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Kyle Meredith With...
Kyle Meredith With... is an interview series in which WFPK's Kyle Meredith speaks to a wide breadth of artists. Meredith digs deep to find out how their work is made and where their journey is going. From legendary artists to the newer class, from musicians to film & television stars, you'll hear about the things you were always curious about from all of your favorites.
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The xx’s Oliver Sim on Horror and Having Graham Norton, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Placebo as Childhood Heroes
Oliver Sim speaks with Kyle Meredith about his debut solo album, Hideous Bastard, an LP that triumphs over fear and shame. The xx member discusses talking…
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Neil Giraldo on Pat Benatar’s Rock Hall Induction, Challenging Pop Audiences, and Reimagining Romeo & Juliet
Guitarist/producer and Pat Benatar’s husband and songwriting partner Neil Giraldo talks with Kyle Meredith about being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of…
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Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason on Touring the Early Catalog, New Floyd Music, and Remixing Animals
Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his latest tour with Saucerful of Secrets, the all-star band that brings Floyd’s pre-Darkside catalog…
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Metric’s Emily Haines and James Shaw on Letting Go, Exposing Pain, and Johnny Marr
Metric’s Emily Haines and James Shaw join Kyle Meredith to talk Formentera, the band’s eighth studio album. The pair discuss how they used a travel book as a…
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LAUV on Existential Crises, Inner Child Therapy, and His Meditation Club Hotline
LAUV joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his latest album, All 4 Nothing, as well as his recent tour. The alt-pop musician tells us about the existential crisis…
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Santigold on New Album Spirituals, Women in Music, and Her Own Line of Tea
Santigold gives Kyle Meredith a call to discuss Spirituals, her first new album in six years. The genre-blending artist says the album that found a lot of…
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YUNGBLUD on How Information Kills Art, Sampling The Cure, and Channeling Radiohead
YUNGBLUD joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his new self-titled LP. Dominic Harrison talks about the joy of midnight album releases, why he chose to self-title…
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Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale on Covers, Work Anxiety Nightmares, and the Mental Health Behind Back from the Dead
Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the band’s latest album, Back from the Dead, and how it unintentionally became a heavier record due to…
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LeAnn Rimes on Making Up with Her Past, Honoring Taylor Hawkins, and Texting in Rage Against the Machine Lyrics
LeAnn Rimes joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new album, god's work, how it was influenced by her 2020 chant record, and sonically digging into world and…
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Flogging Molly’s Dave King on Steve Albini, History Repeating, and 20 Years of Drunken Lullabies
Flogging Molly’s Dave King joins Kyle Meredith to discuss Anthem, the Celtic punks' new album that finds them re-teaming with Steve Albini, who mixed their…
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Blondie’s Clem Burke on Their Box Set, Bowie’s Influence, and Johnny Marr's Appearance on Their Next Album
Blondie’s Clem Burke checks in with Kyle Meredith to talk about the band’s first authorized archival box set, Against the Odds 1974-1982, and their upcoming…
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Josh Gad on Central Park’s Meat Loaf-style Power Ballad and the Return of Kristen Bell and Sam Richardson
Josh Gad joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Season Three of Apple TV+’s Central Park, which Gad co-created with Loren Bouchard (Bob’s Burgers) and Nora Smith…
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The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli on the Illumination of How Do You Burn and Loss of Mark Lanegan
Greg Dulli phones in to talk with Kyle Meredith about The Afghan Whigs’ latest album, How Do You Burn?. The frontman discusses how the record found a brighter…
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Greta Van Fleet’s Sam Kiszka on Opening for Metallica and Going Back to Their Roots for New LP
Greta Van Fleet’s Sam Kiszka sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about the band’s latest album, The Battle at Garden’s Gate, and current tour (tickets for…
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Robin Trower and Derek Sherinian on Mastering Their Instruments and Famous Collaborations
Two legendary artists, prog keyboardist Derek Sherinian and guitarist Robin Trower, join the Kyle Meredith With… podcast for a special two-part episodes…
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Ronnie Dunn on Finding the Musical Intersection of Merle Haggard and Mick Jagger
Ronnie Dunn sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about 100 Proof Neon, an album that finds the Brooks & Dunn co-founder looking back to the sounds and themes…
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Corey Feldman on Unearthed Soundtrack Cuts from Lost Boys and Dream a Little Dream, Plus His Dr. Dre and Suicidal Tendencies
Corey Feldman sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about Love Left 2, a sequel to his 1994 debut album, and accompanying box set that also features previously…
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Hayley Orrantia on Performing in Kinky Boots, the Future of The Goldbergs, and "Gasoline"
Hayley Orrantia drops by Kyle Meredith With… to talk about her latest single, "Gasoline," and plans for upcoming music. The actress/musician discusses…
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IVE on "After Like," Sudden Success, and Loving Modern Family and Korean Horror Films
