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Kurt Vile and Kevin Morby both know how to make city songs feel lonely, funny, half-haunted, and still totally wide open. Vile talks with Kyle Meredith about 2016’s B'lieve I’m Goin Down , being cartooned into a stoner squirrel on HBO’s Animals , fame arriving one weird step at a time, and writing songs that leave room for everyone else to move in. Morby then discusses 2017’s City Music , turn...

Tori Amos talks with Kyle Meredith about In Times of Dragons , the concept record she built out of democracy cracking in real time, dangerous men behind the curtain, Celtic gods, witches, daughters, and the younger self who wrote "Silent All These Years." She also gets into writing fast, bringing Matt Chamberlain and John Evans back into the room, how her daughter Tash helped unlock the da...

Jane Kaczmarek talks with Kyle Meredith about returning to Malcolm in the Middle for Life’s Still Unfair , reuniting with Bryan Cranston, and why Erik Per Sullivan deciding not to come back as Dewey might be the most quietly heroic thing of all. She also digs into The Boroughs , playing Alfred Molina’s wife for the fifth time, getting to die to "Thunder Road," and why this latest chapter h...

A rom-com may promise the ending, but Joel Courtney and director Andy Delaney tell Kyle Meredith that 40 Dates and 40 Nights is really about everything that happens in between. Delaney talks about using the genre as a way to focus on “the micro,” leaning into character details, awkward moments, and real-life experiences pulled directly from writer Sarah Howard’s own dating history. Courtney discus...

Gerry Beckley still has a lot in the vault, and Merciful proves it. The America co-founder talks with Kyle Meredith about stepping away from touring after 50-plus years, splitting time between Los Angeles and Sydney, and finally having the space to write, record, and chase ideas without getting off a plane every other day. Beckley digs into reworking “Monster,” covering The Beatles’ “Norwegian Woo...

Suki Waterhouse talks with Kyle Meredith about her new album Loveland , a record written in that strange in-between space after becoming a mom, coming off Sparklemuffin , and figuring out who she was becoming in real time. She gets into working with Aaron Dessner, keeping the raw demo vocal on “Seasons,” the woozy jazz feel of “When I Get Drunk,” and why “Notting Hill” sits at the heart of the rec...

Del the Funky Homosapien talks with Kyle Meredith across two eras, first with Dan the Automator as Deltron 3030 in 2014 and then solo in 2018 around Gate 13 with Amp Live. Del and Dan get into why Deltron feels political without chasing headlines, how sci-fi works best when it’s really talking about right now, and why disposable music has made longevity feel like its own rebellion. Del also digs i...

John Gallagher Jr. talks with Kyle Meredith about his new EP Almost Okay , finding the spark again after the heartbreak of Swept Away closing on Broadway, and why his music has become more alive the longer he’s been doing it. He gets into the chaos behind “Tough Spit,” the Paul Westerberg spirit running through “All This Changing,” and how “Never Leave” ended up being one of those songs you immedi...

A girls trip gone wrong, a desert town full of menace, and one unforgettable act of revenge are at the center of Find Your Friends . Talking with Kyle Meredith, Bella Thorne, Chloe Cherry, and writer-director Izabel Pakzad discuss the real Joshua Tree incident that inspired the film, the complicated friendships and double standards surrounding female sexuality, and why the movie’s biggest horror c...

Tony Hale and director Ol Parker join Kyle Meredith to talk about Office Romance , the new Netflix comedy starring Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein. Parker discusses finding his lane in romantic comedies, balancing big-hearted storytelling with unexpectedly raunchy moments, and building a cast packed with scene-stealers like Hale, Betty Gilpin, Amy Sedaris, and Bradley Whitford. Hale talks about...

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed starts with loneliness, cam boys, custody battles, and youth soccer. Tatiana Maslany, Jake Johnson, Jessy Hodges, Murray Bartlett, Brandon Flynn, David J. Rosen, and David Gordon Green talk with Kyle Meredith about the new Apple TV+ thriller, from Paula’s search for connection and the show’s Rear Window -style internet paranoia to true crime culture, sex work, villain l...

Tom Cavanagh tells Kyle Meredith why the writing on You’re Killing Me worked so well that the cast mostly just had to stay out of its way. The Flash and Scrubs favorite talks about building his small-town detective alongside Brooke Shields and Amelia Williamson, improvising lines, sneaking a little Columbo into the performance, and why knowing the ending helped him “keep the powder dry” until the...

