What Are We Even Doing? with Kyle MacLachlan

Welcome back to Kyle’s Korner, a solo series from Kyle filled with memorabilia, music obsessions, and beautifully unnecessary conversations. This week, Kyle takes a tour through his Fallout memorabilia before transforming into his alter-ego Lyle to answer YOUR hard-hitting questions about lessons from set, ducks vs hamsters, competitive eating, and hangover cures. Kyle also shares the artists who have been soundtracking his w...

Helping Kyle wade into the wonderfully weird this week is actor, writer & comedian Sarah Sherman! The two former theater students dissect the innards of Sarah’s creative origins & influences, what it’s like being on SNL & that time Kyle hosted in the 90s, growing up with Twin Peaks & Blue Velvet, a Kate Bush history lesson, Sarah’s debut comedy special Sarah Squirm: Live + in the Flesh on HBO, why ...

Welcome back to Kyle’s Korner, a solo series from Kyle filled with memorabilia, music obsessions, and beautifully unnecessary conversations. This week, Kyle reveals what that Subaru cassette tape is all about before transforming into his alter-ego Lyle to answer YOUR hard-hitting questions about self-love, coffee cake and candy, working with David Lynch, and movie snacks. Kyle also shares the artists who have been soundtracki...

Kyle hosts actor, author, activist & kindred spirit Rowan Blanchard to find out what it’s like being a Salem witch descendant, a 5-year-old child actor learning to ride a bike at an Advil shoot, the miracle who was David Lynch & his timeless legacy, starring in The Testaments & learning how to regulate creative energy, the cons of self-tape auditions, and Rowan’s iconic Lucille Ball costume from childhood. A...

Welcome to the very first episode of Kyle’s Korner, a new solo series from Kyle filled with memorabilia, music obsessions, and beautifully unnecessary conversations. This week, Kyle gives a tour of the Dune items around the set before transforming into his alter-ego Lyle to answer YOUR hard-hitting questions about TV, breakfast, Muppets, and M&Ms. Kyle also shares the artists who have been soundtracking his week which you...

This week, Kyle hosts internet personality & reality TV star Leah Kateb – who’s also the Re-Founder & CCO of Skylar perfume & a fierce advocate for animals – to unpack what it was like being recruited for & rocketing to fame on Love Island, her family of animals, the joys of gardening, Leah’s work with Skylar, vitamin routines, the timeless brilliance of David Lynch & more. Don’t mi...

Actor, author & dancer Maddie Ziegler joins Kyle this week and the two get right to unpacking Maddie’s incredible worth ethic & ambition, how she manifested her Pretty Lethal role & reconnected with dance, what it was like working with Uma Thurman, Kyle & Maddie’s love for tap dance, starting a dance career at age 2, therapeutic crafts, the one & only Shirley Temple, Maddie’s transition into ac...

This week, Kyle and Barbie Ferreira, actor, model and producer crack the “what are we even doing” code with a wildly fun convo about childhood acting dreams, dragging her grandma to auditions, being “too green” at age 8, fake-it-til-you-make-it confidence, and the terrifying thrill of teenage theater. Barbie and Kyle get into the art of playing serious characters while being a goofballs IRL, the horrors of b...

This week, Kyle & Grace Reiter – actor, writer, director & That’s Enough podcast host – crack the “what are we even doing” code with an infectiously fun convo about Grace’s Hunger Games But Better film & Ginger Twinsies role, teenage stagefright, Austin Butler & a Finding Roots moment, and the truth about acting, 2012 YouTube, Minecraft, The Chair Company & Sugarfish. After sc...

Singer, songwriter & actor Justine Skye helps Kyle figure out what we’re even doing this week with stories about her time as a teen Tumblr sensation, her latest music & how she reinvented her sound, why Ibiza inspires her, and the current state of social media. Kyle gets the scoop on Justine’s acting career & what she loves about the art form, why binge watching TV is therapeutic, that time Justine rescued a...

Actor, author, singer & producer Angourie Rice joins Kyle to chat about growing up in Australian theater & breaking into Hollywood, evolving as an actor & aiming to stay present, Huntsman vs. black widow spiders, and a recurring acting nightmare. After swapping breadmaking adventures, Angourie gives Kyle the scoop on The Last Thing He Told Me season 2, Tasmanian devils, her name’s origin, and the upcoming release ...

Kyle’s Gen Z guest today is an actor, producer, writer, badass environmentalist & podcast host who you may recognize: April Fool’s, it’s icon & legend Ted Danson! Kyle & Ted unpack his passion for acting & pre-Cheers career, why younger generations seem to have more confidence than they did, Ted’s creative strategies, and tales from working with Steven Spielberg. After swapping Woody Harrelso...

Professor Puth–aka multi-award winning/genius singer, songwriter, musician & producer Charlie Puth–brings his keyboard & legendary musical talent to the pod to chat with Kyle about his musical origins & the power of 12 notes, his creative process & how a sound becomes a song, what it’s like collaborating with Jeff Goldblum, Charlie’s upcoming initiation into fatherhood, why he pushes the enve...

Kyle links up with actor, producer & fellow golfer Kathryn Newton (or is it Timothée Chalamet?) to learn more about her creative process & acting career that began at age 4, Kathryn’s dedication to athleticism & doing her own stunts, why Ready or Not 2: Here I Come is extra special to her, and the verdict on if healthy competition can elevate one’s golf & acting game. After unpacking what current golf cu...

This week, Kyle meets actor, writer, producer, comedian & podcast host Joel Kim Booster to converse about the art of introducing people, the moment Joel realized his creative destiny, what it’s like working on Loot, his stance on student debt & advice for aspiring actors, evolving his own career goals, the power of prep work, where Joel’s work ethic comes from, and his recent wedding. Kyle learns how Fire Island...

Renaissance man–actor, poet, artist, musician, director & star of the new romantic thriller 56 DAYS–Avan Jogia chats with Kyle about the core memories that inspired his creative path, what it was like catapulting to fame as a teen by himself in LA, a mindblowing real estate coincidence, and why Avan tackles a “creative win” each day ala David Lynch’s “art life” model. Kyle finds out wha...

Kyle has a tet-a-tet with INDUSTRY star Myha’la about creative destiny & process, what it’s like shooting in Wales & portraying the iconic Harper Stern, their similar career arcs & theater backgrounds, and why working with Ethan Hawke is so rewarding. The two actors wax poetic about how they click into & out of characters, how much costumes add to storytelling, and Myha’la’s latest film work ...

Kyle hosts social media star, writer & podcaster Evan Ross Katz this week to chat about Mike White dubbing him the “Most Valuable Hypeman In the History of Television,” Evan’s eternal love for Sarah Michelle Gellar & Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and what makes some shows–like Twin Peaks and SATC–timeless. The two delve into Evan’s creative aspirations, how they handled their teen years, Evan...

The one and only Ego Nwodim helps Kyle answer “what are we even doing?” in an infectiously silly chat about how she plotted her career trajectory from USC biology major to successful actor, writer & comedian, the unforgettable magic of Miss Eggy & Ego’s canon of masterful SNL characters, her creative process & improv superpowers, and the importance of presence & fun. Kyle and Ego unpack that time s...