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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 musicians. Meredith digs deep into the artist's work to find out how the music is made and where their journey is going, from legendary artists like Robert Plant, Paul McCartney, U2, and Bryan Ferry, to the newer class of The National, St. Vincent, Arctic Monkeys, Haim, and Father John Misty.

Rewind: Meshell Ndegeocello on Plantation Lullabies, Covering Prince, and the Power of Memory

17 mins; August 31, 2024

Los Lonely Boys’ JoJo Garza on Their Resurrection & 20 Years of "Heaven"

32 mins; August 30, 2024

Edie Brickell & Trever Hagen on the Improv, Malfunctions, and Magic of Heavy MakeUp’s Here It Comes

21 mins; August 28, 2024

The Cast of Bad Monkey on Tom Petty Covers, Sociopaths, and Vince Vaughn’s Comedy

23 mins; August 26, 2024

Rewind: Judas Priest’s Rob Halford on His Autobiography, His '90s Bands, and His Role in Rock Camp: The Movie

34 mins; August 24, 2024

Dave Navarro on Reuniting Jane’s Addiction, Distractions, and Solo Music

53 mins; August 23, 2024

Jacob Bertrand on Mohaws, Directing, and Cobra Kai’s Final Season

26 mins; August 21, 2024

NIKI on Her Identity Crisis, Joni Mitchell Fandom, and the Crushing Lyrics of Buzz

25 mins; August 19, 2024

Rewind: Robert Plant on Led Zeppelin, Alison Krauss, and His Artistic Longevity

16 mins; August 17, 2024

Dave Mustaine on Megadeth’s "Destroy All Enemies Tour," "Mission to Mars," and His Pre-Metallica Band

19 mins; August 16, 2024

Paul Feig on His New Action Comedy Jackpot! and Directing John Cena and Awkwafina

22 mins; August 14, 2024

Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe on Touring with Mastodon & 20 Years of Ashes of the Wake

31 mins; August 12, 2024

Rewind: David Duchovny on the Music, Books, and Iconic TV Roles That Have Made His Career

53 mins; August 10, 2024

“Weird Al" Yankovic on Polkamania, His Original Songs, In 3-D, and Mandatory Fun

23 mins; August 09, 2024

Samantha Morton on The Serpent Queen, The Walking Dead, and Her Debut Album

31 mins; August 07, 2024

The Cast of Women in Blue on 1970s Mexico, Complex Characters & Women’s Rights

22 mins; August 05, 2024

Rewind: Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz on Rock Operas, 2000s Emo & Recovering The Satellites

47 mins; August 03, 2024

Reggie Watts on His New Special Never Mind, His Autobiography, and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"

27 mins; August 02, 2024

OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder on New Album Artificial Paradise, Solo Album, and Radiohead's Influence

43 mins; July 31, 2024

Deryck Whibley on the End of Sum 41, Chaotic Partying, and His Upcoming Memoir

28 mins; July 29, 2024

Rewind: Juliana Hatfield on Election Songs, Liz Phair, Reality Bites, and My So-Called Life

50 mins; July 27, 2024

Tami Stronach on The NeverEnding Story, The Childlike Empress, & Returning to Acting

26 mins; July 26, 2024

Victoria Justice on Suits: L.A., Depravity, and Leaning into Her Sensual Side

24 mins; July 24, 2024

Minnie Driver on The Serpent Queen, Her Next Album, and Coldplay’s “Sparks”

13 mins; July 22, 2024

Rewind: Chris Cornell on Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, and His Solo Work

41 mins; July 20, 2024

Ride’s Mark Gardener on Their New Album Interplay and Loving Their New Wave Forefathers

36 mins; July 19, 2024

Chloe Coleman on Growing Up in My Spy: The Eternal City, Action, and Activism

21 mins; July 17, 2024

5 Seconds of Summer’s Ashton Irwin on His New Solo Album BLOOD ON THE DRUMS and Bucking Advice

26 mins; July 14, 2024

Rewind: Sabrina Carpenter on Channeling Alanis Morissette, Dolly Parton, and Ani DiFranco

21 mins; July 13, 2024

Travis' Fran Healy on Their New Album L.A. Times and Gaslight Culture

28 mins; July 12, 2024

Kylie Cantrall on Disney's Descendants: The Rise of Red and Her New Music

21 mins; July 10, 2024

Mark Oliver Everett on New Album Eels Time!, Writing with Tyson Ritter, and Acting with Kate Beckinsale

