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October 2, 2025 8 mins
Join Hannah as she sits down with actor and storyteller Kyle MacLachlan to talk about his brand-new podcast. From his iconic roles on Twin Peaks to memorable appearances in Desperate Housewives and Sex and the City, Kyle reflects on a career that’s spanned decades and keeps finding fresh fans. With both series enjoying a new wave of popularity, he shares how revisiting these characters has connected him to a whole new generation of viewers. Plus, Kyle opens up about what inspired his latest project behind the mic and how podcasting lets him connect with audiences in a completely different way.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome back to another episode of That's rad I'm your host,
Hannah Tyler, and I am so excited for today. I
am talking to actor Kyle McLaughlin. Now, you know him
from so many things including Orson from Desperate Housewives, Trey
from Sex and the City, what about Dale Cooper from
Twin Peaks and who could forget him playing the Captain
and how I Met your Mother? Now he's on today

(00:21):
talking all about those roles. We're going down memory lane together,
but we're also talking about his new podcast, What are
we even doing? That you can stream now on our
free iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcasts, And
it's a conversation with him and younger actors and just
talking about where's the industry going, what are some things
we can learn from one another, and how is technology

(00:42):
playing a role in what you're seeing on your films?
And you're hearing now, so I hope you enjoyed this episode.
He was just so incredibly warm and generous and thoughtful.
We laughed a little bit about the Flintstones. We'll hear
all about that now with That's rad.

Speaker 2 (00:56):
Hi, Hannah, how are you?

Speaker 1 (00:57):
I'm great, Kyle, how are you? This morning.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
I'm so good. You're down in North Carolina.

Speaker 1 (01:02):
Yes, where are you at today?

Speaker 2 (01:04):
Now? I'm New York.

Speaker 1 (01:05):
Oh gotcha. So at least you're not on West Coast
time right now.

Speaker 2 (01:08):
That's true. Not much sleep, but that's okay.

Speaker 1 (01:11):
You got this. Thank you so much for joining me today.
I have such a can we call you iconic? Are
you okay with that?

Speaker 2 (01:18):
I'm good with it? Sure.

Speaker 1 (01:19):
I mean when you look at some of Kyle McLaughlin's roles,
we got Desperate Housewives. I mean I know you. Originally
this is going to be showing my age here from
the Flintstones, yay, yes, but others may know you from
Twin Peaks, Sex in the City and now podcaster, let's
get into this podcast right away. What are we even doing?
I love the name of it. Tell us a little

(01:40):
bit about it.

Speaker 2 (01:41):
Thank you so much. It's really a chance for me
to sit down and just have a one on one
conversation with a younger generation creative from a younger generation.
And we've speaked to actors, we speak to musicians, photographers.
I even speak to Willie Bennett, who is an editor
in chief at Cosmo. So people that come from a different,

(02:02):
different place but not necessarily because they're all creative, and
we just talk about the process, the creative process, how
they got started, what inspires them, how social has factored
into their career, and what they do. And I share
a little bit about my journey and I learned about
their journey, and you know, an audience gets to sort
of be privy to this conversation.

Speaker 1 (02:22):
And I love from the preview that I was able
to hear that you're really approaching younger creatives from hey,
we're friends here, not trying to make this generational divide
even thicker, because for years now it's oh you you know,
oh you young ins.

Speaker 2 (02:35):
Oh there's a lot we can learn. Yes, and the
way they do, the where they approach the world, uh,
and the and the impact of certain things like social
on their creativity and who they are as people. It's
it's interesting. I mean this, These are the up and comers,
you know, and these are people that we're going to
be watching and and learning from eventually as as we
age out. And I want to stay part of that

(02:57):
and I want to be part of that community and
understand that community.

Speaker 1 (03:00):
So I love it. And now looking at your amazing resume, right,
you've worked with so many different ages and types of actors,
from children on up. Have you seen a shift in
the creative process as technology and social media comes into
play with younger creatives.

Speaker 2 (03:19):
I think there is a greater fluidity, a greater acceptance
among actors, particularly about for roles, for opportunities. People are
doing things that twenty years ago, thirty years ago, they
wouldn't have thought about doing at all. They would have run,
you know. And I think that that's wonderful. And I
think part of that is the fact that we've got

(03:41):
social media is as such an impact now and that
we have an intimate, a much more intimate relationship with
people through social than you know, some predetermined, pre planned
publicity kind of presentation, right, And I think that's that
has impacted and influenced the work that we're seeing now

(04:02):
and some films and television. So I think that is
really a major shift and a major change. And we
get into that a little.

