{"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 575 - Vaden Todd Lewis of Toadies","slug":"episode-575-vaden-todd-lewis-of-toadies","published_at":"2026-05-20T00:29:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hustle-879596/episode-575-vaden-todd-lewis-of-toadies","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-hustle-879596","url":"https://thehustle.podbean.com/e/episode-575-vaden-todd-lewis-of-toadies/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/mjtyieiktgfrms42/Ep575_Toadies.mp3","summary":"We've seen this movie before. Band comes out hot with their debut, have hits, sell millions of records, and then record a follow-up the label says isn't good enough so it gets shelved for a while and all that momentum stalls and never comes back. Fort Worth's Toadies lived it, After Rubberneck and the smash \"Possum Kingdom\" exploded, the label didn't hear a hit on the follow-up and told them to try again. Four years pass and when a new album does get completed, the label doesn't promote it. Though it was bumpy at first, Toadies carried on anyway and even have a new album called The Charmer and a huge North American tour kicking off any second. Front man Vaden Todd Lewis joins us this week to explain it all and share his stories. Enjoy! www.thetoadies.com www.patreon.com/c/thehustlepod","meta_description":"We've seen this movie before. Band comes out hot with their debut, have hits, sell millions of records, and then record a follow-up the label says isn't g…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4058,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-hustle-879596/episodes/episode-575-vaden-todd-lewis-of-toadies/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-575-vaden-todd-lewis-of-toadies.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}