Kyle Meredith
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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.
www.lpm.org/music/2026-0...
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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“…when someone’s got your heart on the line… being between two versions of yourself.” Jenny Lewis on rotary phones, revenge songwriting, recording with absolute legends, and why music is the thing she leans on when everything else falls away.
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Jenny Lewis: "I’m a party clown. What can I say?"
Jenny Lewis on Being On the Line, Recording With Legends, and Writing Songs for Revenge
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January 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
“…when someone’s got your heart on the line… being between two versions of yourself.” Jenny Lewis on rotary phones, revenge songwriting, recording with absolute legends, and why music is the thing she leans on when everything else falls away.
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“…Jim really wanted to do a blues album.” Robby Krieger on Morrison Hotel, Chuck Berry instincts, Lonnie Mack’s accidental bass heroics, and why the blues still follow him.
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The Doors' Robby Krieger: “We just wanted to get back to basics and have some fun”
Robby Krieger on Morrison Hotel, Blues Discipline, and Lonnie Mack Sounding Like a Freight Train
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January 8, 2026 at 10:45 PM
“…Jim really wanted to do a blues album.” Robby Krieger on Morrison Hotel, Chuck Berry instincts, Lonnie Mack’s accidental bass heroics, and why the blues still follow him.
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Tonight’s guests are The Offspring, Scott Ian (of Anthrax), and Illenium.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, trivia, and detours.
6p ET on WFPK. Batteries not included.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, trivia, and detours.
6p ET on WFPK. Batteries not included.
January 8, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Tonight’s guests are The Offspring, Scott Ian (of Anthrax), and Illenium.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, trivia, and detours.
6p ET on WFPK. Batteries not included.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, trivia, and detours.
6p ET on WFPK. Batteries not included.
“If I have access to pop radio, I should have the antithesis.” Aloe Blacc on why a catchy hook can still carry weight, how “Live My Life” found its way into activism, and that love might be the most radical message left.
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Aloe Blacc: “The best message to preach is love”
Aloe Blacc on Pop With a Point, Activism Fatigue, and Why Love Still Wins
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January 8, 2026 at 12:12 AM
“If I have access to pop radio, I should have the antithesis.” Aloe Blacc on why a catchy hook can still carry weight, how “Live My Life” found its way into activism, and that love might be the most radical message left.
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“It amazes me how overlooked we’ve been.”
— Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go’s
Two years later, they were finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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— Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go’s
Two years later, they were finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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The Go-Go's Kathy Valentine: “Punk leveled the playing field”
Kathy Valentine on Return to the Valley of the Go-Go’s, Punk Timing, and a Song That Keeps Updating Itself
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January 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
“It amazes me how overlooked we’ve been.”
— Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go’s
Two years later, they were finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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— Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go’s
Two years later, they were finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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“I love the way cinema reflects social concerns that are happening right now.”
Tom Harper on Heart of Stone — a slick action thriller that just happened to land right in the middle of the AI moment.
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Tom Harper on Heart of Stone — a slick action thriller that just happened to land right in the middle of the AI moment.
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January 7, 2026 at 10:25 PM
“I love the way cinema reflects social concerns that are happening right now.”
Tom Harper on Heart of Stone — a slick action thriller that just happened to land right in the middle of the AI moment.
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Tom Harper on Heart of Stone — a slick action thriller that just happened to land right in the middle of the AI moment.
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“I’m a whole fool. I’m silly backstage.”
Michaela Jae Rodriguez on Loot Season 3, cast chemistry, and why playing high-strung doesn’t follow her home.
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Michaela Jae Rodriguez on Loot Season 3, cast chemistry, and why playing high-strung doesn’t follow her home.
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Michaela Jaé Rodriguez & Ron Funches: "That nude beach shoot was absolutely cold"
Michaela Jaé Rodriguez & Ron Funches on Loot Season 3, Nude Beaches With Henry Winkler, and Playing Themselves
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January 7, 2026 at 10:18 PM
“I’m a whole fool. I’m silly backstage.”
Michaela Jae Rodriguez on Loot Season 3, cast chemistry, and why playing high-strung doesn’t follow her home.
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Michaela Jae Rodriguez on Loot Season 3, cast chemistry, and why playing high-strung doesn’t follow her home.
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Tonight’s guests are Suki Waterhouse, Shelley Hennig, and Peter Capaldi.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, trivia, and detours.
6p ET on WFPK. No one knows how it ends, but it'll sound fun.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, trivia, and detours.
6p ET on WFPK. No one knows how it ends, but it'll sound fun.
January 7, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Tonight’s guests are Suki Waterhouse, Shelley Hennig, and Peter Capaldi.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, trivia, and detours.
6p ET on WFPK. No one knows how it ends, but it'll sound fun.
Plus four hours of new tracks, classic alternative, trivia, and detours.
6p ET on WFPK. No one knows how it ends, but it'll sound fun.
“...It was shot more like memories — flickers of things you see.”
Felicity Jones and Kerry Condon on Train Dreams, small parts, quiet moments, and letting a movie breathe instead of pushing it forward.
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Felicity Jones and Kerry Condon on Train Dreams, small parts, quiet moments, and letting a movie breathe instead of pushing it forward.
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Felicity Jones and Kerry Condon: "You’re sort of trying to capture life”
Felicity Jones and Kerry Condon on Train Dreams, Small Parts, and Letting a Movie Breathe
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January 7, 2026 at 12:00 AM
“...It was shot more like memories — flickers of things you see.”
Felicity Jones and Kerry Condon on Train Dreams, small parts, quiet moments, and letting a movie breathe instead of pushing it forward.
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Felicity Jones and Kerry Condon on Train Dreams, small parts, quiet moments, and letting a movie breathe instead of pushing it forward.
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“All things have standing. Not just human beings.”
Mark Rylance and Trudie Styler on Spark Hunter, Singularity, empathy, and why a robot’s compassion might scare us more than its intelligence.
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Mark Rylance and Trudie Styler on Spark Hunter, Singularity, empathy, and why a robot’s compassion might scare us more than its intelligence.
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Mark Rylance & Trudie Styler on AI, Singularity, and Evolution
Mark Rylance & Trudie Styler: "Our planet should have standing and be given rights"
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January 6, 2026 at 11:29 PM
“All things have standing. Not just human beings.”
Mark Rylance and Trudie Styler on Spark Hunter, Singularity, empathy, and why a robot’s compassion might scare us more than its intelligence.
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Mark Rylance and Trudie Styler on Spark Hunter, Singularity, empathy, and why a robot’s compassion might scare us more than its intelligence.
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“If they want Peter Pan, I’ll give them RoboCop.”
Alex Turner on defying expectations, dark soul, and why AM was the sound they’d been searching for all along.
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Alex Turner on defying expectations, dark soul, and why AM was the sound they’d been searching for all along.
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Arctic Monkeys' Alex Tuner & Matt Helders: “If they want Peter Pan, I’ll give them RoboCop”
Arctic Monkeys on Shape-Shifting, RoboCop Ambitions, and the Soul of AM
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January 6, 2026 at 11:14 PM
“If they want Peter Pan, I’ll give them RoboCop.”
Alex Turner on defying expectations, dark soul, and why AM was the sound they’d been searching for all along.
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Alex Turner on defying expectations, dark soul, and why AM was the sound they’d been searching for all along.
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