Best WFPK Podcasts (2024)

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Spike Feresten on the Absurd Comedy in Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted 19:23

1d ago19:23

19:23

Spike Feresten joins Kyle Meredith to talk about teaming up with Jerry Seinfeld for Unfrosted, the new Netflix comedy about the earth-shattering invention of the Pop-Tart. Set in the early '60s in the town of Battle Creek, Michigan, Unfrosted is the hilarious saga of Kellogg's and Post, sworn cereal rivals, as they race to create a pastry that will…

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Shinedown’s Brent Smith on "A Symptom of Being Human," Olivia Rodrigo’s Rock Status & Their Next LP 42:23

3d ago42:23

42:23

Shinedown’s Brent Smith joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the continued success of their 2022 album Planet Zero and its single “A Symptom of Being Human,” what to expect from the band's next record, and more. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The frontman discusses why he thinks the band's music continues to resonate years a…

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Sarah Dowland on Sue Bird: In the Clutch, WNBA & Caitlin Clark’s Record-Breaking Season 36:01

5d ago36:01

36:01

Sarah Dowland joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her documentary, Sue Bird: In the Clutch. The documentarian, who is also behind the legendary visual effects for several Harry Potter and Matrix films, tells us why she wanted to tell the story of the basketball legend leading up to Bird’s retirement, why we look up to athletes, and the great coincide…

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Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield on Tigers Blood, Self-Evaluation & Michael Stipe As Her Vocal Inspiration 21:12

6d ago21:12

21:12

Katie Crutchfield, the creative force behind Waxahatchee, chats with Kyle Meredith about Tigers Blood, her immaculate new record. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The singer-songwriter explains how much of the album was written while on the road touring (get tickets to her upcoming dates here!), as well as how such an envir…

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The Bacon Brothers on Tattoos, Airport Bars & Covering Pat Benatar 24:48

8d ago24:48

24:48

Legendary actor Kevin Bacon and his big brother and film composer Michael Bacon join Kyle Meredith to discuss the new album from their collaborative musical project The Bacon Brothers, Ballad of the Brothers. Listen to the new episode now. The duo talk about their upbringings in Philadelphia and how the setting has shaped their sound. While on the …

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Scoot McNairy on Blood For Dust, Speak No Evil & Nightbitch 23:32

10d ago23:32

23:32

Scoot McNairy joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his new film, Blood for Dust, a gritty crime drama in which he plays a traveling salesman being lured down a dark and dangerous path. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. The Narcos: Mexico actor explains how he approached the everyman character he portrays in Blood for Dust, leaning into the charac…

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Pearl Jam's Mike McCready on Mad Season and Almost Starting a Band with Kurt Cobain: Podcast 46:03

12d ago46:03

46:03

With Pearl Jam’s Dark Matter now out in the world, we’re pulling a pair of interviews with guitarist Mike McCready out of the vault. Listen to both wherever you get your podcasts. Rewinding to the year 2012, McCready digs into his side projects, from his UFO tribute band Flight to Mars to The Rockfords to his pre-Pearl Jam band Shadow. Then comes t…

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The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling on Tickets Prices, Progressive Topics, & John Hughes 43:04

13d ago43:04

43:04

The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling drops by Kyle Meredith With… to talk about the Record Store Day reissue of the band's sophomore album Wha'ppen? Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The '80s legend digs into how he still connects to the dire warnings baked into the songs even 40 years after originally singing them, as well as h…

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Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard on Dark Matter, The Sphere, and the Band's Next Project 29:34

15d ago29:34

29:34

Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about working with Andrew Watt, finding inspiration in The Cure, and (of course) the band’s new album, Dark Matter. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The guitarist explains the joy of reconnecting with producer Andrew Watt, as well as how recording like they did…

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Beth Ditto on Gossip’s Return, Rick Rubin’s Guidance, and Social Progress 31:23

17d ago31:23

31:23

Beth Ditto joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Gossip’s reunion album, Real Power. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Ditto gets into how the group decided to work with legendary producer Rick Rubin upon their reunion, as well as all of the hijinks that ensued while making the record at Rubin's Hawaiian studio. The singer also …

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Skeet Ulrich on Working with Giancarlo Esposito, AMC's Parish, and the Future of His Scream Character: Podcast 18:33

