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Kyle Meredith With...

Consequence Podcast Network

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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30:43

Zara Larsson on Midnight Sun, Embracing Pop Chaos,...

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2025/06/16

Zara Larsson catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about her just-announced album Midnight Sun, arriving only a year after Venus. The Swedish pop star reflects on her shift from perfection paralysis to creative freedom, saying she’s done second-guessing and ready to “not stop.” Zara dives into working with her latest crew—who helped shape a cohesive, dancefloor-friendly collection filled with “bangers” and spiritual moments. She also discusses how the title track pays tribute to her summer house and

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50:57

Seth MacFarlane on Lost Sinatra Songs, the Return of...

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2025/06/11

Seth MacFarlane has long lived at the intersection of irreverence and reverence. As the creator of Family Guy, he built an empire of absurdist animation, but his latest creative projects deepens his musical streak. He caught up with Kyle Meredith to talk about his new album Lush Life: The Lost Sinatra Arrangements, a collection of unearthed and previously unrecorded Frank Sinatra charts. From there, the conversation swings through his revival of The Naked Gun, a reimagining of The ’Burbs, and the

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42:11

Shirley Manson on New Garbage, Recovery, and Raging...

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2025/06/09

Shirley Manson joins Kyle Meredith to talk all about Let All That We Imagine Be The Light, which she calls a sister record to No Gods No Masters. The Garbage frontwoman gets into the political and spiritual DNA of the album, writing through grief and recovery, the generational gaslighting of women in rock, and how she reshaped her lyricism to project love instead of fury. Manson also opens up about being bedbound, learning patience and shame, and what it meant to keep making art in a chaotic world

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24:41

Mark Hamill on Stephen King, Mike Flanagan, and the...

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2025/06/04

Mark Hamill has played a Jedi, a clown prince of crime, and just about everything in between — but it’s The Life of Chuck that he says might be one of the most special experiences of his entire career. The pop culture icon sat down with Kyle Meredith to talk about the new Mike Flanagan film, a surreal, poetic meditation on existence based on a Stephen King novella. Listen to the episode now.For Hamill, the film’s emotional core hit hard — both as a performer and as someone reflecting on a long life

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22:51

Finn Wolfhard on Songwriting Experiments, Stranger...

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2025/06/02

Finn Wolfhard has officially gone solo. After fronting Calpurnia and The Aubreys, the Stranger Things star is stepping out under his own name with Happy Birthday, an album of tape-saturated indie rock that pulls from Elliott Smith, Ben Lee, Daniel Johnston, and some garage-punk loudness for good measure. The actor spoke with Kyle Meredith all about it, listen now.Wolfhard wrote 50 songs in a single year, then cherry-picked the most personal ones to record alone — initially planning to hide behind a

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27:26

Rewind: Imperial Teen and Rainer Maria on Reunions,...

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2025/05/28

In this two-part Rewind episode, Kyle Meredith catches up with Imperial Teen and Rainer Maria — two cornerstone indie bands that helped shape the lo-fi-to-mainstream arc of alternative music. Listen to their insights now.Taped at different moments in their respective comebacks, both interviews dive into the complexities of making new music after years away. Imperial Teen reflect on their 2012 album Feel the Sound, the logistics of long-distance collaboration, and why they never intentionally chase

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13:47

Auliʻi Cravalho on Lulu Is a Rhinoceros, Cabaret, and...

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2025/05/26

Auliʻi Cravalho (best known as the voice of Moana) returns to the mic in Lulu Is a Rhinoceros, a new Apple TV+animated musical that asks, “What if identity was more than skin — or fur — deep?” Voicing a dog who sees a rhinoceros when they look in the mirror, Cravalho uses this children’s story to navigate themes of gender identity, kindness, and self-acceptance, and talks with Kyle Meredith all about it. Listen now.Cravalho is also coming off a run in Cabaret starring alongside Adam Lambert, because

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26:06

Lenny Waronker on Signing Prince, Tom Petty’s...

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2025/05/21

”In this long-lost 2016 conversation, legendary Warner Bros. Records president Lenny Waronker walks Kyle Meredith through the iconic Burbank offices (now shuttered), sharing candid stories about signing Prince, nearly passing on “Wicked Game,” quietly acquiring Tom Petty, and what made the label—and its artists—so visionary. Waronker reflects on his early studio days, the genius of Prince’s bassless “When Doves Cry,” the Black Album saga, and how letting artists lead was always the secret sauce

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36:23

John Densmore on 60 Years of The Doors, Post-Myth...

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2025/05/19

John Densmore joins Kyle Meredith With… to celebrate 60 years of The Doors, discussing the band’s new archival live releases, their signature improvisational style, and the post-myth era where the music now speaks louder than the legend. He reflects on Jim Morrison’s poetic genius, the creative interplay between band members—especially between his drumming and Ray Manzarek’s left-hand bass—and why the group thrived as a trio. Densmore also shares memories behind deeper cuts like “Palace in the

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23:28

Hannah John-Kamen on Thunderbolts, Playing Ghost...

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2025/05/14

Hannah John-Kamen joins Kyle Meredith With… to talk about reprising her role as Ghost in Marvel’s Thunderbolts, a darker, more personal chapter in the MCU that explores themes of shame, loneliness, and redemption. She discusses how the character has evolved since Ant-Man and the Wasp, now more in control, emotionally guarded, and layered with British sarcasm. John-Kamen reflects on how the film mirrors post-pandemic isolation and highlights the internal struggles we all face. She also teases new

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30:35

Gene Simmons on the Death of Rock, Vegas Plans, and...

