{"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":"Melissa Etheridge","slug":"melissa-etheridge","published_at":"2026-03-28T16:53:44+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ucr-podcast-7096207/melissa-etheridge","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%2F8064205_2026-03-28-171105%2Fapple_podcasts_roM4i","audio_url":"https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8064205/8064205_2026-03-28-171105.128.mp3?rssID=4051&source=apple_podcasts_roM4i","summary":"Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee Melissa Etheridge is with us today to talk about her new album, Rise! She tells Matt how the record came together and they also dig into other topics including songwriting, her collaboration with Chris Stapleton, jamming with Chuck Berry at the Rock Hall's grand opening concert in 1995, playing \"Thunder Road\" with Bruce Springsteen on MTV Unplugged and many other things! Go see Melissa on her tour, which just started last night! You can find tour dates at www.melissaetheridge.com","meta_description":"Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominee Melissa Etheridge is with us today to talk about her new album, Rise! She tells Matt how the record came together and t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1672,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ucr-podcast-7096207/episodes/melissa-etheridge/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/melissa-etheridge.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}