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Tonight: my interviews with Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard + Green River, Brad, Beck, Tracy Bonham, Blondie, QOTSA, Pogues, Catherine Wheel, new Richard Ashcroft, and the Portlandia theme. 6p ET on WFPK.

“I don't want to see old footage because it would replace my memory of the experience.” Chris Cornell on rock myths, the Hall of Fame, parenting through Spotify, and still solving his own songs years later. lpm.org/music/2015-11-…

“I’m still here. You should applaud for that.” Rufus Wainwright on the anniversary of Want, living in “the belly of the beast,” and why his "awful" producers were (sometimes) right. lpm.org/music/2023-12-…

“Nobody tells us what an Indigo Girls song should be. We do that to ourselves.” Emily Saliers on breaking old patterns, writing through grief, and finding freedom. youtu.be/FR22sHEgvr0?si…

“We had a meltdown in an L.A. diner and realized we had to take control.” Ben Barlow of #NeckDeep on scrapping the old sessions, getting political, writing “Heartbreak of the Century,” and leaning into low-budget alien chaos. lpm.org/music/2024-02-…

Tonight: #DepecheMode’s Martin Gore is my guest + Grandaddy, Suzanne Vega, Alison Moyet, Prince, Jim Carroll, The Killers & Springsteen live, and the Unsolved Mysteries theme. 6p ET on WFPK.

Happy Gilmore 2 director Kyle Newacheck joins @KyleMeredith to discuss reviving the beloved '90s comedy, working with Adam Sandler, and more → cons.lv/8O9bJt

Kyle Newacheck joins Kyle Meredith With… to talk #HappyGilmore2, 90s comedy nostalgia, and discovering Bad Bunny might be a comedic genius. consequence.net/2025/07/happy-…

#StoneGossard: “Letting your art get destroyed by your bandmates works out.” We talked #PearlJam, Painted Shield, why he’ll never play the Sphere, and why he’s not doing a back-to-back solo pose with McCready: “I’ll fall over.” lpm.org/music/2024-05-…

Fran Healy on the latest Travis LP: “It’s a love letter to LA, but a fuck you too.” We talked swearing records, gaslighting, and why social media is “the opposite of the town square.” lpm.org/music/2024-08-…

#AdiaVictoria: “I didn’t want to write a Trump song—I might turn orange.” We talked Backwards Blues, gentrification, and performing protest music for crowds that sometimes walk out. lpm.org/music/2016-11-…

Depeche Mode's Martin Gore on turning Trump-era panic into wordless protest, why AI music is a blessing and a curse, and letting a monkey paint his album cover. lpm.org/music/2021-03-…

#ModernEnglish’s Robbie Grey: “We didn’t want to sound like a load of old men.” So they made Take Me to the Trees, a snarling 2017 album born of reunion, rage & refusing to go quietly. Also, I Melt With You still pays the bills. lpm.org/music/2017-03-…

Tonight: Swedish pop star Zara Larsson is my guest + Bowie, Nine Inch Nails, U2, Morrissey, B-52s, Gin Blossoms, D’Angelo, Chili Peppers, live American Football, and new SG Goodman. 6p ET on WFPK.

#RogerTaylor says #Queen were always outsiders—so maybe it tracks that his solo record Outsider is equal parts elegy, rebellion, and playground clapping song. We talked mortality, melody, gangsters, and why he’s the tide guy, not the TikTok guy. lpm.org/music/2021-11-…

#ThurstonMoore: “Making a record right now is political. Even just putting good energy into the world is political.” The #SonicYouth guitarist and I talked guitar solos, voting for AOC, and writing Sonic Life. lpm.org/music/2020-12-…

Zara Larsson calls Midnight Sun her “greatest body of work,” channels folklore nymph energy, and drops the quote of the year: “I don’t give a fuck—but I do care a lot.” lpm.org/music/2025-07-…

“She’s sick and tired of being sick and tired.” #MonicaRaymund and #Hightown creator Rebecca Cutter joined me to talk addiction, beach blackouts, directing, and the finale. Plus, #TheHuntingWives. youtu.be/AtInP_ciSVc?si…

Is Years to Burn a midlife crisis or a jazz record in disguise? I caught up with #IronandWine's Sam Beam to talk about collaborating with #Calexico again, revisiting Our Endless Numbered Days, & how a bassist’s dad joke accidentally titled a song suite. lpm.org/music/2019-08-…

Brooke Annibale went full indie-pop in the Maine woods, got inspired by Robyn, and broke her Grey’s Anatomy boycott—just long enough to hear her song on TV. lpm.org/music/2018-10-…