{"podcast":{"title":"Regarding...Series","slug":"regarding-series-6700583","podcast_index_feed_id":6700583,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/68bcc11d1af371182a330d09","website_url":"https://shows.acast.com/regardingseries","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/68bcc11d1af371182a330d09/1768801874422-a75c9a31-5c36-4582-b811-6de11435f825.jpeg","author":"Chaz Charles","episode_count":58,"summary":"Season 4 - Three guys who are various stages of Def Leppard fan, and a guy who’s heard the hits. Join us over a plate of Buffalo Chicken Wings as we give Def Leppard’s 1996 album Slang and honest listen and try to figure out just what the hell “Slang” means anyways. Is it too late for love or can we work it out to find a way to get Slang the love and affection it deserves? Listen as we listen so you don’t have to, and discover for yourself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T10:18:27.413605+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regarding-series-6700583"},"episode":{"title":"S5. Episode 4. Under The Rose","slug":"s5-episode-4-under-the-rose","published_at":"2026-03-03T05:01:25+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regarding-series-6700583/s5-episode-4-under-the-rose","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regarding-series-6700583","url":"https://shows.acast.com/regardingseries/episodes/season-5-episode-4-under-the-rose","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/68bcc11d1af371182a330d09/e/69a6623c864e4f4dbece4f01/media.mp3","summary":"In this installment of  Regarding… Music From The Elder , the panel gathers once more in the echoing halls of prophecy to determine what, exactly, just happened. And table read. Chaz Charles, Greg “Wolfie” Wolf, Scott D. Monroe, Corey Morrissette, and guests Laura Morrissette and Michael and Debbie Pastore conclude their latest descent into KISS mythology by addressing the expanding cinematic ambitions of  The Elder  — including Scott’s taking up a quest to locate filmmaker  Seb Hunter , who once attempted to turn the album into an actual motion picture. Was it crushed by fate? Was it too ambitious? Did Bob Ezrin sneeze and blow several grand worth of Bolivian marching powder on the master and call it good? No one knows. But we intend to find out. The conversation drifts — as all noble quests do — into references to other towering rock epics, complete with knowing nods and the faint suspicion that everyone involved may have been borrowing from everyone else since 1969. There are priests, temples, and “great computers” briefly invoked, because of course there are. From there, the tone shifts into something both reflective and mildly self-aware. The panel considers the peculiar joy of lovingly dissecting ambitious artistic misfires, acknowledging that ridicule and admiration can, in fact, coexist peacefully in the same medieval council chamber. Scott’s screenplay project continues to loom large — a fully formed narrative attempting to give  The Elder  the structure it always seemed to promise. Whether this represents restoration or revisionism remains an open question. But it does involve sea monsters, councils, and an alarming amount of sincerity. Guest Michael Pastore shares reflections on fandom, his book  The Mighty Van Halen: One F…","meta_description":"In this installment of Regarding… Music From The Elder , the panel gathers once more in the echoing halls of prophecy to determine what, exactly, ju…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5453,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/regarding-series-6700583/episodes/s5-episode-4-under-the-rose/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regarding-series-6700583/s5-episode-4-under-the-rose.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}