Tonight’s guests include Paloma Faith, Ashton Irwin (5SOS), and Maggie Lindemann. Plus new music, classics, news, and more. 6p ET on WFPK. Calm down.

Bella Thorne said Find Your Friends broke down the fear women are taught to have of one another. It also gave her the rare opportunity to walk onto set and announce, “We’re cutting a dick off today, ladies. Let’s go.” www.lpm.org/music/2026-0...

Thanks to all who came out for the Flyover Film Festival screening of The Man with the Big Hat last Friday at the Brown Theatre. Really wonderful venue for the film; and great discussion after with @kylemeredith.lpm.org! We'll have an exciting announcement about the film's next festival(s) soon.

Tonight’s guests include Tori Amos, Rufus Wainwright, and Martin Gore (Depeche Mode)! Plus new music, classics, news, and more. 6p ET on WFPK. Everything counts

Jane Seymour joins me to talk Harry Wild Season 5, reuniting with Joe Lando, why their chemistry still “crackles,” and the incredible story of how her homes hosted recordings by Radiohead, The Cure, Johnny Cash, and more. consequence.net/2026/08/jane...

Tonight’s guests include Adrianne Lenker (Big Thief), Grace Cummings, and Fran Healy (Travis). Plus new music, classics, news, and more. 6p ET on WFPK. Weather permitting.

Derek Trucks wanted his “Future Soul” solo to sound like the room was going to blow up. An old Flying V and Octavia pedal gave him an instrument that felt like “wrestling a snake.” He told the engineer to roll tape and hung on for dear life. www.lpm.org/music/2026-0... #DerekTrucks

Dave Bayley didn’t fit in as a kid, so he found refuge in weird music and even weirder television. Glass Animals’ Dreamland grew from that world, where Space Ghost, Dr. Dre, The Beatles, and childhood memories could all occupy the same frequency. www.lpm.org/music/2020-1...

Tony Hale’s deleted Office Romance bathroom breakdown involved a sink, a headstand, water, and screaming from the floor. “With comedy, you’re signing up to make a fool of yourself.” Hale apparently read the contract very carefully. www.lpm.org/music/2026-0... #TonyHale #Movies

Tom Jones held onto “I’m Growing Old” for nearly 50 years because he knew he hadn’t earned it yet. “You’ve got to make time count,” he told me. At 80, he became the oldest artist to debut at No. 1 in the UK. www.lpm.org/music/2021-0...

“I’m incredibly confused and scared most of the time.” Ol Parker told me that’s partly why he keeps making romantic comedies. The world is uncertain, but Jennifer Lopez and Brett Goldstein are still contractually obligated to figure it out. www.lpm.org/music/2026-0...

TONIGHT IN LOUISVILLE, KY - The Man with the Big Hat screens Friday, July 31st, 7pm at Brown Theatre. Director Austin Sayre, Producer Stephanie Moore, & I will be in town for the Q&A after the film with the incredible @kylemeredith.lpm.org Tickets: tickets.kentuckyperformingarts.org/26303

Before the 2024 onstage fistfight with Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro told me Jane’s Addiction needed a little volatility to feel original. He also joked, “No wonder we’ve broken up 10 times. We’re crazy.” That interview immediately aged poorly, or right on time. www.lpm.org/music/2024-0...

Murray Bartlett and Brandon Flynn play men who can justify practically anything in Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed. Bartlett told me why he’s drawn to complicated characters, while Flynn explained why Trevor’s intimacy with his clients couldn’t feel like an act. www.lpm.org/music/2026-0...

Tonight’s guests include Joel Courtney, Andy Delaney, and Faouzia. Plus new music, classics, news, and more. 6p ET on WFPK. All rise.

Had a great time talking with Rupert Grint, Seidi Haarla, and director Hanna Bergholm about Nightborn. We get into body horror, Finnish mythology, animatronic babies, and why the first year of parenthood can feel like the ultimate horror story. consequence.net/2026/07/nigh...

Tonight’s guests include Travis Fimmel, Luciane Buchanan, and Michiel Huisman. Plus new music, classics, news, and more. 6p ET on WFPK. Pillage responsibly.

Stereophonics frontman Kelly Jones stepped outside the band for Far From Saints, his project with Patty Lynn and Dwight Baker. They made the debut in nine days, waited four years to release it, then had to relearn what they’d recorded. www.lpm.org/music/2023-0...

Jake Johnson played Karl’s breakdown as straight drama until the note came back: “I’m looking for a comedic panic attack.” He and Jessy Hodges told me how Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed found room for laughs inside the custody fights, true crime, and general misery. www.lpm.org/music/2026-0...

Tonight’s guests include Jane Kaczmarek, Willem Dafoe, and Emily Bett Rickards. Plus new music, classics, news, etc. 6p ET on WFPK. It’ll be a gas!

Is it better to live a lie if the truth will destroy you? Tim Robbins, Common, Alexandria Riley, Ashley Zukerman, and Jessica Henwick joined me to unpack the shifting power, fractured memories, and political paranoia of Silo Season 3. consequence.net/2026/07/silo...

Tonight’s guests include Chris Cornell and Stone Gossard. I’m looking back at earlier interviews with Cornell, who passed away in 2017, and his onetime Temple of the Dog bandmate and regular guest on the show, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard. Plus new music, classics, news, etc. 6p ET on WFPK.

Ian Hunter made Defiance in a basement, then Slash, Jeff Beck, Mike Campbell, Taylor Hawkins, and the rest started piling in. At 84, he still treated songwriting like catching whatever the spirits threw over the wall. “I’d like to think that I still get lucky sometimes.” www.lpm.org/music/2023-0...

“You don’t get a story if you don’t go up the stairs.” Tatiana Maslany told me why Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed needed Paula to ignore every sensible instinct, grab a hockey stick, and walk straight toward the trouble. www.lpm.org/music/2026-0...

Beabadoobee was supposed to become a nursery teacher. Instead, she made Fake It Flowers and screamed loudly enough to hide how sad she really was. She told me how touring forced her to confront the childhood wounds she’d carried into adulthood. www.lpm.org/music/2020-1...

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed begins with an epidemic of loneliness and ends up somewhere around digital voyeurism, amateur detective fever, and Tatiana Maslany starring in her own modern-day Rear Window. David J. Rosen and David Gordon Green told me how it all came together.

Bill Callahan tried playing “Tugboats and Tumbleweeds” for his superhero-obsessed son. The kid simply left the room. No notes, no review, just the purest form of music criticism. www.lpm.org/music/2019-0... #BillCallahan #Music

“There’s nothing longer than a short film.” Tom Cavanagh told me the line in You’re Killing Me needed no ornamentation or overplaying. Good writing had already done the job. His only responsibility was not getting in its way. www.lpm.org/music/2026-0... #TomCavanagh #YoureKillingMe

“People make change, not politicians.” B-Real told me how Prophets of Rage sharpened Cypress Hill’s political voice, why Kentucky should embrace its cannabis culture, and how the group was still giving everybody hell 30 years later. www.lpm.org/music/2022-0...

Tonight’s guests include John Gallagher Jr., Jasmine Cephas Jones, and Carl Clemons-Hopkins! Plus new music, classics, news, etc. 6p ET on WFPK. Three’s good company.