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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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24:08

Neko Case on Neon Grey Midnight Green, Spiders, and...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2026/01/12

Neko Case is back with Neon Grey Midnight Green, her first new album in years, and she’s catching up with Kyle Meredith to talk about why this record feels like a celebration of music itself — the people who make it, the people who listen, and the strange, communal magic that happens when everyone meets in the same room. Case digs into how the album stands apart from her recent autobiography, why trusting herself as a producer matters more than ever, and how recording with real musicians shaped the

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43:04

Rewind: Aimee Mann, Joe Henry & Karin Bergquist on...

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2026/01/07

Taped back in 2012, as Aimee Mann, Joe Henry, and Over the Rhine’s Karin Bergquist were deep in Louisville filming what would become Pleased to Meet Me, the indie music-film directed by Archie Borders and released in 2013. Talking with Kyle Meredith, the trio breaks down the strange thrill of musicians stepping into acting roles, how the movie’s story about forced collaboration mirrored their real-life creative chaos, and why chasing fame had already lost its appeal. Along the way, they got candid

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22:25

Walker Scobell on Growing Up as Percy Jackson, Season...

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2026/01/05

Walker Scobell sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about jumping back into the role that changed everything as Percy Jackson and the Olympians heads into its bigger, more physical second season on Disney+, opening up about how stepping away between seasons actually made him a better actor, why Season 2 demanded more stunt work and endurance, and how growing up in real time messes with audience perception on a long-gestating effects-heavy show. Along the way he reflects on working opposite Michael

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28:00

Morgan Neville on Why 1975 Still Feels Uncomfortably...

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2025/12/29

Filmmaker Morgan Neville sits down with Kyle Meredith to unpack his Netflix documentary Breakdown 1975, a deep dive into a year when America seemed to collectively lose its footing and still made some of its greatest movies in the process. Neville explains why you can’t tell the story of 1975 without the years around it, how post-Watergate anxiety, cultural whiplash, and political exhaustion bled directly into films like Chinatown, Dog Day Afternoon, Taxi Driver, Jaws, and Star Wars, and why that

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20:42

Rewind: Emmylou Harris & Lorrie Morgan on Christmas...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/12/24

In this special holiday-themed conversation, Emmylou Harris and Lorrie Morgan sit down with Kyle Meredith to talk Christmas music, lifelong friendships, and the long arcs of their careers. Harris reflects on her quietly beloved album Light of the Stable, singing alongside Dolly Parton, and why songs like “Coat of Many Colors” carry the spirit of Christmas even without the tinsel. She also opens up about her deep commitment to animal rescue through Bonaparte’s Retreat and the push toward no-kill

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27:40

Aiyana-Lee on Spike Lee, Finding Her Voice, and a...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/12/22

Aiyana-Lee sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about a truly surreal 2025 — from grinding it out as an independent artist to getting a life-changing DM from Spike Lee that led to her starring role in Highest 2 Lowest. She opens up about how Lee discovered her music, writing and performing the film’s title track and end-credit song, and what it was like working alongside Denzel Washington. The conversation also digs into her songwriting roots, growing up around legendary music history, surviving

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32:55

Paul Feig on the Twists, Tones, and Signature...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/12/17

Director Paul Feig talks with Kyle Meredith about adapting The Housemaid from Freda McFadden’s bestseller, shaping its sly tonal shift from “fun unsettling” to full-on psychological thriller, and why he ultimately added entire pieces to the story that aren’t in the book. Feig digs into the dual-POV structure, explains his aversion to lazy voiceover, and breaks down how the film balances an hour of questions with an hour of answers. He also gets into building nuanced female-led stories (from

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28:55

Zende Murdoch on Turning The Runarounds From TV Band...

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2025/12/15

Zende Murdoch of The Runarounds jumps on with Kyle Meredith to dig into how a “fake” TV band on The Runarounds (now streaming on Prime Video) turned into a very real, very busy rock band. He talks about answering that mysterious Instagram casting call tied to Outer Banks, the long secret stretch of years where the group was quietly writing, finding their sound, and cutting an EP with Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads before anyone even knew the show existed. Zende gets into the proggy drum flex of

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24:13

D'Arcy Carden on Loot, Accents, & Maya Rudolph...

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2025/12/10

D’Arcy Carden talks with Kyle Meredith about dropping into the latest season of Loot on Apple TV+ as Adam Scott’s extremely extra “Italian” girlfriend Lutiana/Ashley-Kate, and how much of that bananas character (and those Italian/Delaware accents) came from the page vs. her own improv. We get into working with director Carrie Brownstein of Sleater-Kinney, shooting in Australia with Will Forte, and how she balances all of this with her other work in The Good Place, A League Of Their Own, and Barry

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27:51

Juliana Hatfield on Lightning Might Strike, Grief,...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/12/08

Juliana Hatfield stops by to talk with Kyle Meredith about her 20th album, Lightning Might Strike, a pop-rock gem born from a rough couple of years that included loss, depression, and uprooting her longtime city life for a house in the woods. She digs into writing through a “long, slow, nervous breakdown,” finding narrative threads in songs like “Falls Apart,” the unexpected heaviness behind “Popsicle,” and how working alone at home slowed the process but sharpened the focus. Hatfield also reflects

