Kyle Meredith
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“Music doesn’t really need your help.” Wayne Coyne talked with me about King’s Mouth — how it grew from an art installation into a narrated album, Mick Jones’ voice being another instrument, and why songs don’t need to explain themselves to be useful.
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The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne: "Songs really can confront unspeakable things."
Wayne Coyne Talks The Flaming Lips, Trippy Children’s Albums, and Revisiting Beatles Classics
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January 14, 2026 at 12:47 AM
“Music doesn’t really need your help.” Wayne Coyne talked with me about King’s Mouth — how it grew from an art installation into a narrated album, Mick Jones’ voice being another instrument, and why songs don’t need to explain themselves to be useful.
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“Life is fine. Life is fragile. I like the ambiguity of that phrase.” Paul Kelly talked with me live from the WFPK studio about Life Is Fine, writing songs that arrive “by chance,” stealing structure from poetry, and why fine is one of the most dangerous words we use.
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Paul Kelly: "Life is fine. I like the ambiguity of that.”
Paul Kelly on Ambiguity, Song Forms, and Songs That Aren't a Shrug
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January 14, 2026 at 12:39 AM
“Life is fine. Life is fragile. I like the ambiguity of that phrase.” Paul Kelly talked with me live from the WFPK studio about Life Is Fine, writing songs that arrive “by chance,” stealing structure from poetry, and why fine is one of the most dangerous words we use.
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“Music without all the other stuff doesn’t really have the personality.” — Wayne Coyne on art, evolution, and why showing the process is part of what makes the music live.
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January 14, 2026 at 12:20 AM
“Music without all the other stuff doesn’t really have the personality.” — Wayne Coyne on art, evolution, and why showing the process is part of what makes the music live.
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“It’s very heavy and dramatic, but there’s a lot of humor in it — which is important, because that’s life.” — Penelope Ann Miller on After All, silence, and playing truth without turning it into a caricature.
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Penelope Ann Miller: "Silence in film is becoming a lost art"
Penelope Ann Miller on After All, Dementia, and Southern Silence
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January 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
“It’s very heavy and dramatic, but there’s a lot of humor in it — which is important, because that’s life.” — Penelope Ann Miller on After All, silence, and playing truth without turning it into a caricature.
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“We’d play a new song and someone would ask, ‘Are you guys still alive?’” — 3OH!3 on the long road back, showing up anyway, and learning how to party sad without overthinking it.
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3OH!3: “We’ve always been self-deprecating"
3OH!3 on Sad Anthems, Middle-Age Clichés, and Accidentally Owning a Porn Site
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January 14, 2026 at 12:05 AM
“We’d play a new song and someone would ask, ‘Are you guys still alive?’” — 3OH!3 on the long road back, showing up anyway, and learning how to party sad without overthinking it.
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“People think you wait for inspiration. You can’t. You’ve gotta get up and do your thing every day… We don’t control the controls.” — Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, Forecastle 2013
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January 14, 2026 at 12:02 AM
“People think you wait for inspiration. You can’t. You’ve gotta get up and do your thing every day… We don’t control the controls.” — Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, Forecastle 2013
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Tonight’s guest list includes Juliana Hatfield, Susanna Hoffs, & FKA Twigs!
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, and whatever other detours might come our way.
6p ET on WFPK. Strong opinions encouraged.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, and whatever other detours might come our way.
6p ET on WFPK. Strong opinions encouraged.
January 13, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Tonight’s guest list includes Juliana Hatfield, Susanna Hoffs, & FKA Twigs!
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, and whatever other detours might come our way.
6p ET on WFPK. Strong opinions encouraged.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, and whatever other detours might come our way.
6p ET on WFPK. Strong opinions encouraged.
For tonight's show, I'll replay some of my talks with Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips), and Genddy Tartakovsky.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, trivia, and whatever weird connective tissue shows up.
6p ET on WFPK.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, trivia, and whatever weird connective tissue shows up.
6p ET on WFPK.
January 12, 2026 at 7:14 PM
For tonight's show, I'll replay some of my talks with Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys), Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips), and Genddy Tartakovsky.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, trivia, and whatever weird connective tissue shows up.
6p ET on WFPK.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, trivia, and whatever weird connective tissue shows up.
6p ET on WFPK.
Neko Case is back, and Neon Grey Midnight Green isn’t just a new album, but a love letter to music, musicians, and the people who show up to complete the circuit. She talks confidence, community, trusting instincts, and… spiders.
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Neko Case on Neon Grey Midnight Green, Making an Album About Music, and Why Spiders Deserve Better PR: Podcast
Neko Case joins the Kyle Meredith With podcast to talk her new album, Neon Grey Midnight Green, upcoming tour, and spiders' need for better PR.
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January 12, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Neko Case is back, and Neon Grey Midnight Green isn’t just a new album, but a love letter to music, musicians, and the people who show up to complete the circuit. She talks confidence, community, trusting instincts, and… spiders.
