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Idina Menzel on Reclaiming and Reframing What It Means to Be a Drama Queen Aug 25, 2023

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Idina Menzel joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Drama Queen, her first album of new material since 2016’s self-titled LP. The Broadway legend, who’s also starring in Netflix’s You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah with Adam Sandler, tells us why she wanted to make a disco-inspired record and looking towards Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, and Cher as inspirations, working with Nile Rodgers and Jake Shears, and the forthcoming nature that her songwriting partners appreciate. Menzel also reveals the stories behind “Make Me Hate Me,” “Move,” and “Beast” and why it was important for her to reclaim and reframe what being a drama queen means coming from someone who says there’s no need to apologize for having big, intense emotions.

Listen to Idina Menzel sit and chat about all this and more in the new episode or watch it on Youtube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.

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The Hives on Youth, Maturity, & The Hottest Show They’ve Ever Played Aug 23, 2023

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The Hives join Kyle Meredith to talk about The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons, their first album in 11 years. Howlin' Pelle Almqvist and Nicholaus Arson tell us about how depressing it was to not have any new material, how this LP might speak to their 30th anniversary, and the desire to keep creating music that felt like youth more than maturity. The Swedish rockers also give us the stories behind “Bogus Operandi” and “The Bomb,” playing a 110-degree show in Italy and getting a major compliment from The Drums.

Listen to The Hives chat about all this and more in the new episode and you can also watch the interview on Youtube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.

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Barry Manilow on Electronic Music, Broadway, & 50th Anniversary of his Debut Aug 21, 2023

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Barry Manilow joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his current tour, album anniversaries, and upcoming releases. The legendary singer tells us about the money he donates to high school music programs on each stop of his tour, his love of melodies and how that was the cause of his success as a commercial jingle writer, and his love of electronic artists Underworld, Fat Boy Slim, and Claptone. Manilow also discusses his most recent record “Night Songs II,” his musical “Harmony,” which is finally premiering on Broadway, and the stories behind his debut album (which turns 50 this year) and Manilow Sings Sinatra (which turns 25). We also get to hear about his next projects, which include a pop album and a Christmas album.

Listen to Barry Manilow sit and chat about all this and more in the new episode or watch it on Youtube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.

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Cory Finley on Landscape With Invisible Hand, 1950s American Television, & the Dark Future of A.I. Aug 18, 2023

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Cory Finley joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the new movie, Landscape With Invisible Hand, which finds an occupying alien species' bureaucratic rule and advanced technology that leaves most of Earth impoverished and unemployed, while two teenagers hatch a risky plan to ensure their families' futures. The director/screenwriter discusses why he chose to adapt the MT Anderson book, the sci-fi movies of the 80s and indie cinema of the 90s that influenced him, and casting the movie with Tiffany Haddish, Kylie Rogers, Asante Blackk, and Josh Hamilton. Finley also digs into why the aliens are obsessed with 1950s’s American television, how own dark view of the future and A.I., and the music and Michael Abels score that soundtracks the film.

Listen to Cory Finley chat about all this and more in the new episode. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.

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They Cloned Tyrone Filmmakers on Clones, Conspiracies, & Erykah Badu’s New Version of Tyrone Aug 16, 2023

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Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier join Kyle Meredith to talk about the movie They Cloned Tyrone, which follows three friends as they discover and ultimately uncover an underground government cloning operation running experiments in the midst of their town and stars Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, and John Boyega. The filmmakers, who co-wrote the movie while Taylor directed, talk about the feelings they had of helming their first major picture, the fun of world building and coming up with the small and specific character traits of the clones, and watching fans make their own art after watching. The duo also talk about the underlying messages of the story, from unmentioned references to the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, along with why its fun to write about conspiracies and capers, as well as the music of the film calling back to 70’s & 80s funk and r&b, and how they got Erykah Badu to re-record “Tyrone”.

Listen to Juel Taylor & Tony Rettenmaier chat about all this and more in the new episode and you can also watch the conversation on Youtube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.