19d ago18:33

18:33

Skeet Ulrich joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his role in AMC's Parish, the Giancarlo Esposito-starring series. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Parish follows a family man in New Orleans (Esposito) in the aftermath of his son's violent killing and the collapse of his business. After reconnecting with an old friend from hi…

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Maggie Lindemann on Looking to Gwen Stefani and Amy Lee for Career Guidance 19:42

20d ago19:42

19:42

Maggie Lindemann joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new EP, HEADSPLIT. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The alt-metal singer-songwriter chats about paring down the scale of HEADSPLIT in order to build up to her next big project. Doing so, however, had a sort of freeing effect, allowing her to experiment with both her sou…

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Elbow’s Guy Garvey Tells Inside Stories of Audio Vertigo, Knife Fights & Talk Talk Beats 25:28

22d ago25:28

25:28

Elbow’s Guy Garvey joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Audio Vertigo, the newest album from the English rock band. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Garvey gets into how the band developed a beat-driven mindset for the record, which eventually led them to reinvent how they approached recording. Once in the studio, bands like T…

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Martin Amini on New Special I'm Transcending, Dark Humor, and Comedy in the TikTok Era 23:02

24d ago23:02

23:02

Martin Amini joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his new special I’m Transcending, as well as the behind-the-scenes special Back in the Gym. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Amini chats about how the age of TikTok has required comedians to come up with new material at breakneck speed. The pace can be exhausting, but it's also…

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George McKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett on the Duality and Revenge of Femme 20:12

26d ago20:12

20:12

George McKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett join Kyle Meredith to discuss Femme, a revenge thriller about Jules, who as Aphrodite Banks has a place among London’s celebrated drag artists. One night after a show, he steps out to get some cigarettes and is brutally attacked by a man out with a gang of his friends. Although Jules can recover physically, h…

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Rudy Mancuso on Synesthesia, Making His Life a Movie & Getting Slapped with a Fish 19:16

27d ago19:16

19:16

Rudy Mancuso joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Música, the mostly true film based on his own life. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Música tells a coming-of-age love story about an aspiring creator with synesthesia who must come to terms with an uncertain future. All the while, he's navigating the pressures of love, family,…

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Hamish Linklater on Portraying Abraham Lincoln alongside Tobias Menzies in Manhunt 14:29

29d ago14:29

14:29

Hamish Linklater joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Manhunt, a conspiracy thriller about one of the best-known but least understood crimes in history, the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. The actor, who portrays the late president, tells us about wanting to show the family side …

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Gary Clark Jr. on the Self Discovery Behind His New Multi-Genre Symphony, JPEG RAW 25:06

1M ago25:06

25:06

Gary Clark Jr. joins Kyle Meredith to talk about JPEG RAW, his first new album in five years. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The singer-guitarist recaps the eventful five years since his last project, 2019's This Land, an album that left him feeling burnt out. And yet, he found new energy after winning big at that year's …

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Danielle MacDonald on The Tourist, Blink 182, Jelly Roll, & Billy Joel’s “Piano Man" 27:02

1M ago27:02

27:02

Danielle MacDonald joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Season 2 of The Tourist, out now on Netflix. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Originally cutting her teeth in the indie movie scene, MacDonald's career has been on an upward trajectory for years. Recently, she even had a cameo in a music video for Jelly Roll. "I don't eve…

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Sheryl Crow on the Empathy, Joy, and Fear in Evolution 18:51

1M ago18:51

18:51

Sheryl Crow joins Kyle Meredith to dig into the details of her album, Evolution, a record that comes after Crow announced on Meredith’s show in 2018 that she wouldn’t be making any more LPs (a sentiment she recently echoed). Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee discusses teaming up with pro…

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Kyle Meredith With… The 900th Episode Special! 37:17

1M ago37:17

37:17

Join Kyle Meredith as he looks back on the 100 most recent interviews of Kyle Meredith With… to celebrate the show's 900th episode! Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Hear clips from Brandon Flowers, the lead singer of The Killers, who discusses how the trajectory of his songwriting changed after finding Bruce Springsteen and…

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The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic on Indecision 2024, 90’s SNL, Mitch McConnell, & Jason Isbell 30:23

