{"podcast":{"title":"The UCR Podcast","slug":"the-ucr-podcast-7096207","podcast_index_feed_id":7096207,"rss_url":"https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/townsquare-media/the_ucr_podcast/apple_podcasts_roM4i","website_url":"https://ultimateclassicrock.com/","image_url":"https://images.castfire.com/image/615/0/0/0/0-7935476.jpg","author":"Ultimate Classic Rock","episode_count":107,"summary":"The UCR Podcast explores the past, present and future of rock and culture's biggest legends. Hosted by Matt Wardlaw and members of the UCR team, you'll stay up to date with the latest interviews, news, roundtable discussions and more.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ucr-podcast-7096207"},"episode":{"title":"Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins","slug":"billy-corgan-of-smashing-pumpkins","published_at":"2026-05-25T13:35:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ucr-podcast-7096207/billy-corgan-of-smashing-pumpkins","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ucr-podcast-7096207","url":"https://player.amperwavepodcasting.com?feed-link=https%3A%2F%2Frss.amperwave.net%2Fv2%2Fepisode%2F8408132_2026-05-25-130332%2Fapple_podcasts_roM4i","audio_url":"https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8408132/8408132_2026-05-25-130332.128.mp3?rssID=4051&source=apple_podcasts_roM4i","summary":"Billy Corgan is with us today to talk about the upcoming Smashing Pumpkins \"Rats in a Cage\" tour happening this fall to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their landmark double LP, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. We go into the history of the album with Billy, plus his experience working with Flood, saying goodbye (recently) to Zero, the effect of success on his songwriting in that era and many, many other topics. Check out Billy's excellent podcast, The Magnificent Others wherever you get your podcasts or watch it on YouTube at the following link https://www.youtube.com/@billycorgantmo","meta_description":"Billy Corgan is with us today to talk about the upcoming Smashing Pumpkins \"Rats in a Cage\" tour happening this fall to celebrate the 30th anniversary of…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1082,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ucr-podcast-7096207/episodes/billy-corgan-of-smashing-pumpkins/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ucr-podcast-7096207/billy-corgan-of-smashing-pumpkins.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}