Best David Oates Podcasts (2025)

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Kevin Bacon & Jennifer Nettles on The Bondsman, Writing From a Character’s Soul, and That Helluva Soundtrack 19:28

1d ago19:28

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Turns out when your bounty hunter comes back from the dead, he brings a six-string and a record deal. Kevin Bacon and Jennifer Nettles join Kyle Meredith to talk about The Bondsman, their new horror-but-make-it-heartfelt Prime Video series with a twangy demonic twist. They break down how the show’s rootsy, Appalachian world inspired them to co-writ…

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Counting Crows’ Adam Duritz on Butter Miracle, Lost Songs, and Live Favorites 53:33

3d ago53:33

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What took four years, required a personal crisis of confidence, and started as a riff about “coronavirus”? The Butter Miracle: The Complete Sweets, apparently. Kyle Meredith sits down with Adam Duritz—who’s somehow still underrating “Einstein on the Beach”—to talk about finally releasing Butter Miracle, rewriting half the songs from scratch, and co…

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Lillian Fishman Reads “Travesty” 42:04

4d ago42:04

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Lillian Fishman reads her story, “Travesty,” from the May 12 & 19, 2025, issue of the magazine. Fishman is the author of the novel “Acts of Service,” which was published in 2022. She is currently at work on her second novel, from which this story was adapted. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices…

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#1147 The TRISS Approach to AI Melissa Reeve 11:13

4d ago11:13

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Yes, we’re talking about AI again because, let’s be honest, it’s everywhere, everyone is using it and most people are using it wrong. It’s easy to feel like you’re just throwing AI at problems without a real plan. That’s why I was excited to talk to Melissa Reeve, an expert in agile marketing, about her TRISS framework—a simple way to decide where …

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Yiyun Li Reads William Trevor 1:11:01

7d ago1:11:01

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Yiyun Li joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Piano Tuner’s Wives,” by William Trevor, which was published in The New Yorker in 1995. Li has published eight books of fiction, including the novels “Must I Go” and “Book of Goose,” a winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and the story collection “Wednesday’s Child,” which was a fina…

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Rewind: David Byrne & Jerry Harrison on Brian Eno, Jonathan Demme, and the Talking Heads Reunion 1:01:49

8d ago1:01:49

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This time on Kyle Meredith With…, it’s a double bill of the most cerebral funk you’ve ever danced to, featuring none other than Talking Heads’ David Byrne & Jerry Harrison. Listen to these archival interviews now. Byrne is the platonic ideal of the quirky frontmen, the king of the oversized suit, and the only guy who can make anxiety sound like a p…

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Don Felder on 50 Years of Music, Eagles Deep Cuts, and That "Hotel California" Intro 30:22

10d ago30:22

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Don Felder has spent the last five decades shaping the sound of classic rock — most famously as the guitar maestro behind The Eagles’ “Hotel California.” Now, he’s cracking open The Vault: 50 Years of Music, a new album that pulls from demos and song ideas dating back to 1974, when Felder first joined the Eagles. Listen now. In this interview with …

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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads “Nocturnal Creatures” 34:25

11d ago34:25

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Saïd Sayrafiezadeh reads his story “Nocturnal Creatures,” from the May 5, 2025, issue of the magazine. Sayrafiezadeh is the author of several plays, the memoir “When Skateboards Will Be Free,” and the story collections “Brief Encounters with the Enemy” and “American Estrangement,” a finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize, which was published in 202…

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#1146 Should You Scale? Big is not for Everyone | Anthony Franco 11:48

11d ago11:48

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Most small business owners dream of growing our small businesses into something bigger. But scaling comes with challenges—hiring, infrastructure, and managing processes without losing control. I sat down with Anthony Franco, a serial entrepreneur who has launched, scaled, and sold multiple businesses. He’s also the host of How the Founder, a podcas…

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Rewind: Deep Purple’s Ian Paice & Dan Fogelberg’s Widow on Legacy, Lyrics, and Long Goodbyes 18:43

15d ago18:43

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This archive episode from Kyle Meredith With… features two guests with wildly different claims to rock legacy. One helped define it, and one is currently protecting it: Ian Paice of Deep Purple and Jean Fogelberg. Listen to their interviews now. First up is Ian Paice, the last original member still keeping Deep Purple in the game over 50 years late…

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Lizzy Greene on Texas Roots, Cowboy Camp, and the Emo Side of Ransom Canyon 26:25

17d ago26:25

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You know Lizzy Greene from her Nickelodeon days (Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn), or more recently from A Million Little Things. Now, she’s stepping into a pair of dusty boots for Netflix’s Ransom Canyon, a Western drama where she plays Lauren Brigman, the small-town Texas sheriff’s daughter with big dreams of escape. The role is something of a full-ci…

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#1145 Tell People When You Change | Iris Goldfeder 13:41

18d ago13:41

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My guest today is Iris Goldfeder, founder of Gas Stove Creative. Iris and I are two out-of-sync New Yorkers who somehow ended up in Indiana, crossing paths in the small business community for years. But today, instead of swapping stories about pizza and city life, we’re talking about something every business owner faces at some point: the growing p…

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Look! It's Sailor Duck! (Disney Boardwalk Deli, Daiya Ranch, Trader Joe's Oat Milk) 54:33