22 mins; July 08, 2024

Rewind: Twenty One Pilots on Vessel, Religion, and Ukuleles

19 mins; July 06, 2024

Annabeth Gish on Ride, Pretty Little Liars, and Mike Flanagan’s Universe

28 mins; July 05, 2024

Anthony Michael Hall on Trigger Warning, '80s Classics & Developing a Show with Robert Downey Jr

21 mins; July 03, 2024

Kurtwood Smith on That '90s Show Season 2 & Remembering Dead Poets Society

36 mins; July 01, 2024

Rewind: Paul McCartney on Writing with John Lennon, Connecting to The Beatles, and Reconsidering Wings

22 mins; June 29, 2024

Ali Siddiq on His New Special The Domino Effect Part 4, Prison, and Finding the Funny

54 mins; June 28, 2024

Wallows on Their New Album Model, Heartbreak, and Covering The Strokes

24 mins; June 25, 2024

Cleopatra Coleman on FX’s Clipped, Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon, and Her Own Music

22 mins; June 24, 2024

Rewind: Todd Rundgren revisits Nazz, The Hermit of Mink Hollow & White Knight

24 mins; June 22, 2024

G-Eazy on His New Album Freak Show and Getting B-Real of Cypress Hill's Blessing

21 mins; June 21, 2024

Andrew McCarthy on Making Peace with and Celebrating the Brat Pack

23 mins; June 19, 2024

Alexis Ren on Gaming, Solitude, and Her New Sci-Fi Thriller Latency

17 mins; June 17, 2024

Kyle Meredith Rewind: Kim Gordon Looks Back At Sonic Youth Classics, 80's Hip Hop, & Fleetwood Mac

44 mins; June 15, 2024

Mike Campbell on Recording with Chris Stapleton, Reuniting The Heartbreakers for Bob Dylan & Getting Called Out by George Harrison

22 mins; June 14, 2024

Jeff Daniels on New Music, American Rust & A Man in Full

30 mins; June 12, 2024

Russell Crowe on His New Album Prose and Cons, the Gladiator Sequel & Wine Nights With Michael Shannon

42 mins; June 10, 2024

Rewind: Derek Trucks on the Magically Explosive Live Sounds of the Tedeschi Trucks Band

18 mins; June 08, 2024

Carly Pearce on Her New Album Hummingbird, Country Music’s Comeback & Loretta Lynn’s Guidance

24 mins; June 07, 2024

Richard Linklater and Adria Arjona on Their New Film Hit Man and the Music of New Orleans

32 mins; June 05, 2024

Sal Vulcano on His New Special Terrified, Impractical Jokers & Getting Curbed by Larry David

34 mins; June 03, 2024

Rewind: With By The Way, I Forgive You, Brandi Carlile Ascends into the Stratosphere

16 mins; June 01, 2024

Ani DiFranco on Her New Album Unprecedented Sh!t, Hadestown & the Responsibility of Pop Stars

25 mins; May 31, 2024

Maya Hawke on Chaos Angel and Conversing with Witches

31 mins; May 29, 2024

King of Leon’s Caleb Followill on Post Punk, The Artist’s Way & Dodging Their 20th Anniversary

28 mins; May 27, 2024

Tadanobu Asano on Shogun’s Success, Yabushige’s Final Scene & New Ska/Punk

13 mins; May 25, 2024

Carl Clemons-Hopkins on Hacks, Generational Divides & Marcus’ Breakout Moment

26 mins; May 24, 2024

Idle’s Joe Talbot on Empathy, Uncomplicated Love, Palestine, & Nordic Techno-Folk

23 mins; May 22, 2024

The Cast of The Big Cigar on Telling The Story of Huey P Newton & The Black Panthers

21 mins; May 20, 2024

MODI on Know Your Audience, Jewish Comedy & Jokes During Wartime

30 mins; May 18, 2024

Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey on Designing Pop, Outsider Art & 40 Years of Into The Gap

28 mins; May 17, 2024

Joe Gatto on A Night of Comedy, Two Cool Moms & Life After Impractical Jokers

26 mins; May 15, 2024

Il Divo’s David Miller on 20 Years, High Notes, and Covering Whitney Houston and Gnarls Barkley

41 mins; May 13, 2024

Grace Cummings on Ramona, Cowboys and Kings, and Angel Olsen’s Big Time

20 mins; May 11, 2024

Sebastian Bach on New Album Child Within the Man and the Lack of Fun in Modern Rock

