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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.

Kyle Meredith Rewind: The Band's Robbie Robertson

25 mins; August 09, 2023

Faouzia on Transition Periods, Comfort Zones, & New Music

20 mins; August 09, 2023

Bethany Cosentino on Self Discovery, Being an Icon, & Getting Guidance from Hayley Williams and Shirley Manson

34 mins; August 07, 2023

Kyle Meredith With… Celebrates 800 Episodes with Josh Homme, Janelle Monae, Keanu Reeves and more

32 mins; August 04, 2023

Victony on Soweto, Future Music, and Being “The Outlaw King”

18 mins; August 02, 2023

Emily Kinney on Listening to Rilo Kiley, Writing About The Avett Brothers, & Getting Help from Cursive’s Tim Kasher

29 mins; July 31, 2023

Elizabeth Perkins on Season 2 of Minx, 70’s Los Angeles, & Seeing Joni Mitchell Live

14 mins; July 28, 2023

Ellie Kemper on Cranky Characters, Running to Salt-N-Pepa, and Singing Along with Lady Gaga

18 mins; July 26, 2023

Dylan Arnold on Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan, Nuclear Weapons, & A.I.

23 mins; July 24, 2023

The Cast of Minx on Representation, Rock Star Hangs, & Karaoke Parties

22 mins; July 21, 2023

Keanu Reeves and Dogstar on Reuniting & Listening to Alvvays and The Jesus and Mary Chain

24 mins; July 19, 2023

Bruno Major on Queen’s Influence, A.I.’s Importance, & Paranoia of Columbo

25 mins; July 17, 2023

Lior Phillips on the History of South African Music, Political Activism, & Disney

34 mins; July 14, 2023

Janelle Monáe on The Age of Pleasure & Upcoming Role in A24’s De La Resistance

15 mins; July 12, 2023

Greta Van Fleet’s Sam Kiszka on Starcatcher & the Creation of the Universe

22 mins; July 10, 2023

Ian Hunter on Working with Jeff Beck, Taylor Hawkins, Jeff Tweedy, & Slash

27 mins; July 07, 2023

Lucinda Williams on Working with Springsteen, Learning from Petty, and the Brilliance of Dylan

35 mins; July 05, 2023

311’s Nick Hexum on Music, Evolver, & Drop D Heaviness of Their Next LP

34 mins; July 03, 2023

Pearl Jam’s Jeff Ament on Deaf Charlie, Yield, & the Next PJ Album

38 mins; June 30, 2023

Veruca Salt’s Louise Post on the Trauma, Women Pirates, & Rebirth That Lead To Sleepwalker

30 mins; June 28, 2023

Jason Scott Lee on the Cultural Stories of Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, Jungle Book, and Doogie Kameāloha, M.D

35 mins; June 26, 2023

The Cast of Outlander on Season 7, Nonviolence, & Getting Sinead O’Connor to Sing the Theme

31 mins; June 24, 2023

Este Haim on Soundtracking A Small Light, Haim’s Barbie Song, & Opening for Taylor Swift

32 mins; June 23, 2023

Kara Jackson on the DNA of Joni Mitchell, Joanna Newsom, & Fiona Apple in her work

25 mins; June 21, 2023

Daughter’s Igor Haefeli on Simplicity, Soundtracks, & Stereo Mind Game

21 mins; June 19, 2023

Golshifteh Farahani & Sam Hargrave on Extraction 2’s Trauma, Musicality, & One-Shot Scenes

31 mins; June 17, 2023

Carly Pearce on Duetting with Chris Stapleton & Trisha Yearwood

16 mins; June 16, 2023

Queens of the Stone Age’s Josh Homme on Stereotypes, Existence, & Gallows Humor

43 mins; June 14, 2023

John Roberts on 80s Music, Knight Rider, & Bob’s Burgers

23 mins; June 12, 2023

Dave Davies on 60 Years of The Kinks, Star Trek, Spirituality, and Self Expression

22 mins; June 09, 2023

Inhaler on Nostalgia, Special Hats, and the Songwriting Tricks of Dylan & The Beatles

20 mins; June 07, 2023

Stone Gossard on the Final Brad Album and Next Pearl Jam LP

42 mins; June 05, 2023

Nico Tortorella and Xavier Clyde on the Addiction, Queer Relationships, & 2002 Indie Rock of City On Fire

17 mins; June 02, 2023

Cowboy Junkies Margo Timmins on Death, Loss, Nature, and the Sharon sessions

29 mins; May 31, 2023

Illenium on Remixing Taylor Swift, Rocking Out with Avril Lavigne, & His Linkin Park and BMTH Inspired Prequel LP

