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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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#1179
Wednesday · 22 min
Modern English Reclaims Its Post-Punk Fire, Sex Pistols’ Paul Cook Rebuilds The Professionals, and Punk Grows Old Disgracefully
Modern English frontman Robbie Grey talks with Kyle Meredith about reuniting the band’s original lineup for 2017’s Take Me to the Trees, recapturing the fire of Mesh & Lace and After the Snow, and writing “You’re Corrupt” amid Trump, Brexit, and widening inequality. Then Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook takes the focus as he and Tom Spencer discuss rebuilding The Professionals without Steve Jones, creating a more contemporary version of the band’s poppy punk sound, and calling in famous friends to complete the album. Cook also looks back at the chaos surrounding the original Professionals and what it meant to keep that punk energy alive while “growing old disgracefully,” years before the band ultimately called it a day in 2024. Show your support for Kyle Meredith With by making sure to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1178
Monday · 25 min
Peaches on No Lube So Rude, Menopause, and Fighting for Connection
Peaches is done with “me versus them,” but she’s definitely not done fighting. Talking with Kyle Meredith, Peaches digs into No Lube So Rude, her first album in a decade, and how a world getting more polarized pushed her back toward new music, while menopause, aging, sexuality, and the need for some actual communication all found their way into the songs. She also talks about growing older alongside the fans who first found her 25 years ago, the wild public reactions to political drag artist Jenna Marvin while filming the “You’re All Rights” video in Paris, and turning old opera costumes into something much stranger for her new live show. Turns out the lube is literal, political, generational, and maybe exactly what everybody needs. Listen to Peaches chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1177
September 16 · 29 min
Rewind: Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan and The Dead Milkmen’s Joe Jack Talcum on Turning Political Anxiety Into Punk, Why Reunions Need New Music, and Being Indie Lifers
Sometimes keeping an old band alive means making sure it never turns into an oldies act. On this KMW Rewind, Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan and The Dead Milkmen’s Joe Jack Talcum talk with Kyle Meredith about why new music still matters decades into their careers, with McCaughan looking back at the urgency and anxiety that fueled What a Time to Be Alive and Talcum explaining why The Dead Milkmen only agreed to reunite if they kept writing. They also get into finding creativity inside a longtime band, balancing solo work with the group, and how punk can respond to the world without simply turning songs into newspaper headlines. Show your support for Kyle Meredith With by making sure to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1176
September 14 · 38 min
David Dastmalchian on Street Fighter, Building M. Bison’s Cult, and the Tool-Fueled Soundtrack Behind the Role
David Dastmalchian is building M. Bison from the cult leader up. Talking with Kyle Meredith, the actor says the new Street Fighter finds Bison before he’s mastered Psycho Power, which meant digging into dictators, religious movements, and the psychology of getting people to follow you instead of simply playing the big bad boss. He also gets into the Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Joy Division, Nick Cave, and John Williams-heavy playlist he used to get into character, why director Kitao Sakurai’s practical, anything-goes approach made the set feel like living inside a video game, and becoming friends with co-star Orville Peck. Dastmalchian also talks Grave Conversations, why putting celebrities in coffins gets them opening up fast, and how Good Fiend Films has become a landing spot for the kind of horror, sci-fi, comic book, and genre stories where the weird stuff can still carry some big ideas. Listen to David Dastmalchian chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1175
September 9 · 42 min
Rewind: Valerie June and Billy Bragg on Finding Your Voice, Keeping Traditions Alive, and Writing Protest Songs
