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Minnie Driver  joins  Kyle Meredith  to talk about her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I on the Starz series  The Serpent Queen . Listen to the conversation now. The actress discusses why she sees The Virgin Queen as “a woman of appetites," the factual liberties the show takes, and creating a rock 'n' roll version of the historical figure. Speaking of music, Driver goes on to reveal which...

For this week’s rewind episode, the late Chris Cornell discusses Soundgarden, Temple of the Dog, Audioslave, and his solo material. Listen to his insights on this interview from the vaults. Cornell talks about Soundgarden’s eventual (still waiting) inclusion into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, his time in Temple of the Dog, and his very first solo shows (which happened pre-Soundgarden). Then, h...

Ride ’s Mark Gardener links up with  Kyle Meredith  to talk about  Interplay , the shoegaze band’s new studio album. Listen to the conversation above now. The singer and guitarist discusses how the latest batch of songs found their true voice while on tour, the legal troubles with their ex-management that bled into the recording sessions, and looking back at bands like Tears for Fears, Talk Talk,...

Chloe Coleman joins  Kyle Meredith  to chat about  My Spy: The Eternal City , the sequel to the 2020 film  My Spy  that once again starts Coleman and Dave Bautista. Listen to the conversation now. Coleman talks about what it was like to return to the character nearly five years later, seeing herself and her character grow from script to script, and the prep it takes to take on such an action-packe...

5 Seconds of Summer ’s Ashton Irwin chats with  Kyle Meredith  about his new solo album,  BLOOD ON THE DRUMS . Listen to the conversation now. Irwin dives into his particular style of multi-genre songwriting, as well as how he has sought to distinguish his solo identity from his role in 5 Seconds of Summer. Then, the artist touches on going against traditional advice, the importance of music video...

With Sabrina Carpenter having her latest success with “Espresso” and “Please Please Please,” as well as and her upcoming Short n’ Sweet album, it’s a perfect time to listen back to this 2022 interview with Kyle Meredith. Listen to the conversation from the vaults now. Carpenter talks about her album Emails I Can’t Send, the journey to allowing herself to be more publicly vulnerable, and channeling...

Travis ’ Fran Healy joins  Kyle Meredith  to talk about the Scottish band’s new album,  L.A. Times . Listen to the conversation now. The frontman discusses how and why Los Angeles became the thematic center of the band's new set of songs, explaining how the city functions as a coal miner's canary for the state of the world. He then touches on the amount of cursing in the title track, as we...

Kylie Cantrall joins  Kyle Meredith  to talk about  Descendants: The Rise of Red , the fourth film in Disney's  Descendants franchise. Listen to the conversation now. Cantrall dives into the new  Descendants  installment, which follows Princess Red, the rebellious daughter of the tyrannical Queen of Hearts from Wonderland, as she prepares to attend a new school. All the while, her mother secre...

Eels ’ Mark Oliver Everett -- or "E" -- chats with  Kyle Meredith  about the band's new album,  Eels Time!  Listen to the two's conversation now. The indie rock songwriter dives into his recent experience of undergoing open heart surgery, though, as he explains it, any song on  Eels Time!  that deal with mortality or existentialism were written prior to the procedure. E goes on to...

Listen to Twenty One Pilots’ Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun cat about their album Vessel and more on this Kyle Meredith with... interview from the archives. The two chat about their quick ascent to fame, working as long as they could as an independent act, and the perceptions expectations and perceptions that came along with newfound stardom. They also touch on saving rock music with a ukulele and if t...

Annabeth Gish joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new movie Ride , which finds her co-starring with C. Thomas Howell and screenwriter/director Jake Allyn. The film tells the story of a family of bull riders fighting to survive in a small Texas town while dealing with addictions, health, and religion that’s embedded in the deep south. The legendary actress, known for her work in Mystic Pizza, The...

Anthony Michael Hall  joins  Kyle Meredith  to talk about the Jessica Alba-fronted revenge thriller  Trigger Warning , which is out now on Netflix. Listen to the conversation now. The iconic actor dives into why he is so attracted to playing villains, basing his  Trigger Warning  character on Ted Turner, and what it was like to do big action stunts with Alba. He also touches on the impact working...

Kurtwood Smith chats with  Kyle Meredith  about  That '90s Show   Season 2, which is streaming now on Netflix. Listen to their conversation. The actor discusses how the cast and writing team found their footing for the legacy show, as they hoped to toe the line between finding a fresh identity and honoring the original series,  That '70s Show . He then touches on modeling Red after his own...