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“Time will tell how the music affects people… we’re moving so fast in this viral world, we’ll see if it sits with them.” Valerie June on spirituals, old blues records, and why those songs are still alive if you actually open your heart and listen.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:09 AM
“Time will tell how the music affects people… we’re moving so fast in this viral world, we’ll see if it sits with them.” Valerie June on spirituals, old blues records, and why those songs are still alive if you actually open your heart and listen.
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“I don’t put douchebags in my Rolodex.” Kelly Hogan on taking 11 years to make a solo record, being the “frosting” on other people’s songs, and why playing live mattered more than chasing albums. With a perfectly timed Neko Case cameo and zero apologies.
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January 12, 2026 at 12:04 AM
“I don’t put douchebags in my Rolodex.” Kelly Hogan on taking 11 years to make a solo record, being the “frosting” on other people’s songs, and why playing live mattered more than chasing albums. With a perfectly timed Neko Case cameo and zero apologies.
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“…everybody’s light is different, and we need all the different colors.” Valerie June on patience, inner light, and why The Order of Time is about letting dreams grow when they’re ready.
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Valerie June: "Everybody’s light is different and we need all the different colors and shades”
Valerie June on Light, Patience, and Letting Songs Grow When They’re Ready
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January 11, 2026 at 1:08 AM
“…everybody’s light is different, and we need all the different colors.” Valerie June on patience, inner light, and why The Order of Time is about letting dreams grow when they’re ready.
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“…it’s the best lyric I’ve ever written in my life, and I’m terrified to write the music.” Brad Roberts on touring nerves, letting go of albums, and finding inspiration again through philosophy, silence, and time.
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Crash Test Dummies' Brad Roberts: “I had to train myself to enjoy life”
Crash Test Dummies' Brad Roberts on Touring Nerves, Letting Go of Albums, and Writing the Best Lyric of His Life
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January 11, 2026 at 12:54 AM
“…it’s the best lyric I’ve ever written in my life, and I’m terrified to write the music.” Brad Roberts on touring nerves, letting go of albums, and finding inspiration again through philosophy, silence, and time.
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“We didn’t expect a hit. We were just having fun.” Shawn Colvin on A Few Small Repairs at 20, letting go of expectations, the irony of success, and why sequencing—and timing—still matter.
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Shawn Colvin: “We can’t deny that some great divorce records have been made”
Shawn Colvin on A Few Small Repairs, Letting Go of Hits, and the Luxury of Time
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January 11, 2026 at 12:30 AM
“We didn’t expect a hit. We were just having fun.” Shawn Colvin on A Few Small Repairs at 20, letting go of expectations, the irony of success, and why sequencing—and timing—still matter.
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“…the America they’re looking for doesn’t necessarily exist, but they find it in the punk rock community.” Alejandro Escovedo on The Crossing, immigration as a human story, and punk as a place where people still belong.
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January 10, 2026 at 10:24 PM
“…the America they’re looking for doesn’t necessarily exist, but they find it in the punk rock community.” Alejandro Escovedo on The Crossing, immigration as a human story, and punk as a place where people still belong.
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“We never walk into a studio trying to be famous. We’re writing because we have something to say.” Brent Smith on why Planet Zero keeps finding new listeners, how “A Symptom of Being Human” turned into a gift, and why Shinedown still believes in albums.
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Shinedown's Brent Smith: “What good is art if you can’t be bold?”
Shinedown’s Brent Smith on Planet Zero, Playing the Long Game, and “A Symptom of Being Human”
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January 10, 2026 at 9:48 PM
“We never walk into a studio trying to be famous. We’re writing because we have something to say.” Brent Smith on why Planet Zero keeps finding new listeners, how “A Symptom of Being Human” turned into a gift, and why Shinedown still believes in albums.
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“We didn’t rehearse or anything. We just made the thing.” Curt Kirkwood on bringing the original Meat Puppets lineup back together, how Dusty Notes lets the weird stuff wander in, and that making sense is usually overrated.
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Meat Puppets' Curt Kirkwood: "We've never had much of an idea of what we’re doing”
Meat Puppets' Curt Kirkwood on Dusty Notes, Invisible Men, and Letting the Songs Get Weird
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January 10, 2026 at 8:46 PM
“We didn’t rehearse or anything. We just made the thing.” Curt Kirkwood on bringing the original Meat Puppets lineup back together, how Dusty Notes lets the weird stuff wander in, and that making sense is usually overrated.
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“Same haircut for 50 years.” Rod Stewart knows exactly what he’s doing, leaning into the look, the legacy, and the fact that after decades of hits, he still gets to decide how much fun he has with it.
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Rod Stewart & Cyndi Lauper: “From the start, I had to fight like hell to do my own thing
Rod Stewart & Cyndi Lauper talk breaking molds and their outlandish hair & outfits
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January 10, 2026 at 8:42 PM
“Same haircut for 50 years.” Rod Stewart knows exactly what he’s doing, leaning into the look, the legacy, and the fact that after decades of hits, he still gets to decide how much fun he has with it.
