Best Flaming Lips Podcasts (2025)

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Joy Reid, James Comey & Elizabeth Warren: The Flaming Lips Metaphor 29:27

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Joy Reid says white people can’t invent. James Comey gushes about Taylor Swift. Elizabeth Warren pushes government grocery stores. This is the first Grievance Games™ of the season, and the hypocrisy is louder than ever. We kick it off with a story from a Flaming Lips concert — thousands of strangers, confetti raining down, and one giant hamster bal…

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Under Trump or Biden: Are We Safer & Richer? Crime, Inflation & Healthcare Facts 19:46

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America 2025 — crime trends, inflation updates, and healthcare costs under President Trump: are Americans safer and better off?Ryan cuts through the headlines and reads the receipts: eight months after the 2024 handoff, what’s actually changed for Americans? This episode breaks the numbers down — crime trends, CPI and grocery pain, medical inflatio…

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Alyvia Alyn Lind Unpacks the Cults, Trauma, and Tunes of Wayward 23:42

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Alyvia Alyn Lind joins Kyle Meredith to talk all about the Netflix series Wayward, where she plays a teen trapped in a so-called therapeutic school with cult vibes and a whole lot of buried trauma. The Chucky and Spiderwick Chronicles star digs into the psychological layers of the show, the early-2000s setting (and killer soundtrack featuring Third…

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Key Change: David Chang on "I See a Darkness" 21:02

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My guest today is Chef David Chang. He founded Momofuku Noodle Bar in 2004. That was just the start of his incredible career – he’s opened several restaurants, winning awards and Michelin stars along the way, and becoming a fixture in the upper echelon of food. He’s the host of the Netflix shows Ugly Delicious and Dinner Time Live, as well as his o…

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They Really Said That: Kimmel Fired, Jasmine Crockett Melts Down, Ilhan & De Niro’s Idiocy Parade 29:53

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Politicians. Celebrities. Media hacks. They really said that… and I’m here to shred it. This week: Jasmine Crockett serves up stupidity on demand. Gavin Newsom cries over ICE and MAGA hats while California burns. Jimmy Kimmel finally gets canned, and the media cries “censorship.” Ilhan Omar spits on Charlie Kirk’s legacy with the ugliest smear yet.…

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Adrian Belew - Young Lions | 90s Album Review 51:48

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Adrian Belew’s 1990 album Young Lions blends his signature experimental guitar work with pop-friendly rock songwriting. Though it features David Bowie on two excellent tracks, “Pretty Pink Rose” and closer "Gunman," it does not take away from Belew's opportunities behind the mic, finding a balance between the croon of Roy Orbison and quirk of David…

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Jeff Tweedy on Twilight Override, Making a Triple Album, and Radical Hope 24:08

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Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy joins Kyle Meredith to dive into his ambitious new triple solo album, Twilight Override. Clocking in at 30 songs across three discs, the project explores the past, present, and future—not as a rigid concept record, but as a flowing arc of memory, meaning, and hope. Tweedy shares how the record was inspired by the voices of his t…

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Free Speech or False Rhetoric? The Charlie Kirk Aftermath, Media Spin & Hypocrisy 29:27

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Charlie Kirk has been assassinated — and the reactions exposed a moral crisis. From YouTubers like Destiny mocking his grieving widow, to teachers openly celebrating his death, to late-night hosts spinning false narratives — the fallout reveals a chilling hypocrisy about free speech, censorship, and political violence. This episode breaks it all do…

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Michael Chiklis, Mary Stuart Masterson & Rob Corddry on The Senior and Redefining Second Chances 35:00

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The cast of The Senior -- Michael Chiklis, Rob Corddry, and Mary Stuart Masterson -- along with the actual former football player the movie is based upon, Mike Flynt, join Kyle Meredith to talk about the film's wild-but-true story. The Senior follows Flynt as he becomes the older player to ever suit up for a college football team -- at the age of 5…

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Ethel Cain - Nettles 31:17

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Hayden Anhedönia has been making music under the name Ethel Cain since 2019. But it’s not just a band name or a moniker; Ethel Cain is a fictional character, a sort of alter ego that Hayden’s been creating and world building around throughout her albums. The first Ethel Cain album, Preacher’s Daughter, came out in 2022. It ended up blowing up, and …

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The Silence Around Iryna Zarutska, Charlotte City Crime, and the Media's Silence 19:52

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A young refugee’s life was cut short on a Charlotte train — and the story barely made a ripple until the video leaked online. In this episode, Ryan breaks down the case of Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who came to America for safety and was murdered on public transit in Charlotte, North Carolina. We dig into what happened on tha…

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Candy Harlots - Five Wicked Sins | 90s Album Review 1:02:34

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The 1992 album Five Deadly Sins by Australian hard rockers Candy Harlots was the last gasp of glam-influenced sleaze rock before grunge reshaped the musical landscape. Packed with swaggering riffs and arena-ready vocals, the record channels the spirit of Guns N’ Roses, Kix, and Bang Tango while with a raw edge. Songs like “Sister’s Crazy” and “Dang…

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Hannah Stocking, Madison Pettis & Yvonne Orji on The Wrong Paris, Reality TV, and Playing Big Characters 16:51