K-pop girl group IVE dial in to talk with Kyle Meredith about their new single “After Like” and their quick rise to fame. The six-piece discuss experimenting…
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Sabrina Carpenter on Vulnerability, Nonsense, and Influences on Emails I Can't Send
Sabrina Carpenter joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Emails I Can’t Send, an album that reflects the artist’s emotional trauma (and drama) of the last few…
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Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon 40 Years of Rio, Rock Hall Induction, and Working with Blur's Graham Coxon
Simon Le Bon dials up Kyle Meredith to discuss Future Past and Duran Duran’s upcoming induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The frontman tells us…
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Interpol’s Paul Banks on The Other Side of Make Believe, Fables, and Conspiracies
Interpol’s Paul Banks catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about The Other Side of Make Believe, an album that looks at the fables we tell ourselves, how…
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Steve Howey on Day Shift’s Vampires, True Lies, and Shameless
Steve Howey dials into Kyle Meredith With... to talk about his role in the new Netflix film Day Shift. The film also stars Jamie Fox, Snoop Dogg (in a cowboy…
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Veruca Salt’s Louise Post on Rediscovered Demos, Upcoming Solo LP, and Making Her Kid Listen to Nirvana
Louise Post catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about her new demo collection, But I Love You Without Mascara, a collection that preceded 2000’s Resolver…
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Vera Farmiga and Cherry Jones on Faith, Sympathy, and Five Days at Memorial
Vera Farmiga and Cherry Jones sit down with Kyle Meredith to talk about their roles in Apple TV+’s Five Days at Memorial, which chronicles the impact of…
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Goo Goo Dolls' Johnny Rzeznik on TikTok Culture and Rediscovering the Band's '90s Angst
Goo Goo Dolls’ Johnny Rzeznik catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk the band's new album, Chaos in Bloom. The frontman discusses how the legendary pop-rockers…
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Kate Siegel on Her Warmup Music for Midnight Mass & The Time Traveler’s Wife
Kate Siegel joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her roles in The Time Traveler’s Wife, Midnight Mass, and Netflix's upcoming The Fall in the House of Usher. The…
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Tenacious D's Jack Black and Kyle Gass on '90s Alt-Comedy and The Story of Their Career
Jack Black and Kyle Gass drop by Kyle Meredith With… to talk about their episode in the Audible Original Words + Music series as they tell the story of…
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Bananarama on Masquerade, 40th Anniversary, and Living Above the Sex Pistols
Bananarama’s Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward talk about Kyle Meredith With… to talk about Masquerade, a record that arrives on the 40th anniversary of the band…
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Sarah Drew on Apple TV+’s Amber Brown, Grey’s Anatomy, Daria, and More
Sarah Drew sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about Apple TV+’s adaptation of Amber Brown, the new show based on the series of realistic fiction children's…
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Amanda Shires on “The Hard Shit" in Relationships, Take It Like a Man, and Her Abortion-Themed Single
Amanda Shires catches up with Kyle Meredith to discuss Take It Like a Man, an album that arrives after a time when she thought about giving up making music…
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A Perfect Circle’s Billy Howerdel on Musical Influences, Remixing Puscifer, and What Normal Was
Billy Howerdel rings Kyle Meredith to talk about What Normal Was, the first solo record under his own name. The album finds Mr. Ashes Divide connecting to his…
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Greg Puciato on New Album Mirrorcell, Abstract Lyrics, and Touring with Jerry Cantrell
Greg Puciato dials into Kyle Meredith With… to talk about Mirrorcell, his second solo album. The former Dillinger Escape Plan frontman discusses his surprise…
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The Fixx’s Cy Curnin on Every Five Seconds, the Band's First Album in a Decade
The Fixx’s Cy Curnin joins Kyle Meredith to take us into Every Five Seconds, the band’s first album in a decade. The frontman talks about bridging their…
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Maya Hawke on Being Inspired by Taylor Swift's Folklore, Finding Confidence, and Stranger Things
Maya Hawke catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Moss, her upcoming sophomore album, which finds her taking inspiration from Taylor Swift. and…
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Midge Ure on Touring With Howard Jones, Dueting with Kate Bush, and "The Man Who Sold the World"
Midge Ure chats with Kyle Meredith about his current tour with Howard Jones and his next musical projects. The Ultravox and Visage frontman touches on how the…
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Lance Reddick on Netflix's Outrageous Comedy Farzar and Portraying Resident Evil's Albert Wesker
Lance Reddick sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about his roles in Netflix’s Farzar and Resident Evil. The actor talks about his transition from The…
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My Morning Jacket on Archival Live Series and a Potential Band-Run Festival
My Morning Jacket catch up with Kyle Meredith on his podcast to chat about their latest self-titled album and live archival series. The band's Jim James and…
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Angel Olsen on Big Time, Her '80s Covers EP, and Time Traveling Dreams
Angel Olsen hops on a call with Kyle Meredith to talk about Big Time, an album that finds the songwriter leaning into Americana and taking inspiration from…