Judith Light says horror found her, not the other way around, but The Terror: Devil in Silver might be the role that proves she belongs there. Talking with Kyle Meredith, the legendary actress gets into disappearing into the character of Dory, a woman abandoned inside a psychiatric hospital for decades, while also digging into the series’ bigger themes around mental health, homelessness, and a hea...

Kimiko Glenn says every relationship on her debut EP Modern Dance was either doomed from the start or became material eventually, and talking with Kyle Meredith, she gets into the very real stories behind it all. The Orange Is the New Black and Kiff star talks about finally putting her “secret” songs out into the world after years of treating music like a private diary, channeling grief into her f...

Jack Antonoff says all he really wants out of life is to make records and tour, and that turns into a surprisingly heavy conversation with Kyle Meredith about grief, ancestry, community, religion, and why Bleachers’ new album Everyone for Ten Minutes accidentally became an origin story. They get into the “ancestral pact” of leaving home to chase art, Bruce Springsteen’s advice about building a lif...

Maya Hawke tells Kyle Meredith that her new album MAITREYA CORSO accidentally became a love record after falling deeper into her relationship and eventually marrying songwriting partner Christian Lee Hudson, and the conversation gets pretty fascinating from there. They talk about writing songs together while navigating a real relationship, the fear of being fully seen by another person, and how tr...

Courtney Barnett is back talking with Kyle Meredith about Creature of Habit , digging into those years between records, the move to LA, and why that chapter is more backdrop than the story itself. She gets into second-guessing songs like “Mostly Patient” and “Site Unseen” before pulling them back from the edge, trusting instinct even when it feels like a dead end, and how ideas can sit for years b...

Natalie Alyn Lind got the call, packed her bags in two days, and suddenly she’s at cowboy camp learning to rope for Dutton Ranch , and she tells Kyle Meredith how that whirlwind turned into one of the most immersive roles of her career. She talks about building a “wild and free” character who evolves in ways fans won’t see coming, going toe-to-toe with Annette Bening, and why the show’s messy fami...

Paul Bettany says he believes in genius “the same way I believe in libraries,” and that pretty much sets the tone as he and Will Sharpe talk Amadeus with Kyle Meredith, digging into why this story still hits and what a longer series lets them explore beyond the film. Bettany leans into Salieri’s perspective but says this version finally gives Mozart equal weight, especially the toll genius takes a...

Jena Malone catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about her first album under her own name, Flowers for Men , which pulls together a decade of voice memos, poems, and late-night recordings into something she calls “sci-fi folk.” She gets into how becoming a parent reshaped her creativity, why she’s more interested in building new myths about love and the future than following traditional songwriti...

Shawn Colvin tells Kyle Meredith how A Few Small Repairs accidentally became her breakthrough, powered by "Sunny Came Home" and that unforgettable Grammy moment, but also the pressure that hit right after when success finally showed up on album four. She talks about letting go of chasing hits, the weird reality of being labeled a “divorce record,” and how that freedom is exactly what made...

Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo catch up with Kyle Meredith to talk about stepping back into the world of Criminal Record for its second season, digging into the evolving dynamic between their characters while the story tackles timely themes like extremism, morality, and power. Capaldi discusses the challenge of playing things closer to the chest this time around, dialing back his usual expressive in...

The cast of The Audacity, including Billy Magnuson, Jonathan Glatzer, Paul Adelstein, Simon Helberg, Rob Corddry, Meaghan Rath, Everett Blunck, Thailey Roberge, and Ava Marie Telek, all sit down with Kyle Meredith to unpack a Silicon Valley satire that feels a little too close to reality, from ego-driven CEOs and “wild god” founder worship to the quieter damage done behind the scenes. Across the c...

Barbie Ferreira, Devon Bostick, and Chandler Levack all sit down with Kyle Meredith to unpack M ile End Kicks , starting with Ferreira on playing a version of Levack and how stepping into a character rooted in real life meant leaning into the awkward, chaotic reality of your early 20s while also producing the film and bringing her own mix of influences from One Direction to Alanis Morissette; Bost...

Jason Mewes sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about building a career that’s lasted more than three decades, from his start in Kevin Smith’s Clerks to the ever-expanding Jay And Silent Bob universe, and now into new territory with his YouTube series Five Things . The show, set inside a convenience store, uses everyday items as a jumping-off point for conversations that go way off the usual pres...