20d ago54:33

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This week on the show, we're talking about Boardwalk Deli at Walt Disney World, Daiya Ranch Dressing, and trying Trader Joe's Unsweetened Vanilla Oat Beverage. SHOW NOTES: The place in Vegas that Dave said we have to go to together was No Butcher. Here's where you can find the beltline fitness classes we talked about: https://beltline.org/things-to…

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Rewind: Daryl Hall & John Oates on Solo Albums, Collaborations, and Their Legendary Run of Singles 35:49

22d ago35:49

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On this pair of archive interviews from Kyle Meredith With…, dive into the world of one of the most successful duos in music history: Daryl Hall and John Oates. One’s a blue-eyed soul pioneer with a voice built to cut through FM static. The other’s a mustachioed master of melodic restraint. Together, they blurred the lines between rock, R&B, and po…

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Bon Iver on SABLE, fABLE's "Visual Story," Collaborating with Taylor Swift and Danielle Haim 15:55

24d ago15:55

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Justin Vernon joins Kyle Meredith With… to dive into SABLE, fABLE, Bon Iver’s latest and most rootsy record in years. But don’t call it a pivot — Vernon says it’s more about clarity than change. “Less mystery, more humanity,” he explains, crediting the song “Everything Is Peaceful Love” as the emotional and sonic compass for an album that tracks a …

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1144 What Does Google Say About You? 11:10

25d ago11:10

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We’ve all done it—Googled ourselves or our businesses, only to find something outdated, inaccurate, or just plain wrong. And the scary part? Most people believe whatever Google tells them. If Google says you’re permanently closed (even when your business is booming), potential customers won’t bother double-checking. They’ll just move on. That’s why…

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Adam Levin Reads “Jenny Annie Fanny Addie” 19:33

25d ago19:33

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Adam Levin reads his story “Jenny Annie Fanny Addie,” from the April 21, 2025, issue of the magazine. Levin, a winner of the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, is the author of four books of fiction, including the novels “Bubblegum,” from 2020, and “Mount Chicago,” from 2022. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices…

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Rewind: Sarah McLachlan & Tracey Thorn on the Intersection of Songwriting, Politics, and Nostalgia 33:41

29d ago33:41

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On this Rewind episode of Kyle Meredith with..., hear from Sarah McLachlan and Tracey Thorn: two voices that not only helped define the emotional landscape of the ’90s, but did so on their own terms. McLachlan, with her soaring melodies and introspective songwriting, built a legacy of haunting beauty, activism, and defiance. Thorn, as half of Every…

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Jeff Bridges on Lost Tapes, Iconic Roles, and the Long, Strange Jam of Life 28:20

1M ago28:20

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Jeff Bridges joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Slow Magic: 1977–1978, a long-lost batch of recordings from his late '70s jam sessions that’s finally getting its debut on Record Store Day via Light in the Attic. Listen now. Bridges also reflects on working with legends like Burgess Meredith — who contributes a spoken word piece to the album — and ho…

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David Bezmozgis Reads “From, To” 1:00:02

1M ago1:00:02

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David Bezmozgis reads his story “From, To,” from the April 14, 2025, issue of the magazine. Bezmozgis is the author of two novels and two story collections, “Natasha and Other Stories,” which won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book, and “Immigrant City,” which was a finalist for the Giller Prize in 2019. Learn about your ad choices:…

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#1143 Four "P's of People | Dave Charest 10:54

1M ago10:54

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Marketing is all about connections, but too often, we skip over the most important piece—people. Sure, we love talking about product, price, place, and promotion, but what about the humans behind the strategy? That’s why I brought back Dave Dave Charest, Director of Small Business Success at Constant Contact, for a lively chat about the Four P’s of…

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Finn Cole on Diving into Last Breath, Peaky Blinders, and a John Martyn Biopic 30:10

1M ago30:10

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Finn Cole catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Last Breath, the true-life deep-sea survival thriller that finds him playing a saturation diver stranded at the bottom of the North Sea. The Peaky Blinders alum gets into the intense training he and Simu Liu underwent to shoot underwater with real gear, how they learned to stay calm in a literal…

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David Wright Faladé Reads Madeleine Thien 1:16:54

1M ago1:16:54

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David Wright Faladé joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Lu, Reshaping,” by Madeleine Thien, which was published in The New Yorker in 2021. Falade is the author of the novels “Black Cloud Rising” and “The New Internationals,” and the nonfiction work “Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesav…

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Michael McDonald on Reuniting with the Doobie Brothers, Yacht Rock and Walk This Road 29:18

1M ago29:18

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Michael McDonald joins Kyle Meredith With… to talk about Walk This Road, the first Doobie Brothers album to feature him as a full member since 1980. What started as a 50th anniversary tour quietly evolved into something more permanent, with McDonald, Tom Johnston, and Pat Simmons writing and singing together again for the first time in decades. He …

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e61 - The Enigma Hour - Jason Stone 1:54:02

1M ago1:54:02

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This episode we talk simulations, mind control and we really get into The Sentient World Simulation where government agencies have constructed a massive simulation which can actually model individual people and a super powerful AI uses that data to target the individual and control their behavior!By Olav Phillips

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e62 - The Enigma Hour - Ryan Gable and Ron Patton 1:30:00

1M ago1:30:00

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This episode we are joined by Ryan Gable from The Secret Teaching Podcast who talked to us about the global control system. Who's really in charge, what they are after and what do we do. This is a big Illuminati show! Then we were joined by Ron Patton who talked to us about bringing back Paranoia Magazine and conspiracies.…

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