In this interview from the vaults, Paul McCartney chats with Kyle Meredith about his album New , John Lennon, and other Beatles related topics. Listen to the full chat now. McCartney dives deep into his songwriting techniques, shines a light on the traps he tries to avoid, and ultimately explains how he was able to crank out so many iconic songs. Furthermore, he touches on his connection with his...

Ali Siddiq joins  Kyle Meredith  to talk about  The Domino Effect Part 4 , the conclusion of his multi-part standup comedy special that retraces his arrest at 19 and his subsequent six year incarceration. Listen to the comic's thoughts on the new material. Siddiq launches into talking about deconstructing the period of his life into a series, the importance silence has in his act, and finding...

On this episode of  Kyle Meredith with... ,  Wallows  chat about their new project  Model , a record they call their "most freeing album." Listen to bandmates Dylan Minnette, Braeden Lemasters, and Cole Preston converse Diving into the new set of songs, the three Wallows members explain how they feel the new project is a direct response to their 2022 effort  Tell Me That It's Over , wi...

Cleopatra Coleman joins  Kyle Meredith  to talk about her portrayal of V. Stiviano in the FX miniseries  Clipped , which tells the true story the Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling and his eventual downfall. Listen to the interview. The Australian actress discusses the myth that real Stiviano created after leaking tapes of Stiviano's racists rants. She talks about connecting to such a...

Today we rewind back to 2018, when Todd Rundgren dropped by the series to talk with Kyle Meredith about his 1968 album Nazz , 1978’s Hermit of Mink Hollow , and 2017's White Knight. Revisit the interview. Elsewhere, the songwriter talks about working with The Lemon Twigs, as well as writing his autobiography, The Individualist . Listen to  Todd Rundgren  chat about all this and more in the new...

G-Eazy  catches up with  Kyle Meredith  to talk about  Freak Show , the new album that finds the Oakland rapper trying out new sounds and personas. Listen to the interview now. The artist talks about relocating to New York, embodying the theme of a freak show for the new set of songs, and how, underneath it all, the album is really a story of self-acceptance. He also touches on gaining B-Real’s bl...

Andrew McCarthy joins  Kyle Meredith  to talk about  Brats , the new documentary that takes a deep dive into the famed "Brat Pack" of 1980s Hollywood stars. Listen to the interview now. McCarthy chats about why he finally stopped running from this period of his past and explains how he has finally made peace with the term "Brat Pack," which McCarthy and his fellow actors weren'...

Alexis Ren drops by to talk with  Kyle Meredith  about  Latency , her new sci-fi thriller that follows a professional gamer tasked with testing new gaming equipment that's capable of reading her mind. Listen to the interview now. Ren explains the unique acting challenges  Latency  posed, as the cast is solely made up of her and Sasha Luss. She details how such an intimate on-screen crew helps...

In this pair of interviews from the vault, Sonic Youth co-founder Kim Gordon joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her debut solo venture, No Home Record. Hear the full conversation now. In a clip from 2019, the bassist and songwriter digs into her love of '80s hip hop and Fleetwood Mac, as well as her thoughts on the anniversaries of Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation and A Thousand Leaves. Then,...

Mike Campbell  catches up with  Kyle Meredith  to talk about  Vagabonds, Virgins & Misfits , his third album with  The Dirty Knobs . Listen to the interview now. The Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers guitarist discusses why he wanted the new record to feel grander than the boogie rock of The Dirty Knobs' first two LPs, as well as honoring his legacy with music and perfecting a certain &#34...

Jeff Daniels  joins  Kyle Meredith  to talk about his musical side, as well as his roles in  American Rust,   A Man in Full ,  and  Newsroom . Listen to the full chat. Daniels, who's a talented musician in addition to being an accomplished actor, runs through his unique approach to songwriting, diving into songs that boast topics like, "What if Jesus was a stoner?" The artist then touc...

Russell Crowe  chats with  Kyle Meredith  about the latest album in his Indoor Garden Party series,  Prose and Cons.  Listen to the full interview. The actor and musician explains how he reconnected with the members of his previous bands 30 Odd Foot of Grunt and The Ordinary Fear of God to form his new act, The Gentlemen Barbers. He dives into how the resulting sound drifts between genres, as well...