{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Funny People Talking","title":"Grammy Winner Lucy Kalantari – The Answer is Yes","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5766,"description":"Bumping Bill Pullman, Pictionary with Ron Howard, being a cartoon, banana bread and winning a Grammy, Linda Perry in an elevator, too many Pixie Sticks, a new MIDI, and surprise jerky! Plus a new improv game with musical break-ups!\nLucy Kalantari (@lucytoon), 2019 Grammy Winner (Lucy Kalantari and The Jazz Cats – Best Children’s Album), joins hosts Marc Raco (@racomarc), Danielle Beckmann (@deebeck) and producer Elsie (@elsietheproducer) in the MouthMedia Network studio powered by Sennheiser.\n\nIn this episode:\nDanielle’s new “side gig” with too many Pixie Sticks?\nA music-themed nerd tip of the week that will either mean a lot or very little to people with a love for synthesizers\nMarc shares how he and Lucy first met, and the role she played in his proposal to his fiancee\nThe perils of working on a laptop on the subway, and the general lack of awareness of personal space we encounter on our daily life\nDanielle shares a story of how a friend bumped into Bill Pullman on the train and how working a toy fair at the Javitz Center led to playing Pictionary with Ron Howard\nA round of our new improv game, “Musical Breakup,” where two people since their way through a parting of ways in conflicting musical styles\nLucy’s love for cartoons and why having the twitter handle @lucytoon helps her keep things light on social media\nThe experience of being nominated for, and ultimately winning, a Grammy for best children’s album\nThe happy coincidence where Lucy learned about her Grammy nomination on her son Darius’ birthday\nAll that goes into receiving a Grammy, from finding out you’ve been nominated the same way everyone finds out who the nominees are, to figuring out what to wear, to making through the junkets in time to receiving your trophy with 15 minutes to spare, and hearing the walk off music play during your speech\nWhat it was like sharing such a career milestone with her son on stage next to her\nMeeting Linda Perry and Fantastic Negrito at the Grammys\nHow winning a Grammy...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/1QUEWBDcWaHiBcwC2rPqrzWhn0UEgcmTRY_yx0yYuBE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQ5MzEyLzE3MDg4/MTE1NTUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}