Speaker 1 (04:10):
Bit in the podcast Oh Awesome, And I'm curious your
perspective as an actor and social media. I mean, let's
talk about Sex and the City. Use that as an example.
It's had this huge resurgence, yes with the reboot, but
also the original show and your character Trey kind of
coming back into that conversation, are you starting to see
people recognize you from roles you did a while back

(04:31):
and you're like, oh, yeah, I was a part of that,
but it's very much part of pop culture again.

Speaker 2 (04:36):
Yes, it's happening. And Sex and the City is a
great example. First of all, that's just a great show,
you know what I mean. And if you want to
go back in time and sort of hang out in
the nineties and enjoy what that was all about a
different time or different world, there's no better show to
watch than that. And I think also Desperate Housewives still
got that kind of energy and people really love to

(04:57):
revisit that show. Again, these are both shows that were
really well written, wonderful actors and performances, and it was
of a time, and I think people will sort of
get a little nostalgic and love to go back and
visit those times. Its place of comfort, Oh for sure.

Speaker 1 (05:12):
I mean I remember it was every Sunday night watching
Desperate Housewives with my mom and she let me stay
up late before I had to go to gope to
bed for school the next morning. Oh good, mom, right exactly?
And now it's funny we're rewatching how I met your
mother and you're the captain.

Speaker 2 (05:28):
Yes, oh, thank you. That was one of my favorite
things to do. I loved I did most of my
stuff with Josh Radner. He is this lovely, lovely guy,
and I had so much fun with that character. He
was just a hoot, a little over the top kind
of crazy, and I just leaned into him really hard
and I had so much fun.

Speaker 1 (05:43):
And I feel like you played those characters so well.
And I would be remiss if we didn't bring up
Twin Peaks, which was such this cultural staple in the nineties.

Speaker 2 (05:51):
Yes, another one that people love to revisit. That one
will stay around for a long time. Well, it's created
by David Lynch, you know what I mean. Anything David
touches is kind of have longevity. He's just that kind
of a creative spirit.

Speaker 1 (06:03):
Now, with your podcast, and I know you're talking more
to millennials and younger, are you bringing in any of
your former co actors to chat about these moments or
even to see where they're then growing with their career.

Speaker 2 (06:16):
There's an interesting idea we haven't yet. Really, we're focused
on sort of a younger generation right now, But that's
a possibility. We've thought about also bringing on maybe someone
my age who has a younger person involved in a
creative journey, you know, and then sharing that because my
son is seventeen, it would be fun to have like
a four way conversation. Yeah, so that's one thought that's
just kind of emerged recently. So we'll see.

Speaker 1 (06:38):
Maybe now podcast, We're still waiting for the episodes to
come out on our free iHeartRadio app. Is there one episode?
Maybe you're a little bit more excited for people to
hear than others, not taking away from any of the
amazing talent you've been chatting with.

Speaker 2 (06:50):
Oh gosh, you know, I really had a wonderful time
speaking with Caleb Caleb Harron. He is such an interesting actor,
such an interesting creative and we we ended up doing
a little, a little spot together for Nordstroms, and he
was just a delight. The guy is super smart and

(07:11):
it just and I love the fact that he is
so connected to his home state. He's from Missouri, and
he goes back home, and as do I. I go
back to Washington frequently for wine in that whole world,
but he goes back to his home and and and
it's just and is very supportive of where he comes from,
and I love that about him. So but I say,
everyone I've spoken with has been interesting and different and

(07:32):
has a completely different perspective. And some know each other.
For instance, I worked with I work with Benito Skinner,
Benny Beny Skinner on Overcompensating, which is coming back, by
the way, exciting, and so I know him, so I
worked with him. And then I also had homes On,
a comedian who was also on the show, who is hilarious.
And I didn't really know them, you know, before, because
they were on the show, but not when I was working.

(07:55):
And so I have to spend some time and kind
of understand this person better. And I really, I really
enjoyed it. That's part of the process for me that
I'm really enjoying about this is just learning about other
young creatives that are inspired inspiring to me.

Speaker 1 (08:08):
Oh, Kyle, thank you so much for being on this morning.
I'm such a fan of your work. Anytime I see
your name, I know it's going to be great and
I cannot wait to listen to what are we even
doing coming out at the end of the month.

Speaker 2 (08:19):
Thanks Hannah thanks Kyle, Bye bye,
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