Songs have lives of their own, and some political ones have an unfortunate habit of becoming relevant all over again. In this KMW Rewind, Valerie June talks with Kyle Meredith across two archival conversations about drawing from spirituals and early blues, teaching herself to play around her voice, and making Pushing Against the Stone and The Order of Time, while Billy Bragg explains why protest writers need to spend as much time on the song as the protest. Along the way, June recalls recording with her family and writing the title track to Mavis Staples’ Livin’ on a High Note, while Bragg reveals how posing as a TV repairman helped launch his career. Show your support for Kyle Meredith With by making sure to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1174
September 7 · 34 min
Jeff Arcuri on Nice to Meet You, Moving Beyond Crowd Work, and Nearly Canceling His Netflix Special
Jeff Arcuri nearly canceled Nice to Meet You before therapy, trusted comic friends, and a month away from the footage helped him see what he had made. The comedian talks with Kyle Meredith about how corporate gigs, cruise ships, and 15 years of stand-up shaped his crowd work, while the Netflix special finally proves there’s much more to his act than improvisation. Arcuri also opens up about finding the right way to address his wife Katie’s cancer diagnosis, the strange sadness that followed the taping, adjusting his delivery overseas, and already having enough material for a new hour that he now needs to start cutting jokes. Listen to Jeff Arcuri chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1173
September 2 · 44 min
Rewind: Slowdive on Their Unexpected Second Act, “Star Roving,” and Everything Is Alive
Slowdive’s second act turned out to be much bigger than anyone in the band expected. In this Rewind, bassist Nick Chaplin looks back at the band’s self-titled comeback, the moment “Star Roving” proved they could make new music again, and realizing a younger generation saw them as a current band instead of a legacy act. Neil Halstead then talks with Kyle Meredith about following it with Everything Is Alive, building songs from electronic sketches and happy accidents, and balancing Slowdive’s love of classic pop with their more atmospheric, experimental side. Show your support for Kyle Meredith With by making sure to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1172
August 31 · 21 min
Brittany Howard on Alabama Shakes’ Surprise Reunion, I Must Be Dreaming, and Finding Hope in an Angry World
Brittany Howard talks with Kyle Meredith about how Alabama Shakes unexpectedly found their way back together after reuniting for a friend’s brewery fundraiser, which led from a few songs to an EP and eventually their first album in more than a decade, I Must Be Dreaming. Howard digs into the record’s psychedelic soul sound, rediscovering old songs like “Hold On” through a new perspective, and how the album found its story where our private fears, doubts, and dreams collide with a pretty uncertain world. She also opens up about having to push herself to write when she wanted to disappear, why the anger she sees right now actually gives her hope, and joining the Power to the People concert alongside one of her heroes, Tom Morello. Listen to Brittany Howard chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1171
August 26 · 24 min
Patrick Renna & Danielle Fishel on Dugout Dads, Reuniting The Sandlot Cast, and Why Nostalgia Can’t Be Recreated
Dugout Dads reunites some familiar faces, but Patrick Renna and Danielle Fishel have no interest in trying to recreate The Sandlot or Boy Meets World. The longtime friends talk with Kyle Meredith about Renna turning the insanity of Little League parents into a new comedy series, bringing his Sandlot castmates back as fictionalized versions of themselves, and why Fishel sees the whole thing as “rebooting a cast” instead of rebooting a classic. They also get into Renna independently funding and building the series for YouTube, plans to expand it into a full season with more of a Curb Your Enthusiasm feel, and the cameos already lining up, including Creed Bratton, Michael Peña, and potentially Seth Green. Listen to Patrick Renna and Danielle Fishel chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1170
August 24 · 34 min
Grace Cummings on Bloodhorse, Studio Scythes, and Her AI Bro-Country Detour
Grace Cummings made Bloodhorse! like it might be the last thing she ever does, and that meant finally shutting out the voice telling her she was “too much.” Cummings talks with Kyle Meredith about going bigger and stranger with producer Jonathan Wilson, the animals and mythology running through the record, and how its themes only started revealing themselves after she finished it. She also gets into the hilarious AI-generated bro-country song buried in the middle of Bloodhorse!, why it’s deliberately surrounded by very real musicians playing very real instruments, and the joyful release behind “Witch,” including the moment Wilson handed her an actual scythe and sent her back in to sing it again. Listen to Grace Cummings chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1169