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“…music is medicine, and poetry is medicine too.”
Sara Bareilles talked about grief, community, and turning Andrea Gibson’s words into song for Come See Me in the Good Light—a comedic love story about mortality that leaves you lighter than you arrived.
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Sara Bareilles talked about grief, community, and turning Andrea Gibson’s words into song for Come See Me in the Good Light—a comedic love story about mortality that leaves you lighter than you arrived.
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Sara Bareilles: “Grief is not meant to be carried alone”
Sara Bareilles on Turning Grief Into Song, Trusting the Illusion, and Why Comedy Isn’t Frivolous
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January 10, 2026 at 3:14 AM
“…music is medicine, and poetry is medicine too.”
Sara Bareilles talked about grief, community, and turning Andrea Gibson’s words into song for Come See Me in the Good Light—a comedic love story about mortality that leaves you lighter than you arrived.
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Sara Bareilles talked about grief, community, and turning Andrea Gibson’s words into song for Come See Me in the Good Light—a comedic love story about mortality that leaves you lighter than you arrived.
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“…that’s death to an artist.”
Aimee Mann, Joe Henry & Karin Bergquist on fear, illusion, and why imagining the audience kills the work. A rewind worth revisiting.
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Aimee Mann, Joe Henry & Karin Bergquist on fear, illusion, and why imagining the audience kills the work. A rewind worth revisiting.
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Aimee Mann, Joe Henry, & Karin Bergquist: “We’re all just creating illusions"
Aimee Mann, Joe Henry, and Karin Bergquist on Embarrassment, Illusion, and Why Fame Is a Terrible Muse
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January 10, 2026 at 2:41 AM
“…that’s death to an artist.”
Aimee Mann, Joe Henry & Karin Bergquist on fear, illusion, and why imagining the audience kills the work. A rewind worth revisiting.
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Aimee Mann, Joe Henry & Karin Bergquist on fear, illusion, and why imagining the audience kills the work. A rewind worth revisiting.
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“Writing is such a strange animal — the ghost comes and goes.” Kyle Craft on spurts of inspiration, loving messy old-school records, and tracking Full Circle Nightmare live, tape rolling, no safety net.
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Kyle Craft: “Writing is such a strange animal. The ghost comes and goes.”
Kyle Craft on Writing in Spurts, Bleeding Tape, and Full Circle Nightmares
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January 9, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“Writing is such a strange animal — the ghost comes and goes.” Kyle Craft on spurts of inspiration, loving messy old-school records, and tracking Full Circle Nightmare live, tape rolling, no safety net.
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"I went too far into myself. That was the problem." Paolo Nutini on disappearing long enough to learn how to cook, fix his house, dodge burnout and eventually realize Caustic Love wasn’t just songs, it was an album asking to exist.
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Paolo Nutini: "I went too far into myself. That was the problem."
Paolo Nutini on Disappearing, Self-Sufficiency, and Letting an Album Decide for Itself
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January 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
"I went too far into myself. That was the problem." Paolo Nutini on disappearing long enough to learn how to cook, fix his house, dodge burnout and eventually realize Caustic Love wasn’t just songs, it was an album asking to exist.
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“Have I shown you enough of me?” Paolo Nutini on disappearing for eight years, borrowing worlds from True Romance and Jodorowsky’s Dune, and finding his way back on Last Night in the Bittersweet.
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Paolo Nutini: “I’d grown uncomfortable with the kind of exposure that I was getting”
Paolo Nutini on Vanishing Acts, Movie Love Stories, and the Long Way Back to the Bittersweet
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January 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
“Have I shown you enough of me?” Paolo Nutini on disappearing for eight years, borrowing worlds from True Romance and Jodorowsky’s Dune, and finding his way back on Last Night in the Bittersweet.
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“…sometimes we all are desperate.” First Aid Kit talk electric guitars, writing through loneliness, and why turning anger into a punk singalong suddenly feels like taking some power back.
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First Aid Kit: “Sometimes we all are desperate”
First Aid Kit on Electric Guitars, Loneliness, and Turning Anger Into a Singalong
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January 8, 2026 at 11:16 PM
“…sometimes we all are desperate.” First Aid Kit talk electric guitars, writing through loneliness, and why turning anger into a punk singalong suddenly feels like taking some power back.
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“…this album is kind of an autobiography… the inner dialogue of my head.” Noah Cyrus talks The Hardest Part, generational echoes, courage, and turning the heaviest goodbyes into something you can actually live with.
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Noah Cyrus: “There have been a lot of goodbyes lately”
Noah Cyrus on The Hardest Part, Goodbyes That Sting, and Turning Pain Into Something You Can Carry
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January 8, 2026 at 10:53 PM
“…this album is kind of an autobiography… the inner dialogue of my head.” Noah Cyrus talks The Hardest Part, generational echoes, courage, and turning the heaviest goodbyes into something you can actually live with.
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