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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.
Episodes
Kyle Meredith With...G-Eazy on His New Album Freak Show and Getting B-Real of Cypress Hill's Blessing
G-Eazy catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Freak Show, the new album that finds the Oakland rapper trying out new sounds and personas. Listen to the…
Kyle Meredith With...Andrew McCarthy on Making Peace with and Celebrating the Brat Pack
Andrew McCarthy joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Brats, the new documentary that takes a deep dive into the famed "Brat Pack" of 1980s Hollywood…
Kyle Meredith With...Alexis Ren on Gaming, Solitude, and Her New Sci-Fi Thriller Latency
Alexis Ren drops by to talk with Kyle Meredith about Latency, her new sci-fi thriller that follows a professional gamer tasked with testing new gaming…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith Rewind: Kim Gordon Looks Back At Sonic Youth Classics, 80's Hip Hop, & Fleetwood Mac
In this pair of interviews from the vault, Sonic Youth co-founder Kim Gordon joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her debut solo venture, No Home Record. Hear the…
Kyle Meredith With...Mike Campbell on Recording with Chris Stapleton, Reuniting The Heartbreakers for Bob Dylan & Getting Called Out by George Harrison
Mike Campbell catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits, his third album with The Dirty Knobs. Listen to the interview now. The…
Kyle Meredith With...Jeff Daniels on New Music, American Rust & A Man in Full
Jeff Daniels joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his musical side, as well as his roles in American Rust, A Man in Full, and Newsroom. Listen to the full chat…
Kyle Meredith With...Russell Crowe on His New Album Prose and Cons, the Gladiator Sequel & Wine Nights With Michael Shannon
Russell Crowe chats with Kyle Meredith about the latest album in his Indoor Garden Party series, Prose and Cons. Listen to the full interview. The actor and…
Kyle Meredith With...Rewind: Derek Trucks on the Magically Explosive Live Sounds of the Tedeschi Trucks Band
Listen to Derek Trucks chat with Kyle Meredith about Tedeschi Trucks Band’s Live From The Fox Oakland LP in this interview from the vaults. The guitarist…
Kyle Meredith With...Carly Pearce on Her New Album Hummingbird, Country Music’s Comeback & Loretta Lynn’s Guidance
Carly Pearce talks with Kyle Meredith about her new record Hummingbird. Listen to the interview now. The singer-songwriter details wanting to make the new…
Kyle Meredith With...Richard Linklater and Adria Arjona on Their New Film Hit Man and the Music of New Orleans
Richard Linklater and Adria Arjona join Kyle Meredith to talk about their new film Hit Man, an unbelievable true story about a strait-laced professor who…
Kyle Meredith With...Sal Vulcano on His New Special Terrified, Impractical Jokers & Getting Curbed by Larry David
Sal Vulcano links up with Kyle Meredith to talk about his new standup comedy special Terrified, Impractical Jokers, and more. Listen to the full interview. The…
Kyle Meredith With...Rewind: With By The Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile Ascends into the Stratosphere
In this interview from 2018, Brandi Carlile talks with Kyle Meredith about her record By The Way, I Forgive You. Listen to their captivating chat now. Tackling…
Kyle Meredith With...Ani DiFranco on Her New Album Unprecedented Sh!t, Hadestown & the Responsibility of Pop Stars
Ani DiFranco catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about her new album Unprecedented Sh!t, Hadestown, and more. Listen to the interview now. The…
Kyle Meredith With...Maya Hawke on Chaos Angel and Conversing with Witches
Maya Hawke returns to Kyle Meredith With... to talk about Chaos Angel, the actress and musician's third album. Listen now. Hawke explains how she wrote some of…
Kyle Meredith With...King of Leon’s Caleb Followill on Post Punk, The Artist’s Way & Dodging Their 20th Anniversary
King of Leon’s Caleb Followill joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Can We Please Have Fun, the ninth studio album from the Tennessee band. The frontman tells us…
Kyle Meredith With...Tadanobu Asano on Shogun’s Success, Yabushige’s Final Scene & New Ska/Punk
Tadanobu Asano joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the massive success of the FX/Hulu series Shogun. Listen now. The Japanese actor, who portrays Kashigi…
Kyle Meredith With...Carl Clemons-Hopkins on Hacks, Generational Divides & Marcus’ Breakout Moment
Listen to Carl Clemons-Hopkins chat with Kyle Meredith about the latest season of Hacks, streaming now on Max. Clemons-Hopkins, who plays Marcus on the series…
Kyle Meredith With...Idle’s Joe Talbot on Empathy, Uncomplicated Love, Palestine, & Nordic Techno-Folk
Idles’ Joe Talbot joins Kyle Meredith to talk about TANGK, the band’s latest album that finds the punk act teaming up with producers Nigel Godrich and Kenny…
Kyle Meredith With...The Cast of The Big Cigar on Telling The Story of Huey P Newton & The Black Panthers
Tiffany Boone, Alessandro Nivola & PJ Byrne join Kyle Meredith to talk about The Big Cigar, the Apple TV limited series starring André Holland as Black Panther…
Kyle Meredith With...MODI on Know Your Audience, Jewish Comedy & Jokes During Wartime
Stand-up comedian Modi Rosenfeld, known professionally as MODI, joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his special, Know Your Audience. Listen now. The comic chats…