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2025/05/12

Gene Simmons says rock is dead. Again. And also that opera sucks, Broadway is confusing, critics are failed musicians, and he’s having more fun than the Pope. In this new Kyle Meredith With…, the Kiss legend returns to talk about the 50th anniversary of Dressed to Kill, the Kiss Army’s Las Vegas takeover, and why Rock and Roll All Nite still matters even if it was never a “hit single” in the traditional sense. Simmons discusses his new film company (Simmons/Hamilton Films), why young bands are stuck

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19:28

Kevin Bacon & Jennifer Nettles on The Bondsman,...

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2025/05/07

Turns out when your bounty hunter comes back from the dead, he brings a six-string and a record deal. Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Nettles join Kyle Meredith to talk about The Bondsman, their new horror-but-make-it-heartfelt Prime Video series with a twangy demonic twist. They break down how the show’s rootsy, Appalachian world inspired them to co-write a full album (Hell and Back) in character—a rarity in a TV landscape filled with music supervisors but not many actual songwriters. They get into why

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53:33

Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz on Butter Miracle, Lost...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/05/05

What took four years, required a personal crisis of confidence, and started as a riff about “coronavirus”? The Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets, apparently. Kyle Meredith sits down with Adam Duritz—who’s somehow still underrating “Einstein on the Beach”—to talk about finally releasing Butter Miracle, rewriting half the songs from scratch, and confronting the weird pressure of accidentally writing a perfect five-song rock record. Duritz opens up about unfinished Counting Crows songs (“Marjorie,”

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61:49

Rewind: David Byrne & Jerry Harrison on Brian Eno,...

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2025/04/30

This time on Kyle Meredith With…, it’s a double bill of the most cerebral funk you’ve ever danced to, featuring none other than Talking Heads’ David Byrne & Jerry Harrison. Byrne – the patron saint of quirky frontmen, king of the oversized suit, and the only guy who can make anxiety sound like a party trick. Whether he’s turning nervous tics into chart-topping hits with Talking Heads, penning essays on music theory, or staging Broadway shows about joy, he’s always had one foot in genius and the

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30:22

Don Felder on 50 Years of Music, Eagles Deep Cuts,...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/04/28

It turns out the man who helped write “Hotel California” also had a storage unit full of unreleased jams just waiting to be exhumed. Don Felder joins Kyle Meredith to talk about The Vault: 50 Years of Music, a new album that finds the former Eagle dusting off decades of demos—from slide-heavy ‘70s tracks to ‘80s disco bops to fresh cuts written in the last year. He shares the tale behind finding the original cassette of a track from the time he was joining the legendary group, recording vocals in

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18:43

Rewind: Deep Purple’s Ian Paice & John Fogelberg’s...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/04/23

This archive episode from Kyle Meredith With… features two guests with wildly different claims to rock legacy. One helped define it, and one is currently protecting it: Ian Paice of Deep Purple and Jean Fogelberg. Listen to their interviews now.First up is Ian Paice, the last original member still keeping Deep Purple in the game over 50 years later. As the drummer behind “Smoke on the Water,” he’s one of the few humans whose tom fills have been played in every Guitar Center across America. But don’t

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26:25

Lizzy Greene on Texas Roots, Cowboy Camp, and the Emo...

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2025/04/21

For someone who wasn’t sure westerns were her “journey,” Lizzy Greene sure rides like she was born in the saddle. The Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn and A Million Little Things alum tells Kyle Meredith about her new Netflix series Ransom Canyon, where she plays the small-town Texas daughter of a sheriff with dreams of getting the hell out. (Relatable.) Greene talks about drawing on her Lone Star upbringing, surviving cowboy camp in New Mexico, breaking her knee doing cheer stunts, and her unlikely

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35:49

Rewind: Daryl Hall & John Oates on Solo Albums,...

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2025/04/16

On this pair of archive interviews from Kyle Meredith With…, dive into the world of one of the most successful duos in music history: Daryl Hall and John Oates. One’s a blue-eyed soul pioneer with a voice built to cut through FM static. The other’s a mustachioed master of melodic restraint. Together, they blurred the lines between rock, R&B, and pop — then turned that blur into decades-long chart domination. We look back at a two interviews, one with Oates in 2018 regarding a solo album and the

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15:55

Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on Cowboy Songs, Ricky Lee...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/04/14

Bon Iver’s Sable, Fable might be the most “rootsy” they’ve sounded in a while—but don’t call it a pivot. Justin Vernon tells Kyle Meredith it’s less about reinvention and more about stripping away the layers: less mystery, more clarity, fewer effects, more humanity. “Everything Is Peaceful Love” was the compass, and the rest followed—a sonic arc from Wisconsin cabin solitude to California sunshine. Vernon opens up about the cinematic thread behind the album’s cowboy vibe, the word “change” as a

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33:41

Rewind: Sarah McLachlan & Tracey Thorn on the...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/04/09

On this Rewind episode of Kyle Meredith with..., Sarah McLachlan & Tracey Thorn: two voices that helped define the emotional landscape of the ’90s—and did it on their own terms. McLachlan, with her soaring melodies and introspective songwriting, built a legacy of haunting beauty, activism, and Lilith Fair defiance. Thorn, as half of Everything But the Girl and a solo artist in her own right, turned quiet vulnerability into pop brilliance with a voice that could break your heart in one line

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