{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a7ac9a257fb721c17670bc7/6acb945c2c705f746cd4ead3?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#70: About Being a Ventriloquist (Interview with April Brucker, ventriloquist and TV personality)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6a7ac9a257fb721c17670bc7/1791726576240-dcf1f934-fec3-4273-bc00-d9aa4230cd76.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this episode of Amy Talks, I speak to ventriloquist and TV personality April Brucker. We discuss how she got into the entertainment industry aged just 15, how her puppets are received in public, reactions to seeing the puppets, her time writing a book about ventriloquism, and more. We are also joined by a few of her puppet friends. </p><p><br></p><p>Links mentioned in the episode:</p><ul><li>Good news story (via Yahoo News): <a href=\"https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/killers-hit-mr-brightside-continues-100306186.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/articles/killers-hit-mr-brightside-continues-100306186.html</a></li><li>Follow April&#39;s instagram page: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/theaprilbrucker/?hl=en\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/theaprilbrucker/?hl=en</a></li><li>See April&#39;s books and buy <strong>250 Years of American Ventriloquism: </strong><em>How Ventriloquism Influenced American Culture </em>(via aprilbrucker.tv): <a href=\"http://www.aprilbrucker.tv/books.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http://www.aprilbrucker.tv/books.html</a></li></ul>","author_name":"Amy Jones"}