Kyle Meredith With...Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey on Designing Pop, Outsider Art & 40 Years of Into The Gap
Thompson Twins co-founder Tom Bailey joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the 40th anniversary of Into The Gap as well as co-headlining this summer’s Totally…
Kyle Meredith With...Joe Gatto on A Night of Comedy, Two Cool Moms & Life After Impractical Jokers
Joe Gatto chats with Kyle Meredith about his tenure on Impractical Jokers, his current standup tour ("A Night of Comedy"), and his hilarious podcast…
Kyle Meredith With...Il Divo’s David Miller on 20 Years, High Notes, and Covering Whitney Houston and Gnarls Barkley
Il Divo co-founder David Miller joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the band's new album XX, an LP that comes on the heels of Il Divo's 20th anniversary and sees…
Kyle Meredith With...Grace Cummings on Ramona, Cowboys and Kings, and Angel Olsen’s Big Time
Grace Cummings joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new album Ramona, which she made with Jonathan Wilson in the Topanga Canyon. Listen to the new episode…
Kyle Meredith With...Sebastian Bach on New Album Child Within the Man and the Lack of Fun in Modern Rock
Sebastian Bach joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his solo album, Child Within the Man, the rocker's first album in a decade. Listen now. The Skid Row…
Kyle Meredith With...Amber Chardae Robinson on Palm Royale and the Comedic Genius of Kristin Wiig
Amber Chardae Robinson chats with Kyle Meredith about Apple TV+’s new series Palm Royale, which follows Maxine Simmons (Kristen Wiig) as she attempts to break…
Kyle Meredith With...Prentice Penny on the Importance of Black Twitter, Memes & Elon Muskc
Prentice Penny joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his Hulu docuseries Black Twitter: A People’s History, which charts the posts, accounts, and memes that made…
Kyle Meredith With...Matt Mathews on His "When That Thang Get Ta' Thang'n" Stand Up Comedy Tour
Matt Mathews joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his comedy tour "When That Thang Get Ta' Thang'n" (get tickets here!). The comedian, who originally had…
Kyle Meredith With...Maya Hawke on Portraying Flannery O’Connor in the Ethan Hawke-directed Wildcat
Maya Hawke links back up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Wildcat, her new film that serves both as a biopic about novelist Flannery O’Connor and as an…
Kyle Meredith With...Spike Feresten on the Absurd Comedy in Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted
Spike Feresten joins Kyle Meredith to talk about teaming up with Jerry Seinfeld for Unfrosted, the new Netflix comedy about the earth-shattering invention of…
Kyle Meredith With...Shinedown’s Brent Smith on "A Symptom of Being Human," Olivia Rodrigo’s Rock Status & Their Next LP
Shinedown’s Brent Smith joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the continued success of their 2022 album Planet Zero and its single “A Symptom of Being Human,” what…
Kyle Meredith With...Sarah Dowland on Sue Bird: In the Clutch, WNBA & Caitlin Clark’s Record-Breaking Season
Sarah Dowland joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her documentary, Sue Bird: In the Clutch. The documentarian, who is also behind the legendary visual effects…
Kyle Meredith With...Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield on Tigers Blood, Self-Evaluation & Michael Stipe As Her Vocal Inspiration
Katie Crutchfield, the creative force behind Waxahatchee, chats with Kyle Meredith about Tigers Blood, her immaculate new record. Listen to the new episode…
Kyle Meredith With...The Bacon Brothers on Tattoos, Airport Bars & Covering Pat Benatar
Legendary actor Kevin Bacon and his big brother and film composer Michael Bacon join Kyle Meredith to discuss the new album from their collaborative musical…
Kyle Meredith With...Scoot McNairy on Blood For Dust, Speak No Evil & Nightbitch
Scoot McNairy joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his new film, Blood for Dust, a gritty crime drama in which he plays a traveling salesman being lured down a…
Kyle Meredith With...Pearl Jam's Mike McCready on Mad Season and Almost Starting a Band with Kurt Cobain: Podcast
With Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter now out in the world, we’re pulling a pair of interviews with guitarist Mike McCready out of the vault. Listen to both wherever…
Kyle Meredith With...The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling on Tickets Prices, Progressive Topics, & John Hughes
The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling drops by Kyle Meredith With… to talk about the Record Store Day reissue of the band's sophomore album Wha'ppen? Listen to the…
Kyle Meredith With...Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard on Dark Matter, The Sphere, and the Band's Next Project
Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about working with Andrew Watt, finding inspiration in The Cure, and (of course) the band’s new…
Kyle Meredith With...Beth Ditto on Gossip’s Return, Rick Rubin’s Guidance, and Social Progress
Beth Ditto joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Gossip’s reunion album, Real Power. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Ditto gets into how…
Kyle Meredith With...Skeet Ulrich on Working with Giancarlo Esposito, AMC's Parish, and the Future of His Scream Character: Podcast
Skeet Ulrich joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his role in AMC's Parish, the Giancarlo Esposito-starring series. Listen to the new episode wherever you get…
