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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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#1192
Monday · 20 min
Brooke Lena Johnson on Working with Dogs, Skating Her Own Scenes, and Covering Joni Mitchell
Six or seven dogs on set, three-year-old twins falling asleep in the middle of scenes, and Brooke Lena Johnson just had to roll with it. The star of A Dog’s Perfect Christmas talks with Kyle Meredith about the chaos of filming the Netflix holiday movie, putting her competitive figure skating background to work for extended scenes on the ice, and why she loved that the story wasn't afraid to tackle grief and family struggles. Johnson also reveals how she ended up singing Joni Mitchell’s “River” for the soundtrack, with the film’s director providing harmonies, and looks back at her years performing with jazz bands, which might just lead to another musical chapter. Listen to Brooke Lena Johnson 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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#1191
November 4 · 31 min
Lou Diamond Phillips on Gangland’s Indigenous Stories, Why Young Guns 3 Isn’t Greenlit, and The Chair Company Season 2 Getting Even Crazier
Lou Diamond Phillips has read the Young Guns 3 script, calls it “unbelievable,” and can't understand why the sequel hasn't gotten the green light. The La Bamba and Longmire star talks with Kyle Meredith about his new film Gangland, playing a morally complicated tribal police officer, shooting on Cheyenne and Arapaho land in just 18 days, and how Indigenous communities have embraced the movie as a starting point for conversations about violence and healing. Phillips also discusses the possibility of revisiting his cult film The First Power, his unexpected history as a rock singer, and why the second season of The Chair Company is already “crazier than ever.” Listen to Lou Diamond Phillips 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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#1190
November 2 · 33 min
Rachel Bilson, Arden Myrin, and Rob Riggle on Christmas at the Kringles, Wild Improvisation, and Kevin Lewis’ Unseen 25-Minute Cut
Rachel Bilson spent much of Christmas at the Kringles trying not to laugh at Arden Myrin and Thomas Lennon, even while her own character was being hypnotized into a holiday nightmare. Bilson and Myrin talk with Kyle Meredith about the Christmas-obsessed cult at the center of the movie, how Bilson kept “Silent Night” playing in her head during her drugged-out scenes, and why Myrin thinks she'd make a pretty great cult leader herself. Rob Riggle follows with stories about playing a foul-mouthed, drunken Santa, the surreal experience of trading punches with Beverly D'Angelo, and why he's been branching out into more dramatic roles. Director Kevin Lewis then gets into his love of Sam Raimi's wild camera work, why he considers the movie a spiritual successor to Willy's Wonderland, and the 20 to 25 minutes of unused footage he'd love to release as the "Kringle Cut," along with a few ideas for bringing these Christmas-loving lunatics back for another round. Listen to Rachel Bilson, Arden Myrin, and Rob Riggle 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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#1189
October 28 · 41 min
Kate Siegel on Directing Carrie, Her Dream of Casting Olivia Rodrigo, and Feature Debut Method
Kate Siegel knew the trick to making Carrie’s first house party terrifying was letting her have a great time. Talking with Kyle Meredith about directing episode three of Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King adaptation, she connects her own experiences with bullying and teenage freedom to a night inspired by Can’t Hardly Wait and 10 Things I Hate About You. Then we get properly nerdy about the needle drops, searching through roughly 400 songs for one scene, and making a car float with a decidedly unglamorous jack. Siegel also shares where her feature directorial debut Method stands, her plans for feminist filmmaking through Legitimate Pictures, and a dream of casting Olivia Rodrigo, so somebody get that message to Olivia. Listen to Kate Siegel 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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#1188
October 26 · 30 min
Deborah Ann Woll & Jeffrey Donovan on The Cycle, Practical Effects, and First-Day Morgue Scenes
Deborah Ann Woll had one nonnegotiable for The Cycle’s horror effects, and it was making sure they actually existed in the room. She and Jeffrey Donovan talk with Kyle Meredith about the film’s practical creatures, keeping its big reveal under wraps, and starting their work together with a decomposing body on a morgue table. Woll gets into the forensic research that shaped her performance, while Donovan explains how the set’s attention to detail put the pressure on him to deliver. Add Oregon’s coastal fog, a supposedly haunted Victorian rental, and David Soul’s “Silver Lady,” and even the soundtrack starts looking suspicious. Listen to Deborah Ann Woll and Jeffrey Donovan 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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#1187
October 21 · 27 min
Stephen Wilson Jr. on Singing with Eddie Vedder, the Pixies Connection in “Hardwired,” and Finding His Father in “Cornerman”
Stephen Wilson Jr. calls singing Chris Cornell’s part of “Hunger Strike” alongside Eddie Vedder at Ohana Festival one of the greatest moments of his life, and he tells Kyle Meredith how a cover he recorded just for himself led to sharing the stage with one of his heroes. The two also get into his recent run of singles, including how a last-minute writing session with Miranda Lambert turned into “Hardwired,” why interpolating the Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind?” gives both songs an entirely different meaning, and how his music keeps finding connections he never planned. Wilson also opens up about “Cornerman,” which he sees as a sequel to “Father's Son,” and the realization that moving forward after Son of Dad might mean finally letting go of his father, even as he continues to show up in the songs. Plus, the former scientist and boxer talks about turning the Ryman Auditorium into a boxing ring, his dad’s love of Muhammad Ali, and why making music sometimes feels like having a friend and an opponent in the same corner. Listen to Stephen Wilson Jr. 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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#1186
October 19 · 32 min
Ariel Winter on The Sisters Grimm, Finding Her Inner Snark, and Returning to Sofia the First
