{"podcast":{"title":"The Hustle","slug":"the-hustle-879596","podcast_index_feed_id":879596,"rss_url":"http://thehustle.podbean.com/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thehustle.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/839690/Resized-VW39J.jpg","author":"Jon Lamoreaux","episode_count":750,"summary":"Every artist has a story. Whether big or small, they‘ve all seen the ups and downs and worked hard to maintain careers in music. We chat with some of the most interesting legacy artists in pop music and go in depth on their careers, how they feel about them, what it‘s like being a ”rock star” and also hear their best stories. If you‘re a music junkie you will love these long form conversations with beloved figures from your life.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hustle-879596"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 560 - Steve Porcaro of Toto","slug":"episode-560-steve-porcaro-of-toto","published_at":"2026-02-03T19:47:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hustle-879596/episode-560-steve-porcaro-of-toto","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hustle-879596","url":"https://thehustle.podbean.com/e/episode-560-steve-porcaro-of-toto/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/geyys8zasg22apau/The_Hustle_-_Steve_Porcaro9nk58.mp3","summary":"The Porcaro family is rock royalty. They made everything they touched better from their incredible session work to the many Toto hits and Grammys. Steve Porcaro has recently released a new solo album called The Very Day that shows him cleaning house. Most of these songs have been sitting around unfinished for decades so he finally committed to perfecting them (with help from friends like Michael McDonald and Jason Scheff) and getting them out in the world. Steve joins us this week to discuss the process of completing this album, as well as stories from his long session career. There's working with Quincy Jones and David Foster, there's working with Earth Wind and Fire and the Brothers Johnson, and there's his feelings on the many afterlives of \"Human Nature\" which he wrote and appeared on Thriller. I wish we could have talked for hours! Steve Porcaro The Hustle Podcast | creating podcasts | Patreon","meta_description":"The Porcaro family is rock royalty. They made everything they touched better from their incredible session work to the many Toto hits and Grammys. Steve P…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4751,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hustle-879596/episodes/episode-560-steve-porcaro-of-toto/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hustle-879596/episode-560-steve-porcaro-of-toto.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}