Kyle Meredith With...Maggie Lindemann on Looking to Gwen Stefani and Amy Lee for Career Guidance
Maggie Lindemann joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new EP, HEADSPLIT. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The alt-metal…
Kyle Meredith With...Elbow’s Guy Garvey Tells Inside Stories of Audio Vertigo, Knife Fights & Talk Talk Beats
Elbow’s Guy Garvey joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Audio Vertigo, the newest album from the English rock band. Listen to the new episode wherever you get…
Kyle Meredith With...Martin Amini on New Special I'm Transcending, Dark Humor, and Comedy in the TikTok Era
Martin Amini joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his new special I’m Transcending, as well as the behind-the-scenes special Back in the Gym. Listen to the new…
Kyle Meredith With...George McKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett on the Duality and Revenge of Femme
George McKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett join Kyle Meredith to discuss Femme, a revenge thriller about Jules, who as Aphrodite Banks has a place among London’s…
Kyle Meredith With...Rudy Mancuso on Synesthesia, Making His Life a Movie & Getting Slapped with a Fish
Rudy Mancuso joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Música, the mostly true film based on his own life. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts…
Kyle Meredith With...Hamish Linklater on Portraying Abraham Lincoln alongside Tobias Menzies in Manhunt
Hamish Linklater joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Manhunt, a conspiracy thriller about one of the best-known but least understood crimes in history, the…
Kyle Meredith With...Gary Clark Jr. on the Self Discovery Behind His New Multi-Genre Symphony, JPEG RAW
Gary Clark Jr. joins Kyle Meredith to talk about JPEG RAW, his first new album in five years. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The…
Kyle Meredith With...Danielle MacDonald on The Tourist, Blink 182, Jelly Roll, & Billy Joel’s “Piano Man"
Danielle MacDonald joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Season 2 of The Tourist, out now on Netflix. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts…
Kyle Meredith With...Sheryl Crow on the Empathy, Joy, and Fear in Evolution
Sheryl Crow joins Kyle Meredith to dig into the details of her album, Evolution, a record that comes after Crow announced on Meredith’s show in 2018 that she…
Kyle Meredith With...Kyle Meredith With… The 900th Episode Special!
Join Kyle Meredith as he looks back on the 100 most recent interviews of Kyle Meredith With… to celebrate the show's 900th episode! Listen to the new episode…
Kyle Meredith With...The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic on Indecision 2024, 90’s SNL, Mitch McConnell, & Jason Isbell
The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the comedy news program’s coverage of Indecision 2024. The comedian (who happens to be from the…
Kyle Meredith With...The Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid on Starting Over, 40th Anniversary, & Digging the Eagles
The Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the band’s new LP, Glasgow Eyes. The guitarist/songwriter tells us how the brothers…
Kyle Meredith With...The Veronicas on New Album Gothic Summer's Nods to The B-52’s and The Cramps
The Veronicas join Kyle Meredith to talk about Gothic Summer, the latest release from the Australian twin sisters. Listen to the new episode wherever you get…
Kyle Meredith With...John Bradley on 3 Body Problem, The Beatles, & the Rumored Jon Snow Sequel
Game of Thrones actor John Bradley joins Kyle Meredith to talk about starring in Netflix’s 3 Body Problem. Listen to the new wherever you get your podcasts…
Kyle Meredith With...Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker on the Sadness of Solo Album Bright Future and the Fear in Deep Impact
Big Thief 's Adrianne Lenker joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new solo album, Bright Future. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The…
Kyle Meredith With...Anna Camp on Darker Roles & the Post-Economic-Collapse America of NEO-DOME
Anna Camp joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Neo-Dome. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The actress talks about the specifics of her…
Kyle Meredith With...The Black Crowes Chris Robinson on Reunion Album Happiness Bastards
The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the band's new album, Happiness Bastards, which marks their first collection of new material…
Kyle Meredith With...Spaceman's Johan Rench on Directing Adam Sandler, Carrie Mulligan, and David Bowie
Director Johan Renck joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Spaceman, the new film starring Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan that follows an astronaut on a solitary…
Kyle Meredith With...Luke Hemmings on How "Shakes" Taps Into the Melancholy of Damon Albarn & Cocteau Twins
5 Seconds of Summer's Luke Hemmings joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his new single, “Shakes." The popstar tells us why it was time to do another solo…
Kyle Meredith With...Nick Robinson and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo on Millie Bobby Brown’s Damsel
Nick Robinson and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo join Kyle Meredith to talk about the new Millie Bobby Brown-fronted Netflix film, Damsel. Listen to the new episode…