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22:07

Lou Gramm on Foreigner’s Vault Tracks, New Album, and...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/12/03

Kyle Meredith talks with Lou Gramm — the original voice of Foreigner — about returning to the stage for select 50th-anniversary shows and revisiting the unheard cuts tied to the 40th anniversary of Foreigner 4. Lou digs into finishing those long-lost vault tracks, matching his classic vocal grit decades later, and the surprising emotional spark that came from hearing those old tapes again. He also gets into sobriety, balance, and how touring culture has shifted since the early days. Plus, he tells

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14:49

Fraggle Rock Holiday Magic with Gobo Fraggle & John...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/12/01

Kyle Meredith dives into the world of Fraggle Rock with both the eternal explorer and the man who brings him to life. First up, Gobo Fraggle stops by to talk about the new holiday special "The First Snow of Fraggle Rock," breaking down his very first real snowfall, the panic of hitting “rock block,” and the unexpected outer-space songwriting session with Lele Pons that helped him find the season’s big song. Gobo also chats about his musical heroes, holiday traditions shared between Fraggles

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23:00

Sarah Bareilles on Come See Me In The Good Light,...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/11/26

Kyle Meredith talks with Sarah Bareilles about executive-producing the new Apple TV documentary Come See Me In The Good Light, which follows poet laureate Andrea Gibson and their wife Megan Falley as they navigate an incurable cancer diagnosis with humor, honesty, and love. Sarah shares how discovering Andrea’s work during her own period of grief pulled her toward the project at exactly the right moment, how she and Brandi Carlile turned one of Andrea’s poems into the film’s original song “Salt and

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24:20

Gaten Matarazzo on Stranger Things, Star Wars, and...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/11/24

Gaten Matarazzo sits down with Kyle Meredith to dig into the final season of "Stranger Things," the long, weird, years-long goodbye that comes with it, and what it’s like to step off the biggest show on the planet and straight into the unknown. We get into how he’s handling the “out of work the second the job ends” actor life, his growing love for voice work, and what drew him to Andy Serkis’s new "Animal Farm" adaptation — where he plays a brand-new character created for the film

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19:52

Felicity Jones & Kerry Condon on Train Dreams,...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/11/19

In this episode, Felicity Jones and Kerry Condon talk with Kyle Meredith about the stunning new Netflix film Train Dreams, a dreamlike adaptation of Denis Johnson’s beloved novella. The actresses get into how the movie’s surreal, memory-drift style changed the way they approached the work, the balance between tight scripting and spontaneous “go feed the chickens” moments, and what it was like shooting in the Pacific Northwest with Joel Edgerton. Felicity digs into learning unexpected frontier skills

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25:25

Abe Sylvia on Palm Royale, Feminism, and Female...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/11/17

Abe Sylvia joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Season 2 of Palm Royale on AppleTV. The producer and showrunner digs into the show’s evolution from a satire of American exceptionalism to a sharp look at sisterhood, ambition, and feminism in 1969 Palm Beach. Sylvia talks about crafting the bigger, flashier second season without audience influence, building emotional mirroring into every outrageous twist, and how women “committing the crime of having a feeling” inspired the story’s darker undercurrents

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20:13

Pierson Fodé on A Merry Little Ex-Mas, Shirtless...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/11/12

Actor Pierson Fodé joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the new Netflix holiday rom-com A Merry Little Ex-Mas, where he stars alongside Alicia Silverstone, Oliver Hudson, and Melissa Joan Hart. Fodé dives into embracing his “shirtless slow-mo guy” reputation, the art of balancing humor and self-awareness in Christmas movies, and what makes Netflix’s seasonal films so addictive. He also talks about his breakout year — juggling multiple projects, activism work, his Washington family farm roots, and

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25:37

Audrey Nuna on KPop Demon Hunters, Trench, and...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/11/10

Audrey Nuna joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the wild ride from her sophomore album Trench to becoming part of the global phenomenon KPop Demon Hunters. She digs into how the film changed her career overnight, the surprise of watching a Korean-American project go worldwide, and why recording for HUNTR/X helped her reconnect with the raw, human side of music. Audrey also teases her next album — one focused on imperfection, restraint, and real emotion — and opens up about simulation theory, creative

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41:26

Erika Christensen & Penelope Ann Miller on After All,...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/11/05

Erika Christensen and Penelope Ann Miller join Kyle Meredith to talk about their new indie film After All, a moving three-generation story about family, forgiveness, and generational trauma. Christensen, who also executive produced, digs into why she was drawn to Ellen—a woman finally forced to grow up—and how the film’s stillness and honesty set it apart from today’s flashier fare. Miller discusses playing a mother facing dementia, channeling her Texas roots, and embracing the discomfort of

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25:58

Florence Welch on Everybody Scream, Witchcraft, and...

Kyle Meredith With... ·

2025/11/03

Florence Welch of Florence And The Machine joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new album Everybody Scream, her gothiest record yet and a sister to Dance Fever. Florence opens up about insecurity, imperfection, and how a near-death experience reshaped her connection to witchcraft and creativity. She discusses recording raw, unpolished takes with Aaron Dessner, lyrical callbacks to “Daffodil” and “Cassandra,” and how this record explores the line between prophecy and catastrophe. Florence also dives

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