{"podcast":{"title":"Regarding...Series","slug":"regarding-series-7062768","podcast_index_feed_id":7062768,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6323935/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/regarding-series--6323935","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/b53ebdc7cd2c9e4c11ead51935292244.jpg","author":"Chaz Charles","episode_count":64,"summary":"Season 3 - Welcome to the ultimate rediscovery of Van Halen’s most controversial album. At the outset, we represent a good spectrum of views: Wolfie is 100% no opinion on the album; Scott leans more positive but is in the middle and has some dislikes; and Chaz is … appreciative as a student of Edward Van Halen, and empathetic to his artistic cause, but not a big fan of the final output overall. To put it mildly. How Many Say Why is all they could be heard muttering to themselves, in a sea-shanty sort of sway. How Many Say Why? How Many Say Why?","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T10:18:29.570839+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regarding-series-7062768"},"episode":{"title":"S4. Episode 3. Slang","slug":"s4-episode-3-slang","published_at":"2025-08-05T03:12:01+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regarding-series-7062768/s4-episode-3-slang","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regarding-series-7062768","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s4-episode-3-slang--67254009","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/67254009/fe105368_55ad_88a7_30ac_bde6dcae85bf.mp3","summary":"Episode 3: SlangThis week, your Regarding… Slang hosts Wolfie, Scotzo, podcasting overlord Corey, and Chaz are joined by Middle-Earth's own, podcaster Kevin Brown — a man who openly loathes Joe Elliott’s voice — as they take on the funky, polarizing, and utterly un-Leppard title track: “Slang.”But before we get to the track, there’s a winding path through podcasting mission statements, Chaz’s questionable decision-making as a Def Leppard evangelist, Kevin’s blunt assessments of Joe’s pipes, and the age-old question: What the hell is wrong with Chaz for trying to sell a hater on one of if not the weirdest song this band ever released?The song itself? It’s got Rick Allen on a full acoustic kit for the first time since his accident, guitars that pop and snap instead of roar, and lyrics that may or may not be about phone sex. The band thought it was a bold lead single. The fans? Well…This episode features: 🎸 The song’s origins - a Phil Collen/Joe Elliott bass groove with a “Billie Jean” feel, aiming for a band-in-a-room vibe rather than Mutt Lange’s polished assembly line. 🥁 Rick Allen’s return to acoustic drums – and why it changed the song’s feel completely 🤔 The ongoing mystery - what the hell is “slang” in this context? Phone sex? Throwaway lyric? 🗳️ A unanimous Fade Away vote – proving that even if it’s funky, it’s not for everyoneAs the Regarding… crew digs into “Slang,” they wrestle with its identity: a noble experiment, a funky misfire, or just Def Leppard having a mid-90s identity crisis? And more importantly — can Raw Joe make Kevin Brown flinch a little less?The Show Three guys who are various stages of Def Leppard fans, and a guy who’s just heard the hits (maybe...some of them.) Join the guys over a plate of Buffalo Chicken Wings as they give Def Leppard’s 1996…","meta_description":"Episode 3: SlangThis week, your Regarding… Slang hosts Wolfie, Scotzo, podcasting overlord Corey, and Chaz are joined by Middle-Earth's own, podcaster Kev…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5207,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/regarding-series-7062768/episodes/s4-episode-3-slang/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/regarding-series-7062768/s4-episode-3-slang.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}