August 19 · 29 min
Scott Shriner & Patrick Wilson on Weezer’s Gold Album, Rediscovering Collaboration, and Rejecting Studio Perfection
Weezer finally got its mission statement together: “Let’s just work together.” Scott Shriner and Patrick Wilson talk with Kyle Meredith about The Gold Album, the band’s 20th record, and how sitting in a living room together turned the sessions into a creative rebirth. They also get into rejecting the modern obsession with grids and perfection, developing a stronger bass-and-drums connection, the self-aware message behind “CEO,” and taking the new songs on the road alongside The Shins and Silversun Pickups. Listen to Scott Shriner and Patrick Wilson chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1168
August 17 · 32 min
Anthony Michael Hall on Nation’s Dumbest, Surviving 50 Years in Hollywood, and Halloween Store
Anthony Michael Hall says the secret to a 50-year acting career is learning how to “outlast uncertainty,” and that can also mean signing up for a game show called Nation’s Dumbest. Hall talks with Kyle Meredith about getting past the title of the Fox and Hulu celebrity competition, being surprised by castmates like JoJo Siwa, Steve-O, Elle King, and Andrew Yang, and why the whole experience reminded him not to take himself too seriously. He also looks back at the difficult years that followed his John Hughes run, explains why he treated every TV guest spot like a major movie, and gets into upcoming projects including the indie horror-comedy Halloween Store and SWAT: Exiles. After five decades of peaks, valleys, horror, comedy, and action, Hall’s philosophy continues to be about staying humble, adapting, and remembering that at the end of the day, it’s still make-believe. Listen to Anthony Michael Hall chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1167
August 12 · 36 min
David Duchovny on Prince of Pieces, Songwriting, and Independent Film
David Duchovny says a song is already part of the past the moment you finish writing it, which helps explain why Prince of Pieces includes material he has carried for more than a decade. Talking with Kyle Meredith, he gets into using familiar images to hide personal truths, the creative reinvention that began when he picked up a guitar around age 50, and why screenwriting scratches a very different itch than novels or songs. He also opens up about acting opposite his daughter in Soapbox, the shrinking path for independent movies, and the lost thrill of laughing with a packed theater. Listen to David Duchovny chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1166
August 10 · 20 min
David Rysdahl & Lily Sullivan on Soulm8te, AI Addiction, and Constructed Femininity
David Rysdahl and Lily Sullivan join Kyle Meredith to dig into Soulm8te, talking about how the M3GAN universe uses horror to explore grief, addiction, and the ways technology fills emotional voids. Sullivan breaks down creating an android that always feels just a little off, drawing from old Hollywood, movement work, and ideas about constructed femininity, while Rysdahl explains why his character had to be played without judgment so audiences could decide for themselves. They also get into filming in Ireland, collaborating with director Kate Dolan, and how being screenwriters has changed the way they approach acting. Listen to David Rysdahl and Lily Sullivan chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1165
August 7 · 30 min
Jay Chandrasekhar on Super Troopers 3, Bringing Back R-Rated Comedy, and Brown Supremacist
Jay Chandrasekhar wants Super Troopers 3 to help bring loud, R-rated comedy back to theaters, and he’s not interested in turning it into another political shouting match. Talking with Kyle Meredith, the Broken Lizard filmmaker explains why the new sequel plays like Meet the Parents meets Super Troopers, how Farva’s Indian wedding opened the door for some seriously edgy jokes, and why one gag still went too far to survive. He also gets into the Dukes of Hazzard-style car jump, Mac getting frozen in maple syrup, the future of Beerfest, and finally putting his decades of standup on camera for Brown Supremacist. Nine films in, Broken Lizard is still chasing the big laugh and leaving just enough bait for the studio to order another round. Listen to Jay Chandrasekhar chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1164
August 5 · 36 min
Rewind: Guster and Phoenix on Reinvention, Escaping Nostalgia, and the Strange Side of Pop
