{"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 568 - Mitch Easter","slug":"episode-568-mitch-easter","published_at":"2026-03-31T19:38:52+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hustle-879596/episode-568-mitch-easter","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hustle-879596","url":"https://thehustle.podbean.com/e/episode-568-mitch-easter/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/dgnn5i93gcyr7s48/The_Hustle_-_Mitch85zt5.mp3","summary":"One could argue that the sound of American indie rock and power pop was shaped by Mitch Easter. Of course, he produced those early REM albums that are practically canon now, but his own music with Let's Active and his partnership with the likes of Scott Miller (Game Theory, Loud Family) and the db's have further cemented his legendary status. Recently, he's lent his talents to the Salt Collective, a fascinating project by French artist Stephane Schuck that has gathered a bunch of all-stars (Mitch, Matthew Caws, Andy Partridge, Peter Holsapple, Ken Stringfellow, Juliana Hatfield, Richard Lloyd, Susan Cowsill etc) to release a couple albums, the most recent being A Brief History of Blindness. Mitch and I get into how he signed on to this project and everything else he's done. Enjoy! www.thesaltcollective.propellersoundrecordings.com www.patreon.com/c/thehustlepod","meta_description":"One could argue that the sound of American indie rock and power pop was shaped by Mitch Easter. Of course, he produced those early REM albums that are pra…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5296,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hustle-879596/episodes/episode-568-mitch-easter/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-568-mitch-easter.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}