{"podcast":{"title":"Troubled Men Podcast","slug":"troubled-men-podcast-799372","podcast_index_feed_id":799372,"rss_url":"https://feeds.castos.com/27d58","website_url":"https://troubledmenpodcast.castos.com","image_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/60d5656cb8fad2-85317444/8515ju25WDijPKnlLr4F87VBwDse01DAo1CHKRqM.jpg","author":"René Coman and Manny Chevrolet","episode_count":378,"summary":"René Coman sits down with the original Troubled Man, Manny Chevrolet, over cocktails at the Ring Room, in the heart of an old-school New Orleans social haunt. Manny is an L.A. native who had been through the Hollywood wringer by his late 20s. He then moved to New Orleans to become a perennial candidate for mayor and make a feature film about it. René is a New Orleans native who's been in the music biz wringer since he was a child. They are the Troubled Men for Troubled Times.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T16:21:09.842497+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/troubled-men-podcast-799372"},"episode":{"title":"TMP326 ALEX MALLET BUCKLES UP","slug":"tmp326-alex-mallet-buckles-up","published_at":"2025-10-23T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/troubled-men-podcast-799372/tmp326-alex-mallet-buckles-up","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/troubled-men-podcast-799372","url":"https://troubledmenpodcast.castos.com/episodes/tmp326-alex-mallet-buckles-up","audio_url":"https://episodes.castos.com/60d5656cb8fad2-85317444/2169598/c1e-wm0dwa3q565s0gmzz-1p750nowc648-bpaqaq.m4a","summary":"The guitarist, songwriter, and singer with John “Papa\" Gros, Adam Pearce, and Layla Musselwhite has teamed up with a supergroup of veteran sidemen as Captain Buckles, now celebrating the release of \"Hurry Up,\" their first full-length album. Alex and bandmates Smitti Supab, Phil Breen, Rob Davis, and EZ Smith are taking the wheel and are charting their own course. Tonight Alex sails into the Christmas Club and ties up with the Troubled Men. Any port in a storm. Topics include election results, Helena Moreno, sour grapes, a captured fugitive, a Mark Sanchez stabbing, John Madden, Diane Keaton RIP, “Baby Boom,” Speedy Sparks, Ft. Lauderdale, Pitbull, skateboarding, teen bands, RYTHMadix, a retired judge, moving to New Orleans, Lynn Drury, John Papa Gros, Jeff Beck, Spinal Tap, Harry Shearer, Tyler Clements, Dockside Studio, Justin Tocket, producers, Jake Eckert, Bobby Charles’ ghost, the Threadhead Foundation, Howard Huelfing, giant heads, the shillelagh, a new baby, and much more. Intro Music: \"Just Keeps Raining\" by Styler/Coman Break and Outro Music: \"Acting Up\" and \"Bus Station Blues\" from \"Hurry Up\" by Captain Buckles Support the podcast: Paypal or Venmo Join the Patreon page here. Shop for Troubled Men’s T-shirts & tanks here. Subscribe, review, and rate (5 stars) on Apple Podcasts or any podcast source. Follow on social media, share with friends, and spread the Troubled Word. Troubled Men Podcast Facebook Troubled Men Podcast Instagram Iguanas Tour Dates René Coman Facebook Alex Mallet Facebook Alex Mallet Instagram Captain Buckles Facebook Captain Buckles Homepage","meta_description":"The guitarist, songwriter, and singer with John “Papa\" Gros, Adam Pearce, and Layla Musselwhite has teamed up with a supergroup of veteran sidemen as Capt…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4079,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/troubled-men-podcast-799372/episodes/tmp326-alex-mallet-buckles-up/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/troubled-men-podcast-799372/tmp326-alex-mallet-buckles-up.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}