24 mins; May 29, 2023

Jemima Kirke & Ashley Zukerman on The Early 2000’s of Apple TV+’s City On Fire

17 mins; May 26, 2023

Travis Van Winkle on Impressing Arnold Schwarzenegger, Singing Gordon Lightfoot, and Crying For Pearl Jam

26 mins; May 24, 2023

Arnold Schwarzenegger on His First TV Series & the 80s Action Heroes

16 mins; May 22, 2023

Stereophonics’ Kelly Jones & The Wind and the Wave’s Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker on Their New Band, Far From Saints

21 mins; May 20, 2023

Wyatt Oleff & Chase Sui Wonders on Chaos, Shrooms, The Strokes, and Radiohead

17 mins; May 19, 2023

Def Leppard’s Phil Collen on the Royal Philharmonic Collab & Resurrecting the Cybernauts David Bowie Tribute

22 mins; May 17, 2023

G-Eazy on Burning Out, Living in Paris, & Becoming Part Owner of Oakland Roots

19 mins; May 15, 2023

AC Newman on The New Pornographers Early Influences & Not Being Tied To A Decade

30 mins; May 13, 2023

Belinda Carlile on Rediscovering Her Classic Sound & Likelihood of Another Go-Go’s LP

21 mins; May 12, 2023

Les Claypool on Covering Tool and Pink Floyd & Upcoming Albums with Delirium and Billy Strings

23 mins; May 10, 2023

Feist on Mortality, Martial Arts Movies, & Being in a Songwriting Group with Beck and Mac DeMarco

44 mins; May 08, 2023

Kylie Rogers on Beau Is Afraid, Watching Blue Velvet, & Meeting BTS

26 mins; May 06, 2023

Harriet Walker on Silo, Succession, & Acting Alongside The Who’s Roger Daltrey

18 mins; May 05, 2023

Kylie Rogers on Beau Is Afraid, Watching Blue Velvet, & Meeting BTS

26 mins; May 05, 2023

Ted Lasso’s Brendan Hunt on Coach Beard, Happiness, & Piggy Stardust

11 mins; May 03, 2023

Rickie Lee Jones on Reconnecting with Her Past & Singing the American Songbook

37 mins; May 01, 2023

Tobi Bamtefa on Mayor of Kingstown, the US Prison System, & Jeremy Renner’s Music

20 mins; April 29, 2023

Susanna Hoffs on Covering Billie Eilish & Jason Schwartzman, New Book and It’s Upcoming Movie

34 mins; April 28, 2023

Tobi Bamtefa on Mayor of Kingstown, the US Prison System, & Jeremy Renner’s Music

20 mins; April 26, 2023

Bowen Yang and Teresa Hsiao on Nora From Queens, Legal Weed, & Michael Bolton

12 mins; April 26, 2023

Jax on Cinderella Snapped, Pop Punk’s New Era, & Upcoming Tour with Big Time Rush and MAX

31 mins; April 24, 2023

Aisha Tyler, Laura Dave, & Josh Singer on Apple TV+’s The Last Thing He Told Me

11 mins; April 22, 2023

Loren Gray on Taking Her Image Back & Being a Taylor Swift Superfan

21 mins; April 21, 2023

Suki Waterhouse on New Music and The Possibility of a Tour and 2nd Season of Daisy Jones & The Six

35 mins; April 19, 2023

Tamara Taylor on Snowfall’s Conclusion & Favorite Graphic Novels and 80s Bands

21 mins; April 17, 2023

Disturbed’s David Draiman on Divorce, Down With the Sickness, and a Duet with Heart’s Ann Wilson

22 mins; April 15, 2023

Paolo Nutini on the Influence of Tarantino’s True Romance, Jodorowsky's Dune, & Delicatessen

23 mins; April 14, 2023

Ally Sheedy on Single Drunk Female, Molly Ringwald Cameo, & Upcoming Brat Pack Doc

17 mins; April 12, 2023

Philip Selway on Paranoia, Portishead’s Influence, & Radiohead’s Future

29 mins; April 10, 2023

Graham Nash on His Most Personal Album, The Loss of David Crosby, & 60 Years of The Hollies

23 mins; April 07, 2023

De La Soul’s Maseo on Losing Dave, Working with Gorillaz, & The Upcoming AOI 3

47 mins; April 06, 2023

Dove Cameron & Aaron Tveit on the Darker 2nd Season of Schmigadoon

15 mins; April 05, 2023

Joshua Henry on New Music & Having Sara Bareilles and Phillipa Soo as a Sounding Board