1M ago30:23

30:23

The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the comedy news program’s coverage of Indecision 2024. The comedian (who happens to be from the same hometown of Louisville, KY as Kyle) discusses her journey of being inspired and obsessed with late 90s SNL to finding her comedy path after moving to Los Angeles where she would land role…

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The Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid on Starting Over, 40th Anniversary, & Digging the Eagles 30:49

1M ago30:49

30:49

The Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the band’s new LP, Glasgow Eyes. The guitarist/songwriter tells us how the brothers had to restart recording the album from scratch after their engineer lost the entire original album, how this record lines up with their 40th anniversary and how it speaks to their career, and…

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The Veronicas on New Album Gothic Summer's Nods to The B-52’s and The Cramps 21:52

1M ago21:52

21:52

The Veronicas join Kyle Meredith to talk about Gothic Summer, the latest release from the Australian twin sisters. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Lisa and Jessica Origliasso talk about being heavily influenced by their rock upbringing and how the bands from their youth have manifested in their sound. "Our song 'Jungle' is…

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John Bradley on 3 Body Problem, The Beatles, & the Rumored Jon Snow Sequel 30:02

1M ago30:02

30:02

Game of Thrones actor John Bradley joins Kyle Meredith to talk about starring in Netflix’s 3 Body Problem. Listen to the new wherever you get your podcasts. Bradley discusses reconnecting with Game of Thrones heads David Benioff and D.B. Weiss for the new series, as well as how the process for 3 Body Problem differed from that of the hugely popular…

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Spike Feresten on the Absurd Comedy in Jerry Seinfeld’s Unfrosted 19:23

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Shinedown’s Brent Smith on "A Symptom of Being Human," Olivia Rodrigo’s Rock Status & Their Next LP 42:23

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Sarah Dowland on Sue Bird: In the Clutch, WNBA & Caitlin Clark’s Record-Breaking Season 36:01

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Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield on Tigers Blood, Self-Evaluation & Michael Stipe As Her Vocal Inspiration 21:12

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The Bacon Brothers on Tattoos, Airport Bars & Covering Pat Benatar 24:48

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Scoot McNairy on Blood For Dust, Speak No Evil & Nightbitch 23:32

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Pearl Jam's Mike McCready on Mad Season and Almost Starting a Band with Kurt Cobain: Podcast 46:03

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The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling on Tickets Prices, Progressive Topics, & John Hughes 43:04

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Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard on Dark Matter, The Sphere, and the Band's Next Project 29:34

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Beth Ditto on Gossip’s Return, Rick Rubin’s Guidance, and Social Progress 31:23

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Skeet Ulrich on Working with Giancarlo Esposito, AMC's Parish, and the Future of His Scream Character: Podcast 18:33

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Maggie Lindemann on Looking to Gwen Stefani and Amy Lee for Career Guidance 19:42

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Elbow’s Guy Garvey Tells Inside Stories of Audio Vertigo, Knife Fights & Talk Talk Beats 25:28

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Martin Amini on New Special I'm Transcending, Dark Humor, and Comedy in the TikTok Era 23:02

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George McKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett on the Duality and Revenge of Femme 20:12

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Rudy Mancuso on Synesthesia, Making His Life a Movie & Getting Slapped with a Fish 19:16

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Hamish Linklater on Portraying Abraham Lincoln alongside Tobias Menzies in Manhunt 14:29

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Gary Clark Jr. on the Self Discovery Behind His New Multi-Genre Symphony, JPEG RAW 25:06

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Danielle MacDonald on The Tourist, Blink 182, Jelly Roll, & Billy Joel’s “Piano Man" 27:02

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Sheryl Crow on the Empathy, Joy, and Fear in Evolution 18:51

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Kyle Meredith With… The 900th Episode Special! 37:17

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The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic on Indecision 2024, 90’s SNL, Mitch McConnell, & Jason Isbell 30:23

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The Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid on Starting Over, 40th Anniversary, & Digging the Eagles 30:49

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The Veronicas on New Album Gothic Summer's Nods to The B-52’s and The Cramps 21:52

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John Bradley on 3 Body Problem, The Beatles, & the Rumored Jon Snow Sequel 30:02

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