank Miller, Walt Simonson, John Byrne, Roger Stern, Mark Gruenwald, and countless others.Today, Ralph joins us to look back on his remarkable career. We'll talk about breaking into Marvel in the Bronze Age, the evolution of the Marvel Bullpen, the creators and characters that defined his tenure, preserving Marvel history through its collected editions, and the lessons he learned from spending a lifetime helping tell some of comics' greatest stories.","meta_description":"For more than four decades, Ralph Macchio has been one of the guiding hands behind some of Marvel Comics' greatest stories. Rising from an editorial assis…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3471,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/word-balloon-comics-podcast-159914/episodes/one-on-one-ralph-macchio/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/word-balloon-comics-podcast-159914/one-on-one-ralph-macchio.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}