28 mins; May 10, 2024

Amber Chardae Robinson on Palm Royale and the Comedic Genius of Kristin Wiig

19 mins; May 08, 2024

Prentice Penny on the Importance of Black Twitter, Memes & Elon Muskc

28 mins; May 06, 2024

Matt Mathews on His "When That Thang Get Ta' Thang'n" Stand Up Comedy Tour

33 mins; May 04, 2024

Maya Hawke on Portraying Flannery O’Connor in the Ethan Hawke-directed Wildcat

22 mins; May 03, 2024

Spike Feresten on the Absurd Comedy in Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted

19 mins; May 01, 2024

Shinedown’s Brent Smith on "A Symptom of Being Human," Olivia Rodrigo’s Rock Status & Their Next LP

42 mins; April 29, 2024

Sarah Dowland on Sue Bird: In the Clutch, WNBA & Caitlin Clark’s Record-Breaking Season

36 mins; April 27, 2024

Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield on Tigers Blood, Self-Evaluation & Michael Stipe As Her Vocal Inspiration

21 mins; April 26, 2024

The Bacon Brothers on Tattoos, Airport Bars & Covering Pat Benatar

24 mins; April 24, 2024

Scoot McNairy on Blood For Dust, Speak No Evil & Nightbitch

23 mins; April 22, 2024

Pearl Jam's Mike McCready on Mad Season and Almost Starting a Band with Kurt Cobain: Podcast

46 mins; April 20, 2024

The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling on Tickets Prices, Progressive Topics, & John Hughes

43 mins; April 19, 2024

Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard on Dark Matter, The Sphere, and the Band's Next Project

29 mins; April 17, 2024

Beth Ditto on Gossip’s Return, Rick Rubin’s Guidance, and Social Progress

31 mins; April 15, 2024

Skeet Ulrich on Working with Giancarlo Esposito, AMC's Parish, and the Future of His Scream Character: Podcast

18 mins; April 13, 2024

Maggie Lindemann on Looking to Gwen Stefani and Amy Lee for Career Guidance

19 mins; April 12, 2024

Elbow’s Guy Garvey Tells Inside Stories of Audio Vertigo, Knife Fights & Talk Talk Beats

25 mins; April 10, 2024

Martin Amini on New Special I'm Transcending, Dark Humor, and Comedy in the TikTok Era

23 mins; April 08, 2024

George McKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett on the Duality and Revenge of Femme

20 mins; April 06, 2024

Rudy Mancuso on Synesthesia, Making His Life a Movie & Getting Slapped with a Fish

19 mins; April 05, 2024

Hamish Linklater on Portraying Abraham Lincoln alongside Tobias Menzies in Manhunt

14 mins; April 03, 2024

Gary Clark Jr. on the Self Discovery Behind His New Multi-Genre Symphony, JPEG RAW

25 mins; April 01, 2024

Danielle MacDonald on The Tourist, Blink 182, Jelly Roll, & Billy Joel’s “Piano Man"

27 mins; March 30, 2024

Sheryl Crow on the Empathy, Joy, and Fear in Evolution

18 mins; March 29, 2024

Kyle Meredith With… The 900th Episode Special!

37 mins; March 27, 2024

The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic on Indecision 2024, 90’s SNL, Mitch McConnell, & Jason Isbell

30 mins; March 25, 2024

The Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid on Starting Over, 40th Anniversary, & Digging the Eagles

30 mins; March 23, 2024

The Veronicas on New Album Gothic Summer's Nods to The B-52’s and The Cramps

21 mins; March 22, 2024

John Bradley on 3 Body Problem, The Beatles, & the Rumored Jon Snow Sequel

30 mins; March 20, 2024

Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker on the Sadness of Solo Album Bright Future and the Fear in Deep Impact

22 mins; March 18, 2024

Anna Camp on Darker Roles & the Post-Economic-Collapse America of NEO-DOME

16 mins; March 16, 2024

The Black Crowes Chris Robinson on Reunion Album Happiness Bastards

33 mins; March 15, 2024

Spaceman's Johan Rench on Directing Adam Sandler, Carrie Mulligan, and David Bowie

25 mins; March 13, 2024

Luke Hemmings on How "Shakes" Taps Into the Melancholy of Damon Albarn & Cocteau Twins

27 mins; March 11, 2024

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