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Madison Beer on the Music of the 60s, Personal Growth, & Being Inspired by The Beatles Aug 14, 2023

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Madison Beer joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new album, Silence Between Songs. The pop star discusses her growth through therapy and self-care, her attraction to the music of the 60s, and which song on the new collection was inspired by The Beatles’ “Yesterday”. Beer also tells us how she developed the LP and making sure it stands as an album in the classic sense, writing about her brother Ryder, and how the album title applied to her life.

Listen to Madison Beer chat about all this and more in the new episode and you can also watch the interview on Youtube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.

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Tom Harper and Matthias Schweighöfer on Gal Godot’s Heart of Stone, A.I., & Classic Needle Drops Aug 11, 2023

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With Heart of Stone now on Netflix director Tom Harper and actor Matthias Schweighöfer sit down with Kyle Meredith to dig into the Gal Gadot-starring action film. The two discuss how the movie reflects our current conversations around A.I. and how they both see it’s encroachment on the future of their professions, as well as the more intimate acting Schweighöfer was able to do in contrast with the action happening around Gadot. Mattias also lets us in on what he’d like to see as his character’s action sequence song (hint: It’s a Rod Stewart classic), while Harper divulges on how Foreigner’s “I Want To Know What Love Is” ended up backdropping one of the funnier scenes. And with the obvious question hanging in the air, we also hear thoughts on if they want this to be a franchise, and if so, what that means for a slow motion action scene with Mattias in the future.

Listen to Tom Harper and actor Matthias Schweighöfer sit chat about all this and more in the new episode or watch it on Youtube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.

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Kyle Meredith Rewind: The Band's Robbie Robertson Aug 10, 2023

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In the wake of The Band's Robbie Robertson passing away on August 9th, we're honoring his memory be releasing this 2019 episode of Kyle Meredith With... Robertson's family, who were with him when he died, said this in a statement through his management: "Robertson recently completed his fourteenth film music project with frequent collaborator Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon,” the statement continued. “In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that donations be made to the Six Nations of the Grand River to support the building of their new cultural center.”

Here are the show notes from the original episode's release:

Legendary co-founder of The Band Robbie Robertson speaks with Kyle Meredith about Sinematic, his first solo album in eight years, and how it ties in with the score to Martin Scorsese's The Irishman. From there, he discusses his long collaborative history with the legendary filmmaker, one that dates back to The Last Waltz and Raging Bull, and how his knack for writing character studies has been appealing to Scorsese. It's also the 50th anniversary of The Band's self-titled sophomore LP, so naturally, Kyle and Robertson take a trip back to 1969 to discuss what it was like to be part of a musical revolution with Bob Dylan and how he's retracing all of this history in the new documentary, Once Were Brothers. Robbie also teases a follow up to Testimony, his 2016 autobiography, which will focus on his career after The Band broke up.

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Faouzia on Transition Periods, Comfort Zones, & New Music Aug 09, 2023

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Moroccan-Canadian singer-songwriter Faouzia joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her latest single, "La La La," and proclaims this is "a doll summer." She hashes out why she's going for a more uptempo sound with her latest set, keeping her influences hidden for a more original sound, and not having an Arabic-Western pop artist to look to when she was young. Faouzia also discusses why she decided to cover Eiffel 65's "I'm Blue" and that contrary to some interpretations, last year's Citizen was only an EP, meaning that she's yet to release her debut album.

Listen to Faouzia chat about all this and more in the new episode and you can also watch the interview on Youtube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.

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Bethany Cosentino on Self Discovery, Being an Icon, & Getting Guidance from Hayley Williams and Shirley Manson Aug 07, 2023

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Bethany Cosentino catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about her debut solo album, Natural Disaster. The Best Coast singer tells us about keeping the album a secret for the past few years and why it was time to put her band on indefinite hiatus, finding her new voice and musical direction, and writing what amounts to an album about self-discovery instead of the lyrics about relationships that she may have been known for. Cosentino also discusses how she leaned into the sound of 90s heroes like Counting Crows, Sheryl Crow, REM, and Liz Phair, and having Paramore’s Hayley Williams and Garbage’s Shirley Manson offer encouragement and guidance.

Listen to Bethany Cosentino chat about all this and more in the new episode or watch it on Youtube. Please take the time to like, review, and subscribe to KMW wherever you get your podcasts, and keep up to date with all our series by following the Consequence Podcast Network.

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