
Kyle Meredith With...
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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Apr 15, 2024 • 31min
Beth Ditto on Gossip’s Return, Rick Rubin’s Guidance, and Social Progress
Beth Ditto joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Gossip’s reunion album, Real Power. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts.Ditto gets into how the group decided to work with legendary producer Rick Rubin upon their reunion, as well as all of the hijinks that ensued while making the record at Rubin's Hawaiian studio.The singer also chats about how affirming it is to see the movements for queer and trans people they championed early in their career continue to grow. Ditto explains her utter joy that progress is finally being made in the mainstream conversation, while recognizing the challenges that still lie ahead.Listen to Beth Ditto talk about all this or watch it on YouTube. To keep up to date with all the latest from Kyle Meredith With... follow on your favorite podcast platform; keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 13, 2024 • 19min
Skeet Ulrich on Working with Giancarlo Esposito, AMC's Parish, and the Future of His Scream Character: Podcast
Skeet Ulrich joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his role in AMC's Parish, the Giancarlo Esposito-starring series. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts.Parish follows a family man in New Orleans (Esposito) in the aftermath of his son's violent killing and the collapse of his business. After reconnecting with an old friend from his days as a wheelman (Ulrich), he's finds himself on a high-stakes collision course with a crime syndicate. Ulrich explores the psyche of his character, a man who has a knack for bringing as much trouble to the table as he does fun, as well as the loyalty his character feels towards Esposito's.Looking beyond Parish, Ulrich also takes a minute to revisit his famous role as the murderous Billy in the original Scream, giving his thoughts on the chances of Billy making a return to the franchise.Listen to Skeet Ulrich talk about all this or watch it on YouTube. To keep up to date with all the latest from Kyle Meredith With... follow on your favorite podcast platform; keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 12, 2024 • 20min
Maggie Lindemann on Looking to Gwen Stefani and Amy Lee for Career Guidance
Maggie Lindemann joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new EP, HEADSPLIT. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts.The alt-metal singer-songwriter chats about paring down the scale of HEADSPLIT in order to build up to her next big project. Doing so, however, had a sort of freeing effect, allowing her to experiment with both her sound and lyrics. As part of the new process, Lindemann looked to artists both established and up-and-coming. She mentions working with Siiickbrain, reckoning with the new generation coming up behind her, and looking towards Gwen Stefani and Evanescence's Amy Lee for career guidance.Listen to Maggie Lindemann talk about HEADSPLIT and more. You can also check out the artist discuss her album SUCKERPUNCH and her experience as a woman in the music industry on Beyond the Boys Club.To keep up to date with all the latest from Kyle Meredith With... follow on your favorite podcast platform; and stay up on all our series -- including our new comedy series Long Time No See -- by following the Consequence Podcast Network.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 10, 2024 • 25min
Elbow’s Guy Garvey Tells Inside Stories of Audio Vertigo, Knife Fights & Talk Talk Beats
Elbow’s Guy Garvey joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Audio Vertigo, the newest album from the English rock band. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts.Garvey gets into how the band developed a beat-driven mindset for the record, which eventually led them to reinvent how they approached recording. Once in the studio, bands like Talk Talk, R.E.M., and The Beatles served as sources of inspiration.Listen to Elbow’s Guy Garvey talk about Audio Vertigo. The band is also set to tour Europe this summer. Get tickets to their upcoming dates here.To keep up to date with all the latest from Kyle Meredith With... follow on your favorite podcast platform; and stay up on all our series -- including our new comedy series Long Time No See -- by following the Consequence Podcast Network.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 8, 2024 • 23min
Martin Amini on New Special I'm Transcending, Dark Humor, and Comedy in the TikTok Era
Martin Amini joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his new special I’m Transcending, as well as the behind-the-scenes special Back in the Gym. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts.Amini chats about how the age of TikTok has required comedians to come up with new material at breakneck speed. The pace can be exhausting, but it's also brought him a new kind of success. He's explains how he honed his crowdwork techniques, adjusting his stylings, and ultimately adapted to the new world of comedy.Listen to Martin Amini talk about I'm Transcending, Back In the Gym, and more. To keep up to date with all the latest from Kyle Meredith With... follow on your favorite podcast platform; and stay up on all our series -- including the new comedy series Long Time No See -- by following the Consequence Podcast Network.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 6, 2024 • 20min
George McKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett on the Duality and Revenge of Femme
George McKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett join Kyle Meredith to discuss Femme, a revenge thriller about Jules, who as Aphrodite Banks has a place among London’s celebrated drag artists. One night after a show, he steps out to get some cigarettes and is brutally attacked by a man out with a gang of his friends. Although Jules can recover physically, he withdraws from the outside world, traumatized. Months later, he recognizes his attacker by chance in a gay sauna. Without make-up and wrapped only in a towel, Jules can approach the other man incognito and find out who he is and begins an affair with the closeted Preston, with a plan to take his revenge. Both actors dig into the duality of their characters, with McKay championing the big roles he’s loved in the past such as John Leguizamo as Tybalt, while Stewart-Jarrett describes the mental and physical adjustments he had to make coming off of the show Culprits. The two reveal the internal acting and self-hatred that both roles demanded, what is was like working with two directors (Sam H. Freeman and Ng Choon Ping), as well as what it was like once the cameras were off.Listen to George McKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett talk about all this or watch it on YouTube. To keep up to date with all the latest from Kyle Meredith With... follow on your favorite podcast platform; keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 5, 2024 • 19min
Rudy Mancuso on Synesthesia, Making His Life a Movie & Getting Slapped with a Fish
Rudy Mancuso joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Música, the mostly true film based on his own life. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts.Música tells a coming-of-age love story about an aspiring creator with synesthesia who must come to terms with an uncertain future. All the while, he's navigating the pressures of love, family, and his Brazilian culture in Newark, New Jersey.Mancuso discusses writing, directing, and acting in the project, as well as how his lack of formal filmmaking education led to one of the most creatively shot movies of the year.Listen to Rudy Mancuso talk about Música. To keep up to date with all the latest from Kyle Meredith With... follow on your favorite podcast platform; and stay up on all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 3, 2024 • 14min
Hamish Linklater on Portraying Abraham Lincoln alongside Tobias Menzies in Manhunt
Hamish Linklater joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Manhunt, a conspiracy thriller about one of the best-known but least understood crimes in history, the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. The actor, who portrays the late president, tells us about wanting to show the family side of the often-portrayed figure, finding the right voice to use, and why we continue to be so interested in the events that took place with Booth and the assassination. Linklater also discusses what it was like to work with Tobias Menzies, who portrays Edwin Stanton, the U.S. Secretary of War at the time, and Lily Taylor as Mary Todd Lincoln, as well as directing the upcoming Downtown Owl with his partner Lily Rabe.Listen to Hamish Linklater talk about all this or watch it on YouTube. To keep up to date with all the latest from Kyle Meredith With... follow on your favorite podcast platform; keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Apr 1, 2024 • 25min
Gary Clark Jr. on the Self Discovery Behind His New Multi-Genre Symphony, JPEG RAW
Gary Clark Jr. joins Kyle Meredith to talk about JPEG RAW, his first new album in five years. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts.The singer-guitarist recaps the eventful five years since his last project, 2019's This Land, an album that left him feeling burnt out. And yet, he found new energy after winning big at that year's Grammy Awards, making the executive decision to craft a party record. Throw in a tumultuous few years and the birth of his second child, and the sage was finally set for a new record.Listen to Gary Clark Jr. talk about JPEG RAW and the last few years of his life. To keep up to date with all the latest from Kyle Meredith With... follow on your favorite podcast platform; and stay up on all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Mar 30, 2024 • 27min
Danielle MacDonald on The Tourist, Blink 182, Jelly Roll, & Billy Joel’s “Piano Man"
Danielle MacDonald joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Season 2 of The Tourist, out now on Netflix. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts.Originally cutting her teeth in the indie movie scene, MacDonald's career has been on an upward trajectory for years. Recently, she even had a cameo in a music video for Jelly Roll. "I don't even know how that happened, it was really quite bizarre," she remarks. "I think my agent and was like, 'I just feel like this would be something you're interested in.' And I was like, 'Yeah, I am.' I heard the song and I was like, 'Absolutely.'"Listen to Danielle MacDonald talk about season 2 of The Tourist, indie movies, and more. To keep up to date with all the latest from Kyle Meredith With... follow on your favorite podcast platform; and stay up on all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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