Ariel Winter says playing a sarcastic, cynical character like Sabrina Grimm comes pretty naturally, mostly because she recognizes a little of herself in the role. The Modern Family star talks with Kyle Meredith about Season 2 of The Sisters Grimm, why the show’s themes of family and foster children matter just as much as its fairy-tale adventures, and how she found Sabrina’s voice by channeling a younger version of herself. Winter also looks at returning to Sofia the First, discovering that fans are following her from one magical world to another, and the strange experience of voicing animated characters who never have to grow up, even as she does. Listen to Ariel Winter 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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#1185
October 14 · 28 min
Danny Elfman & Filter’s Richard Patrick on Getting Heavier With Age, New Albums, and Industrial Rock
Getting older just means getting louder for Danny Elfman and Filter’s Richard Patrick. Both catch up with Kyle Meredith backstage at Louder Than Life 2026, where Elfman reveals how Tool’s Fear Inoculum got him through hours of tattooing, why he never expected to return to the stage, and how his next album comes with a David Lynch-inspired movie featuring Slash, Thundercat, and Caleb Landry Jones. Meanwhile, Patrick says he’s making the heaviest music of his career with A Place to Kill, talks about Ministry’s massive influence on Filter, and previews the upcoming album The Antidote, which picks up where The Algorithm left off. They also get into their work scoring films, the freedom of jumping between musical worlds, and why neither one seems particularly interested in mellowing out. Listen to Danny Elfman and Richard Patrick 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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#1184
October 12 · 19 min
RZA, Ernest Dickerson, David Moreau & Renee Zhan on Sampling Death, Weaponizing Silence & Giving Jim Henson’s Puppets a Dark Side
V/H/S/MIXTAPE turns music into a weapon, and RZA, David Moreau, Ernest Dickerson, and Renee Zhan each found a very different way to make that nightmare work. The four filmmakers talk with Kyle Meredith about the music-driven V/H/S installment, from RZA sampling the sounds of New York and imagining the “tone in death,” to Moreau weaponizing total silence inside an anechoic chamber, Dickerson recruiting Flying Lotus for an alien musical battle, and Zhan discovering that the puppeteers at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop were more than ready to get bloody. RZA also considers taking his horrifying finished track one step further and actually putting some verses on it. Listen to RZA, Ernest Dickerson, David Moreau & Renee Zhan 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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#1183
October 7 · 29 min
The Cast of Carrie on Reinventing a Classic, Mike Flanagan’s Set Rules & the Blurry Line Between Heroes and Villains
Mike Flanagan had the same first reaction a lot of people did to another Carrie adaptation: “Why?” and he tells Kyle Meredith that he wouldn’t touch Stephen King’s story until he had a good answer, which meant looking at what cruelty, bullying, empathy, and being a teenager mean right now. The writer/director, along with Summer H. Howell, Samantha Sloyan, Amber Midthunder, Matthew Lillard, Alison Thornton, Josie Totah, Joel Oulette, and Arthur Conti join Kyle to dig into the month of rehearsals, Flanagan’s no-phones and no-sides rules, finding sympathy in characters who do some awful things, and how Totah turned Tina into a role Flanagan initially didn’t even like. And then there’s Conti, who looks great behind the wheel of that muscle car despite failing two driving tests and having somebody in a wig do the actual driving. Listen to Mike Flanagan, Summer H. Howell, Samantha Sloyan, Amber Midthunder, Matthew Lillard, Alison Thornton, Josie Totah, Joel Oulette, and Arthur Conti 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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#1182
October 5 · 22 min
Laraine Newman on The Sisters Grimm, Finding Her Voice, and Why Mime Got Too Cute
Laraine Newman is all for scaring the kids a little. The Saturday Night Live original cast member talks with Kyle Meredith about returning as Granny Relda for season two of The Sisters Grimm, why the show’s mix of comedy and horror works just as well for adults, and how she can pull the character’s voice right back out of the trunk when it’s time to record. Newman also looks back at studying mime with Marcel Marceau, explains why she bailed when mime “got cute,” and admits it didn’t exactly inform her acting, although it did make her very good at Pilates. Along the way, Kyle and Newman also land on the career move nobody knew we needed: punk-rock mime. Listen to Laraine Newman 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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#1181
September 30 · 24 min
Rewind: Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner & The Black Angels’ Alex Maas on Political Disillusionment, Music as Therapy, and Finding a Way Forward
What happens when the world gets darker and the music starts absorbing it? In this KMW Rewind, Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner talks with Kyle Meredith about reuniting for Cry Cry Cry, why the band had to prove they could still write together before returning to the stage, and how political disillusionment found its way into songs like “Weaponized” and “Artificial Life.” Then The Black Angels’ Alex Maas digs into Death Song, the band’s connection to psychedelic history, the meaning behind the album’s title, and why he sees music as therapy rather than simply entertainment. Two conversations from 2017, and plenty of ideas that haven’t exactly stopped being relevant. 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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#1180
September 28 · 41 min
Theo Rossi on Come With Me, the Indie-Film Boom, and Refusing to Be Typecast
Theo Rossi wants movies that leave you arguing in the parking lot. The Sons of Anarchy and Emily the Criminal star talks with Kyle Meredith about Come With Me, playing Simon as an ordinary guy enduring a “death by a thousand cuts,” and why the film was built to let audiences wrestle with whether he’s a victim or a villain rather than hand them an answer. Rossi also makes the case that we may be living through a new golden age of independent film, explains why actors can’t afford to “just be an actor” anymore, and talks about taking control of his career through producing, including The Saviors and his first rom-com, Maid of Dishonor, with Emily Hampshire. Also Prince, The Thing, Highlander, and the eternal question of whether your kids think the movies you grew up loving are actually any good all find their way in. Listen to Theo Rossi 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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#1179
September 23 · 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
September 21 · 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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