{"podcast":{"title":"Major Label Debut","slug":"major-label-debut-7056506","podcast_index_feed_id":7056506,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6352695/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/major-label-debut--6352695","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ce53068c8e1e40f205e7ea5ff6fcc23e.jpg","author":"Major Label Debut","episode_count":78,"summary":"Graham Wright (Tokyo Police Club, CBC Radio) interviews musicians, producers, and writers about what happens when bands sign to a major label. Candid conversations about the intersection of art and commerce. Debuting Monday October 28! New episode every other week!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-06T20:19:29.990494+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/major-label-debut-7056506"},"episode":{"title":"Dan Mangan + Blacksmith - \"Club Meds\" with Dan Mangan","slug":"dan-mangan-blacksmith-club-meds-with-dan-mangan","published_at":"2025-12-10T11:00:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/major-label-debut-7056506/dan-mangan-blacksmith-club-meds-with-dan-mangan","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/major-label-debut-7056506","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/dan-mangan-blacksmith-club-meds-with-dan-mangan--68966554","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68966554/mld_dan_mangan_master.mp3","summary":"Graham is joined by Dan Mangan, singer/songwriting icon of the Canadian music scene, to discuss his 2015 album Club Meds . Dan candidly shares what happened when the record he took a big swing on didn't quite connect, and how hard lessons learned during that experience led him down a new path. They also talk about hanging with Paul McCartney, turning down a drum feature from Dave Grohl, and the mid 00's fascination with robots. Also, sausage breakfast wraps. 📻🎚️ Dan Mangan + Blacksmith “Vessel” (2:47) “Offred” (8:30) Dan Mangan “So Much For Everyone” (19:09) “Robots” (28:30) Bon Iver “Skinny Love” (34:27) Dan Mangan + Blacksmith “New Skies” (50:35) “Mouthpiece” (56:44) “Club Meds” (1:00:29) “Forgetery” (1:06:05) Dan Mangan “Race To The Bottom” (1:19:44) “Cold In The Summer” (1:24:30) Lay Low” (1:44:19) Wanna watch MLD on YouTube ? Need an MLD t-shirt or mug ? And everything else from Major Label Debut !","meta_description":"Graham is joined by Dan Mangan, singer/songwriting icon of the Canadian music scene, to discuss his 2015 album Club Meds . Dan candidly shares what happen…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6792,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/major-label-debut-7056506/episodes/dan-mangan-blacksmith-club-meds-with-dan-mangan/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/major-label-debut-7056506/dan-mangan-blacksmith-club-meds-with-dan-mangan.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}