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Duff McKagan joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his latest solo album, Lighthouse . The Guns N’ Roses bassist talks about how seeing small-town America while touring informed the latest set, as well as which song is an ode to The Vibrators, which song his bandmate Slash ended up on, and what it was like to get a major compliment from Bob Dylan about his lyrics. McKagan goes on to discuss teaming up...

Felicia Day joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new Audible Original series, Third Eye , a comedy love letter to sci-fi and fantasy that tells the story of Laurel, a “Chosen One” wizard still grappling with the fallout of failing a decade earlier in her fight with an ultimate evil villain and also features the voices of Neil Gaiman, Wil Wheaton, Sean Astin, Lily Pichy, Danny Pudi, Alan Tudyk, Lo...

Susan Tedeschi joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the 25th-anniversary edition of Just Won’t Burn . The Tedeschi Trucks member tells how this is the album that kickstarted her career, why she found herself attracted to the blues, and how that genre was finding its own mainstream crossover success in the 90s. Tedeschi goes on to reveal how Led Zeppelin and grunge music inspired some of her darker so...

Josh Radnor joins Kyle Meredith to discuss his debut solo album, Eulogy: Volume I. The How I Met Your Mother and Fleishman Is in Trouble actor retraces his steps of becoming a songwriter during his collaboration with Ben Lee, writing a breakup album, and the parts of himself he was able to deconstruct through the lyrics. Radnor also talks about his favorite breakup albums, including classics from...

Kristin Hersh catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about her latest solo album, Clear Pond Road. The Throwing Muses leader tells us about trashing an album she was working on prior to this new set, how the title comes from a sign she found in a junk shop and how it gave her direction, as well as the generally strong sense of place the LP focuses on, especially New Orleans and Southern California....

LANY joined Kyle Meredith to dig into their 5th album, A Beautiful Blur. Paul Klein and Jake Goss take us through writing opening cut XXL just out of lockdown, leaning into the sound of their musical heroes such as U2 and Coldplay, and Paul’s ability to speak to so many people while being entirely personal within his lyrics. The duo also discuss why they changed their album title at the last minut...

Physical creator & showrunner Annie Weisman joins Kyle Meredith to talk about wrapping up the Apple TV+ series that stars Rose Byrne as Sheila Rubin, the quietly tormented housewife in '80s San Diego who takes control of her life after finding an exercise group. Weisman talks about the vision she carried about how the show would find its conclusion and what it was like to create and spend...

Director Scott Waugh and producer Les Weldon join Kyle Meredith to talk about Expend4bles, the 4th installment of the series known for having an all-star cast of action-hero legends. The team discusses why it was time to relaunch the franchise after a decade while making up for fan disappointment from the 3rd movie, how the story mirrors some of our real-life news cycles, dreaming up this set’s bi...

The Breeders sit down with Kyle Meredith to talk about the 30th-anniversary edition of Last Splash. Kim Deal, Kelley Deal, Josephine Wiggs, and Jim Macpherson discuss the work that went into making the indie classic, including the near-mythological amount of experimentation, and how The Weird 90s opened the door for their unlikely single “Cannonball” to be a worldwide hit. The band also recalls th...

Executive producers of The Morning Show , Lauren Neustadter & Michael Ellenberg join Kyle Meredith to talk about season 3 of the Apple TV+ series. The two paint the big pictures that this new season sets out to tell: Alex (Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) finally achieving their dreams while their company UBA crumbles around them to reflect the world we’re living in while the...

Baroness ’ John Baizley joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the band’s new album, Stone. The frontman discusses his penchant for short album titles in the likes of the first four Led Zeppelin albums, how his lyrics tell his own personal story with hopes that it relates to everyone’s own personal stories, and using genre and melody to get his point across. Baizley goes on to compliment Nick Cave, PJ...

Corey Taylor joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his sophomore solo album, CMF2. The Slipknot and Stone Sour singer discusses the genre-defying set, writing on mandolin for the first time, and his admiration for David Bowie and Trent Reznor’s courage and career foresight. Taylor also gives a hat tip to Ray Lamontagne and Ani DiFranco for inspiring the acoustic side of his music world, and dissects S...

Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum joins Kyle Meredith to talk about their latest release, Come Of Age. The band that’s fronted by actor   Michael C. Hall ,(Dexter, Six Feet Under), and also features Matt Katz-Bohen (Blondie) and Peter Yanowitz (The Wallflowers, Morningwood), discuss how the accidental formation of the group has led their musical direction and the more experimental avenues they...

Laufey joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new LP, Bewitched. The Icelandic singer-songwriter tells us her journey of finding jazz after growing up in a classical environment, the story that this new set tells, and how she thinks of the record as a musical based on independence and love. Laufey goes on to discuss her experience at the Berkeley School of Music and the importance of understanding...

Andy Taylor joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Man’s A Wolf To Man, his first solo album of original material in 36 years. The former Duran Duran guitarist talks about how he first considered a Power Station reunion before deciding to focus on himself, how his songwriting is recovering from a lifetime in pop, that David Bowie’s death had a major impact on his decision to return, and his thoughts on...

Ratboys ’ Julia Steiner joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the band's latest album, The Window . The Louisville-raised lead singer reminisces about interning for Meredith in the early part of her career and the artists that were interviewed during that time (St. Vincent and Nada Surf come to mind) before turning the attention to teaming up with former Death Cab For Cutie member Chris Walla to h...

Westlife sit down with Kyle Meredith to discuss their first North American tour in their 25-year career. Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Mark Feehily, & Shane Filan talk about their reaction to having the dates immediately sell out, the advice that Simon Cowell gave them early on, and how their latest album Wild Dreams finds them getting back to a pure pop music sound. The Irish group also tells us wh...

Tommy Stinson joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the new deluxe edition of The Replacements classic 1985 album, Tim, as well as his debut release with new band Cowboys In The Campfire. The singer-songwriter and bass guitarist gives us the background on the new project, taking inspiration from artists like Conway Twitty and Tanya Tucker, and having X’s John Doe guest on the album. We then turn our a...

Talking Heads keyboardist and guitarist Jerry Harrison joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the 40th anniversary of Stop Making Sense , which not only just had a deluxe edition vinyl set released, but will see the Jonathan Demme film make its way back to theaters and IMAX thanks to a new deal with A24. Harrison tells us how the deal was made and what it took to get the four members back on stage for...

Lena Waithe & Rishi Rajani join Kyle Meredith to discuss the new Emmy-nominated documentary, Being Mary Tyler Moore, out now on Max. The producers talk about telling a dual story of Mary’s life as well as how her actions changed the conversation around women in America in the 60s and 70s, her private battles outside of celebrity, and being a reluctant hero of a movement at times in her life. W...

Idina Menzel joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Drama Queen, her first album of new material since 2016’s self-titled LP. The Broadway legend, who’s also starring in Netflix’s You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah with Adam Sandler, tells us why she wanted to make a disco-inspired record and looking towards Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, and Cher as inspirations, working with Nile Rodgers and J...

The Hives join Kyle Meredith to talk about The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons , their first album in 11 years. Howlin' Pelle Almqvist and Nicholaus Arson tell us about how depressing it was to not have any new material, how this LP might speak to their 30th anniversary, and the desire to keep creating music that felt like youth more than maturity. The Swedish rockers also give us the stories behin...

Barry Manilow joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his current tour, album anniversaries, and upcoming releases. The legendary singer tells us about the money he donates to high school music programs on each stop of his tour, his love of melodies and how that was the cause of his success as a commercial jingle writer, and his love of electronic artists Underworld, Fat Boy Slim, and Claptone. Manilow...

Cory Finley joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the new movie, Landscape With Invisible Hand, which finds an occupying alien species' bureaucratic rule and advanced technology that leaves most of Earth impoverished and unemployed, while two teenagers hatch a risky plan to ensure their families' futures. The director/screenwriter discusses why he chose to adapt the MT Anderson book, the sci-f...

Juel Taylor  and  Tony Rettenmaier  join Kyle Meredith to talk about the movie They Cloned Tyrone, which follows three friends as they discover and ultimately uncover an underground government cloning operation running experiments in the midst of their town and stars Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, and John Boyega. The filmmakers, who co-wrote the movie while Taylor directed, talk about the feelings t...