{"id":127,"date":"2013-11-15T15:36:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T15:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/?p=127"},"modified":"2026-04-08T06:46:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T06:46:46","slug":"my-new-podcast-off-off-pod-first-guest-margo-martindale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/my-new-podcast-off-off-pod-first-guest-margo-martindale\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen Bittrich&#8217;s New Podcast &#8211; Off Off Pod &#8211; First Guest Margo Martindale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/margoandstephen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/margoandstephen.jpg\" alt=\"Off Off Pod Margo Martindale with host Stephen Bittrich\" class=\"wp-image-128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/margoandstephen.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/margoandstephen-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/margoandstephen-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Stephen Bittrich and Margo Martindale after the Off Off Pod episode.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Today I launched my new podcast, <strong>Off Off Pod<\/strong>. \u00a0I snagged an amazing guest for the first episode, my friend Margo Martindale. \u00a0I stayed in LA with Margo for a month being her assistant as she transitioned into her new TV show,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vAbsrgUhxFc?si=xaeS8O18jqHSt1da\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">THE MILLERS<\/a><\/strong>. \u00a0(As of this writing you can watch the latest episode of THE MILLERS for free online.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HERE&#8217;S THE EPISODE:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embed Player\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/2552721\/height\/128\/theme\/modern\/size\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/custom-color\/14140c\/time-start\/00:00:00\/playlist-height\/200\/direction\/backward\/hide-subscribe\/yes\/hide-share\/yes\/download\/yes\/font-color\/FFFFFF\" height=\"128\" width=\"100%\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" oallowfullscreen=\"true\" msallowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border: none;\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/2552721\">https:\/\/directory.libsyn.com\/episode\/index\/id\/2552721<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Margo is also known for such television shows as JUSTIFIED, THE AMERICANS, and A GIFTED MAN. \u00a0She is also known for movies like \u00a0<strong>AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY<\/strong>, <strong>MILLION DOLLAR BABY<\/strong>, <strong>WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY<\/strong>, and <strong>DEAD MAN WALKING<\/strong> (love that movie).  On television, she&#8217;s won Emmy&#8217;s for <strong>JUSTIFIED <\/strong>and <strong>THE AMERICANS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In &nbsp;this episode I ask what the day to day process is like for an actor working on a 4 camera sitcom and what the audition process was like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>(Looking for 10 minute plays to perform? &nbsp;<a title=\"10 Minutes Plays for Colleges and High Schools\" href=\"http:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/plays\/BittrichOneAct.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Click here<\/span><\/a>. &nbsp;A royalty is due if you should decide to perform in front of an audience.)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I launched my new podcast, Off Off Pod. \u00a0I snagged an amazing guest for the first episode, my friend Margo Martindale. \u00a0I stayed in LA with Margo for a month being her assistant as she transitioned into her new&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/my-new-podcast-off-off-pod-first-guest-margo-martindale\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[20,19,12,17,10,16,18,15,14,9,11,391,13],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catch-my-show","category-podcast-off-off-pod","tag-10-minute-plays","tag-actor","tag-august-osage-county","tag-los-angeles","tag-margo-martindale","tag-new-york-city","tag-off-off-broadway","tag-off-off-pod","tag-podcast","tag-stephen-bittrich","tag-the-millers","tag-theatre","tag-will-arnett"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127\/revisions\/888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenbittrich.com\/stephenbittrichblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}