19 mins; April 03, 2023

Judy Collins on Performing Wildflowers, Staring Down Mitch McConnell, & Her Next LP

31 mins; March 31, 2023

Tyler Posey on New Music, Keeping Teen Wolf Going, & Getting an Evil Eye from Jason Bateman

34 mins; March 29, 2023

Charles Dance on Conspiracies, Personal Data, & Working with Kiefer Sutherland

12 mins; March 27, 2023

Steve Van Zandt on Fixed Setlists for the Springsteen Tour & 21 Years of The Underground Garage

36 mins; March 24, 2023

Scott Neustadter on Daisy Jones & The Six, Having Phoebe Bridgers & Marcus Mumford Co-writing, & Possibility of a 2nd Season

21 mins; March 22, 2023

All Time Low’s Alex Gaskarth on how The Beatles, Elton John, & Queen Inspired Tell Me I’m Alive

16 mins; March 20, 2023

Noah Jupe on The Magician’s Elephant, Dreamin’ Wild, & Listening to Fred Again

15 mins; March 17, 2023

Chris Shiflett on New Music, Working with Jaren Johnson, & Upcoming Foo Fighters Tour

23 mins; March 15, 2023

Aly & AJ on Linda Rondstadt’s Music as Inspiration, Getting a Seal of Approval from Terrence Malick, & a Joy Oladokun Collaboration

23 mins; March 13, 2023

Kimiko Glenn on Disney Channel’s Kiff, Weird Cartoons, and History of the World Pt II

15 mins; March 10, 2023

Liily on Post Punk, Performance Art, and Meeting David Byrne & SNL’s Please Don’t Destroy

23 mins; March 08, 2023

Matt Barr on Walker: Independence, Being Mentored by Kevin Costner, & Being a Fan of Chris Stapleton

23 mins; March 06, 2023

Hilary Duff on Hanging with Meghan Trainor and Neil Patrick Harris & Learning the Electric Slide

15 mins; March 03, 2023

Of Monsters & Men’s Nanna on Godzilla Movies, Aaron Desner, & Freezing Her Buns on a Glacier

22 mins; March 01, 2023

Ken Marino on the Return of Party Down & What It Would Take to Bring Back The State

12 mins; February 27, 2023

Adam Lambert on Queen, Covering Billie Eilish & Lana Del Rey, and Starring in the Sofia Coppola-Produced Fairyland

14 mins; February 25, 2023

Nat Wolff on Working with Christolph Waltz, Weird Cinema, & new Nat & Alex Wolff Music

20 mins; February 24, 2023

You Me At Six’s Josh Franceschi on the Resurgence of the Scene & Soundtracking The Vampire Diaries

26 mins; February 20, 2023

Billy Crudup on the Retro-futurism of Hello Tomorrow & Music of the 1950s

12 mins; February 17, 2023

Kelley Deal, Mike Montgomery, & Matt Hart on R. Ring, Poetry, & The Breeders

37 mins; February 15, 2023

Joel David Moore on the Avatar Sequels and the Bones/Avatar Crossover Moment

26 mins; February 13, 2023

Penn Badgley on Upping the Crazy Level, Exploring Love, & Eclipsing Gossip Girl

19 mins; February 10, 2023

Quinn XCII on Imposter Syndrome, Organic Production, and AJR Collaboration

25 mins; February 08, 2023

Pentatonix’s Scott Hoying on His Debut Solo Single, Overcoming the Insecurities of Growing Up Queer, and Taking Inspiration from Hugh Jackman

19 mins; February 06, 2023

Taylor Schilling on Dear Edward and Seeing Bob Dylan as Her First Concert

10 mins; February 03, 2023

Teagan Croft on True Spirit, David Bowie, and Titans

15 mins; February 01, 2023

Theo Rossi on Emily The Criminal, Tales of the Jedi, & Classic Commercials

34 mins; January 30, 2023

Alvvays’s Molly Rankin on Feeling Older Than Her Years, REM as America’s Top Rock Band, & Maybe Covering The Primitives and Lush

30 mins; January 27, 2023

Kimbra on Chaos, Vulnerability, Anger, & Rage

23 mins; January 25, 2023

Monica Bellucci on Maria Callas, Mafia Mamma wit Toni Collette, and The Matrix

17 mins; January 23, 2023

Kurtwood Smith on That 90’s Show, Robocop, and Patriot

21 mins; January 20, 2023

Blur’s David Rowntree on Radio Songs, Making Friends with Machines, & Blur Reunion

37 mins; January 18, 2023

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