{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Mac Sledge is no Don Draper","description":"Hey Dude, I come to terms with the fact I'll never be Don Draper, but the truth is I'd rather be Mac Sledge. QUOTE: &quot;Obviously I don't look like Don Draper...&quot; CAST: Ming Ming (cameo), Don Draper, Jon Hamm, Robert Duvall, Robert De Niro, Mac Sledge, Sanford Meisner, Jeff Goldblum, Lawrence Fishburne&amp;nbsp; LOCATIONS: Ming Ming's Barn, New York City, Neighborhood Playhouse PROPS: toupee, Country Western, litmus test, Meisner Technique, Westerns MOVIES\/TV: Mad Men, The Godfather, The Great Santini, Apocalypse Now, True Confessions, Colors, Tender Mercies&amp;nbsp; SOUNDS: Ming Ming, &amp;nbsp;Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes&amp;nbsp; (more cowbell), birds, planes PHOTO: &quot;Mac Sledge Googled&quot; via YouTube shot with my iPhone XS RECORDED: February 27, 2026 &amp;nbsp;in &quot;Ming Ming's Barn&quot; under the flight path of the Hollywood Burbank Airport in Burbank,&amp;nbsp;California GEAR: Zoom H1 XLR with Sennheiser MD 46 microphone. TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 16:12 FILE SIZE: ~ 16 MB GENRES: storytelling, personal storytelling, personal journal, journal, personal narrative, audio, audio blog, confessional&amp;nbsp; HYPE: &quot;It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness.&quot; Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast) DISCLAIMER\/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised. ","author_name":"Verge of the Dude","author_url":"http:\/\/vergeofthedude.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40259835\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/199052390"}