{"podcast":{"title":"Song Exploder","slug":"song-exploder-390830","podcast_index_feed_id":390830,"rss_url":"https://feed.songexploder.net/SongExploder","website_url":"http://www.songexploder.net","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/song-exploder/images/3b97a9c5-fef1-4c84-8038-3c6efa808016/songexploder-logo-2025-with-title.jpg","author":"Hrishikesh Hirway (Maggie.Gourville@prx.org)","episode_count":372,"summary":"Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writing and recording. Hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T04:21:00.468054+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830"},"episode":{"title":"Leon Thomas - Mutt","slug":"leon-thomas-mutt","published_at":"2026-01-28T16:26:40+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/leon-thomas-mutt","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_93_afdaed83-e403-423a-8113-cf91b7ffd364&uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/_/93/afdaed83-e403-423a-8113-cf91b7ffd364/SongExploder307-LeonThomas-Part1.mp3","summary":"Leon Thomas is a singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. He’s nominated for six Grammys at this year’s Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, Best R&B Album, and Album of the Year for Mutt . Mutt is his second album, and I talked to Leon about the title track, which was a breakout hit. He’d already won a Grammy for his work with SZA, but he reached a new level in his own career with this song and this album. I also spoke to David Phelps and Rob Gueringer, AKA D. Phelps and Freaky Rob, who produced the song. For more info, visit songexploder.net/leon-thomas.","meta_description":"Leon Thomas is a singer, songwriter, producer, and actor. He’s nominated for six Grammys at this year’s Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist, Best R&a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1493,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/song-exploder-390830/episodes/leon-thomas-mutt/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/song-exploder-390830/leon-thomas-mutt.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}