Kyle Meredith With...

Kyle Meredith With...

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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November 19, 2025 19 mins

In this episode, Felicity Jones and Kerry Condon talk with Kyle Meredith about the stunning new Netflix film Train Dreams, a dreamlike adaptation of Denis Johnson’s beloved novella. The actresses get into how the movie’s surreal, memory-drift style changed the way they approached the work, the balance between tight scripting and spontaneous “go feed the chickens” moments, and what it was like shooting in the Pacific Northwest with ...

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Abe Sylvia joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Season 2 of Palm Royale on AppleTV. The producer and showrunner digs into the show’s evolution from a satire of American exceptionalism to a sharp look at sisterhood, ambition, and feminism in 1969 Palm Beach. Sylvia talks about crafting the bigger, flashier second season without audience influence, building emotional mirroring into every outrageous twist, and how wome...

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Actor Pierson Fodé joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the new Netflix holiday rom-com A Merry Little Ex-Mas, where he stars alongside Alicia Silverstone, Oliver Hudson, and Melissa Joan Hart. Fodé dives into embracing his “shirtless slow-mo guy” reputation, the art of balancing humor and self-awareness in Christmas movies, and what makes Netflix’s seasonal films so addictive. He also talks about his breakout year ...

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Audrey Nuna joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the wild ride from her sophomore album Trench to becoming part of the global phenomenon KPop Demon Hunters. She digs into how the film changed her career overnight, the surprise of watching a Korean-American project go worldwide, and why recording for HUNTR/X helped her reconnect with the raw, human side of music. Audrey also teases her next album — one f...

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Erika Christensen and Penelope Ann Miller join Kyle Meredith to talk about their new indie film After All, a moving three-generation story about family, forgiveness, and generational trauma. Christensen, who also executive produced, digs into why she was drawn to Ellen—a woman finally forced to grow up—and how the film’s stillness and honesty set it apart from today’s flashier fare. Miller discusses playing a mot...

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Florence Welch of Florence And The Machine joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new album Everybody Scream, her gothiest record yet and a sister to Dance Fever. Florence opens up about insecurity, imperfection, and how a near-death experience reshaped her connection to witchcraft and creativity. She discusses recording raw, unpolished takes with Aaron Dessner, lyrical callbacks to “Daffodil” and “Ca...

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Famke Janssen joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new Netflix series Amsterdam Empire, where she plays Betty, a former pop star out for revenge after her husband’s very public affair. Janssen dives into developing Betty as both actor and executive producer, working in her native Dutch for the first time, and creating the character’s colorful, childlike fashion herself as co-designer. She also tells Kyle about s...

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Ricky Wilson and Simon Rix of Kaiser Chiefs talk with Kyle Meredith about their comeback moment on Education, Education, Education & War—finding purpose again after lineup changes, learning not to play it safe, and rediscovering the joy of being a band that still has something to say. Cut to three years later, and Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub joins Kyle just as Brexit breaks, reflecting on optimism, aging ...

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In two conversations spanning seven years, Moby tells Kyle Meredith about creating beauty in chaos — first at SXSW 2011, where he previewed Destroyed, an album and photo book born from sleepless nights in hotel rooms, filled with “broken-down electronics” and midnight-highway moods. Flash forward to 2018, he’s promoting Everything Was Beautiful & Nothing Hurt and unpacking the emotional weight of...

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Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and Ron Funches join Kyle Meredith to talk all about Season 3 of Loot on Apple TV+. The pair get into what it’s like returning to their characters for a third time, how much of their real lives influence the writing, and the magic of collaborating with the show’s team. They also share what it was like filming the instantly-infamous Nude Beach episode with Henry Winkler (it was freezing), ho...

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Kyle Meredith talks with Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene about reuniting the sprawling collective for Hug Of Thunder, rediscovering friendship as the heart of creation, and the emotional night they played Manchester just after the attacks—with Johnny Marr joining onstage.

Then, Sadie Dupuis of Speedy Ortiz joins twice: first in 2015, when she discussed using Foil Deer to p...

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Backstage at Bourbon And Beyond, Kyle Meredith caught up with Mary Chapin Carpenter to talk about her new album Personal History, a record she says she’s been working on for nearly five years and one that truly earns its title. She digs into songs like “Paint + Turpentine” and “Girl and Her Dog,” and how the more personal her stories get, the more universal they become.

Then, Kyle talks with Trampled ...

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Here’s a double feature: Marty Stuart joined Kyle Meredith in 2017 to talk about his album Way Out West, a record that drifts between cowboy songs, desert psychedelia, surf rock, and even flying saucers, all captured with help from Heartbreaker Mike Campbell. Stuart also opened up about his deep ties with Native communities, his lifelong love of California’s mythology, and how Western folklore still fuels his son...

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Ian Astbury of The Cult catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about touring both The Cult and their short-lived precursor #DeathCult on the new Paradise Now tour. Astbury digs into the Orwellian echoes of 1983, why revisiting Death Cult feels like a “zero point” reset, and how it recharges his artistic DNA. He also reflects on being an outlier in the mainstream, the contradictions of fame, and his frustrations with the loss o...

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Kyle Meredith sat down with Colin Hay at both Bonnaroo 2012 and again in 2017, and with Bruce Cockburn that same year, to talk about the strange gifts of staying power. Hay reflected on turning his between-song stories into a comedy tent set, losing Men at Work bandmate Greg Ham while hitting the 30th anniversary of their debut, and how songs can always be reborn if you bring fresh energy. By 2017, he was releasing a new album alon...

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The one and only Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, drops in to talk with Kyle Meredith about her new book Elvira’s Cookbook From Hell. Cassandra Peterson digs into why it took decades to convince publishers this was more than a Halloween gag, but rather a year-round goth lifestyle guide, complete with stories from her childhood, her time in Italy (where she learned to cook and, oh yeah, got kidnapped), and even recipes tied to the 1988...

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Alyvia Alyn Lind joins Kyle Meredith to talk all about the Netflix series Wayward, where she plays a teen trapped in a so-called therapeutic school with cult vibes and a whole lot of buried trauma. The Chucky and Spiderwick Chronicles star digs into the psychological layers of the show, the early-2000s setting (and killer soundtrack featuring Third Eye Blind and Pink Floyd), and what it was like collaborating with creator/co-star M...

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Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy joins Kyle Meredith to dive into his ambitious new triple solo album, Twilight Override. Clocking in at 30 songs across three discs, the project explores the past, present, and future—not as a rigid concept record, but as a flowing arc of memory, meaning, and hope. Tweedy shares how the record was inspired by the voices of his touring band, and how writing for their harmonies pushed the songs into new emotional ...

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The cast of The Senior -- Michael Chiklis, Rob Corddry, and Mary Stuart Masterson -- along with the actual former football player the movie is based upon, Mike Flynt, join Kyle Meredith to talk about the film's wild-but-true story. The Senior follows Flynt as he becomes the older player to ever suit up for a college football team -- at the age of 59.

Chiklis, who was also 59 when filming, talks about the physical toll of hitting...

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Hannah Stocking, Madison Pettis, and Yvonne Orji talk with Kyle Meredith about The Wrong Paris on Netflix — where a contestant (played by Miranda Cosgrove) signs up for a Parisian dating show and lands in Paris, Texas instead, plotting an early exit until feelings complicate the plan. We get into audition choices (including a full-throttle Southern accent), improv on set, playing “ambitiously passionate” reality-show personas, and ...

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