This Rewind episode brings together two conversations about bands refusing to let a familiar sound become a comfortable trap. Guster’s Ryan Miller, speaking with Kyle Meredith in 2016, digs into Evermotion, moving beyond ’90s nostalgia, and reinventing the band through new instruments and studio experimentation, while Phoenix’s Thomas Mars looks back from 2017 on how Italian pop, cryptic English, Bowie, Prince, and getting bored with his own voice shaped Ti Amo. Both arrive at a similar place, making pop music that sounds joyful on the surface while something much stranger moves underneath. Show your support for Kyle Meredith With by making sure to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1163
August 3 · 19 min
Jane Seymour on Harry Wild, Reuniting with Joe Lando, and Radiohead’s OK Computer
Jane Seymour catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about why Harry Wild keeps getting better five seasons in, bringing Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman co-star Joe Lando back into her orbit, and the chemistry that still “crackles” after decades together. She also shares how she helped make the reunion happen, recalls witnessing the infamous “Scottish play” curse firsthand, and explains why she’s already hoping for a sixth season. Plus, Seymour looks back at the unlikely legacy of her homes as creative sanctuaries where artists like Radiohead, The Cure, Johnny Cash, and New Order recorded iconic music, proving that creativity seems to follow her wherever she goes. Listen to Jane Seymour chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1162
July 29 · 19 min
Rupert Grint, Seidi Haarla, & Hanna Bergholm on Nightborn, Parenthood Horror, and Finnish Folklore
Rupert Grint, Seidi Haarla, and director Hanna Bergholm join Kyle Meredith to unpack the unsettling heart of Nightborn, where the real horror starts with the emotional chaos of new parenthood before Finnish folklore creeps in. Bergholm talks about channeling the forbidden emotions of early motherhood into the story, Haarla discusses exploring the shadows that come with becoming a parent, and Grint reveals he was expecting his own second child while filming, making the film’s anxieties hit even closer to home. They also get into building the couple’s intimacy through dance rehearsals, using animatronics to keep the baby mysterious, and why sometimes what’s scariest is everything no one warns you about after bringing a child home. Listen to Rupert Grint, Seidi Haarla, and Hanna Bergholm chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1161
July 27 · 22 min
Tim Robbins, Common, and the Silo Cast on Redemption, the Origin Story, and the Humanity Behind the Mystery
Silo season 3 finally answers how the underground world began while turning some of its biggest villains into its most complicated characters. Talking with Kyle Meredith, Tim Robbins, Common, Alexandria Riley, Ashley Zukerman, and Jessica Henwick discuss Bernard's redemption arc, the shifting power dynamics between Robert and Camille Sims, and stepping into the "Before Times" to reveal the conspiracy that started it all. Along the way, they get into the show's political parallels, questions of truth versus survival, memory and identity, and why the series works best when its sci-fi is grounded in human choices. Show your support for Kyle Meredith With by making sure to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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#1160
July 13 · 15 min
Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Tessa Coates, and Matt Miller on Ride or Die and Rewriting the Action-Comedy Rules
Ride or Die starts with the best kind of best-friend problem: one of them is an international assassin and that’s not even the whole mess. Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Tessa Coates, and Matt Miller talk with Kyle Meredith about the Prime Video series, from Waddingham finally getting to go full action star and Spencer digging into the friendship at the center of it, to Coates building a female action story that sends the assassin back for her best friend instead of the typical husband or kid. Miller gets into making eight episodes feel like one big globe-trotting movie, even if most of Europe was secretly Prague, while everyone circles the bigger win here of “women of a certain age” getting to be funny, complicated, dangerous, and completely in charge of the ride. Listen to Octavia Spencer, Hannah Waddingham, Tessa Coates, and Matt Miller chat about all this and more or watch it on YouTube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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