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Journey’s Neal Schon on Guitarists That Inspired Freedom & Possible 3-Hour Live Shows
Journey’s Neal Schon sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about Freedom, the band’s first new album in eleven years. The guitarist discusses having Chaka Khan…
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ABC’s Martin Fry on Sex Pistols, David Bowie, and 40 Years of The Lexicon of Love
ABC’s Martin Fry joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the 40th anniversary of The Lexicon of Love, an album cited by critics as one of the greatest pop albums of…
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Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez on Infinite Outcomes and Multiverse Storytelling
Coheed and Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez sits down with Kyle Meredith to take us into Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind, which continues the "Amory…
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Foals’ Yannis Philippakis on Making a Dance Record with a Deeper Meaning
Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis drops by Kyle Meredith With… to tell us about the band’s latest album, Life Is Yours, and the experimental mood they found…
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Carly Rae Jepsen on New Music, Rostam, and Kate Bush
Carly Rae Jepsen joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her latest single, "Western Wind," and more new music. The Canadian artist also touches on the…
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Big Time Rush on Reuniting, Reinventions, New Music, and the Forever Tour
Big Time Rush joins Kyle Meredith to talk about their latest singles and upcoming "Forever Tour." (Get tickets here!) Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow…
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Chelsea Cutler on Loving Taylor Swift, the Passage of Time, and Next Album Plans
Chelsea Cutler dropped by the WFPK studios to talk with Kyle Meredith before her set at Forecastle Festival. She chatted about the deluxe edition of When I…
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Three Days Grace on Explosions, Algorithms, and Their 25th Anniversary
Three Days Grace bassist Brad Walst joins Kyle Meredith to dig into the Canadian band’s seventh studio album, Explosions, which found them writing separately…
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Joey McIntyre on New Kids on the Block’s Mixtape Tour, Nostalgia, and Broadway
New Kids on the Block’s Joey McIntyre joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the group’s latest "MixTape Tour," which also features Rick Astley…
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Lyle Lovett on 12th of June, Becoming a Father at 60, and Hijinks with Chris Isaak
Lyle Lovett sits down with Kyle Meredith to go deep into his new album, 12th of June, and his career as a multi-genre artist. The Texas-born musician talks…
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Jamie Campbell Bower on Finding His Voice for Stranger Things, Basing New Music on Dante's Inferno
Jamie Campbell Bower digs into his starring role in the latest season of Stranger Things and his new music on the latest episode of joins Kyle Meredith With……
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Phoebe Bridgers on Covering The Carpenters with Jack Antonoff for the Minions Soundtrack
Phoebe Bridgers catches back up with Kyle Meredith to update us on her recent happenings. She discusses her single "Sidelines" -- one Consequence's…
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Jewel on Freewheelin’ Woman, Covering Maggie Rogers, Mental Health Activism
Jewel drops into the Kyle Meredith With… podcast to take us inside Freewheelin’ Woman, which she calls “the most intense creative process I’ve ever been…
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Finneas on “Naked," Scoring for B.J. Novak, and “Getting Back to Work with Billie”
Finneas joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his latest single, “Naked,” and more upcoming music. The prolific songwriter discusses what his song “The Kids Are…
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Howard Jones on Dialogue, Optimism, and His Upcoming Tour with Midge Ure
Howard Jones calls up Kyle Meredith to talk about Dialogue, the third album in his planned quadrilogy. The synth legend discusses the importance that the album…
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The Wild Things on Working with Pete Townshend, Concept Albums, and Face Crystals
The Wild Things sit down with Kyle Meredith to talk about Afterglow, the band’s sophomore album that was co-produced by Pete Townshend. The duo of Sydney Rae…
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5 Seconds of Summer on Major Chords, Solo Albums, and the Upcoming 5SOS5
5 Seconds of Summer drop into Kyle Meredith With… to talk about their latest singles and upcoming album, 5SOS5. Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, and Michael Clifford…
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Hacks' Mark Indelicato on Season 2’s Road Trip, Queer Representation, & Laurie Metcalf
Mark Indelicato, who plays Damien in the HBO Max series Hacks, joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the second season of the hit show. The actor discusses…
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Mandy Moore on Saying Goodbye to This Is Us & Her First Tour in 15 Years
Mandy Moore calls in to talk with Kyle Meredith about her new album, In Real Life, the quick followup to her 2020 comeback LP that finds her once again teaming…
Kyle Meredith With...Sheryl Crow on New Documentary, Shelved Albums, and Recording with Mick Jagger
Sheryl Crow catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Sheryl, the new Showtime documentary based on her life and career. The multi-platinum songwriter tells…
Kyle Meredith With...Jack Johnson on Meet the Moonlight, Working with Blake Mills, and 20 Years of Brushfire Fairytales
Jack Johnson catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Meet the Moonlight, an album that finds Jack reflecting the darkness of the past few years through the…