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Hannah Stocking, Madison Pettis, and Yvonne Orji talk with Kyle Meredith about The Wrong Paris on Netflix — where a contestant (played by Miranda Cosgrove) signs up for a Parisian dating show and lands in Paris, Texas instead, plotting an early exit until feelings complicate the plan. We get into audition choices (including a full-throttle Southern…

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Charlie Kirk Assassination: What the Responses Reveal 13:59

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Charlie Kirk is gone. A husband, a father, silenced — not by debate, but by a bullet. But the story doesn’t end there. It’s the responses that tell the real truth. In this short but powerful episode, I break down: MSNBC’s Matthew Dowd blaming Charlie for his own assassination 🎥 Congressional Democrats booing a moment of silence 🎥 A Pennsylvania tea…

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Willem Dafoe, Corey Hawkins, Anna Diop & Nadia Latif on The Man in My Basement 26:06

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Kyle Meredith talks with Willem Dafoe, Corey Hawkins, Anna Diop, and director Nadia Latif about turning Walter Mosley’s novel The Man in My Basement into a psychological thriller where race, trauma, and grief haunt every frame. The story follows Charles Blakey (Corey Hawkins), a man on the verge of losing his ancestral Sag Harbor home, who agrees t…

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David Hogg Insults Trump: The National Guard in Chicago and The Second Amendment Reality 22:33

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After the Annunciation Church tragedy, David Hogg reappears to lecture America, calling President Trump a “coward.” But here’s the truth CNN won’t tell you: Chicago bleeds every weekend, strict gun laws fail, and 58% of gun deaths come from suicide—not mass shootings. In this episode, Ryan tears down the lies, exposes blue city hypocrisy, and lays …

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Drivin N Cryin - Fly Me Courageous | 90s Album Review 1:14:38

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In 1991, Drivin N Cryin took a bold step towards the mainstream with their album Fly Me Courageous. While the title track became an anthemic staple of early ’90s rock radio thanks to Gulf War pilots, the album failed to connect beyond the band's regional fanbase. To help us dig into this record, we're joined by James Barber, former manager to the b…

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Rewind: Soft Cell’s Marc Almond & OMD’s Paul Humphreys: Orchestras, Glitch, and Making the Past Feel New 24:40

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It's a Rewind double feature today on Kyle Meredith With, as we bring you a pair of episodes from 2017. First, Soft Cell’s Marc Almond talks with Kyle Meredith about shaping his 2017 solo album, Shadows and Reflections, as a '60s-steeped, orchestral “torch and baroque” set—curating lesser-known gems, keeping the original arrangements’ DNA, and slip…

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Bloodstained Lies: Annunciation Church, Chicago Leaders, and Alec Baldwin Absurdity 29:21

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From Minneapolis mayor Frey to washed-up Hollywood rants from Rosie O'Donnell, the lies and hypocrisy after the Annunciation Catholic School massacre are louder than the prayers they mock. This brutal edition of They Really Said That cuts straight through the political theater, exposing Jacob Frey, Tim Walz, J.B. Pritzker, Brandon Johnson, and even…

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Classic Album Sundays: Level 42 'World Machine' with Mike Lindup & Phil Gould 1:27:55

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This interview was recorded at a Classic Album Sundays event at the KEF Music Gallery with Level 42 founding members Mike Lindup and Phil Gould. They take a look back to their worldwide breakthrough LP, 1985's World Machine. This is the album in which Level 42 transitioned from a straight up jazz-funk outfit into a funky pop band and reached number…

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Sam Fender - People Watching 32:36

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Sam Fender is a singer and songwriter from the town of North Shields in England. He won the Brit Award for Best Rock/Alternative Act twice. His most recent album is called People Watching, and just like his first two albums, it went to #1 on the UK album charts. To help produce the album, Sam enlisted Adam Granduciel, the singer and frontman of the…

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Sabrina Impacciatore on The Paper, Carrying the Weight of The Office, and Doing the Worm 20:28

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Sabrina Impacciatore showed up to The Paper — the long-awaited return to the world birthed by The Office — like a heat-seeking comet, all glamour, sharp elbows, and survival instinct. She spoke with Kyle Meredith about stepping into a franchise with generations of fans and finding the funny even when the stakes feel like a barbell on your shoulders…

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Trump’s Swollen Hand, the 25th Amendment & JD Vance Backlash 17:58

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So apparently the U.S. Constitution is trending—and not because anyone’s read it. In this episode, Ryan shreds the circus around Trump’s “swollen hand,” the 25th Amendment hysteria, and the left’s desperate attacks on JD Vance. From fake Marine accusations to fantasies about rewriting the Constitution, the hypocrisy is off the charts. 🔥 What is cov…

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Not From There - Sand From Seven | 90s Album Review 45:58

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Jagged, urgent, experimental - the 1998 album Sand On Seven by Not From There is an inventive debut that effectively blends post-punk, slowcore, and noise rock. The Australian trio incorporate German-language vocals on several tracks, giving the album an otherworldly edge to pair with angular guitars, throbbing basslines, and restless rhythms givin…

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Lzzy Hale on Halestorm’s Everest, 30 Years of Rock, and the Brilliance of Nick Cave 27:24

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Lzzy Hale of Halestorm spoke with Kyle Meredith about Everest, the band’s roaring new record born from a “desert island” headspace in Savannah with Dave Cobb. Nearly three decades into their run, Hale framed the album as a live-wire snapshot instead of a genre exercise: big melodies, bigger punches, and zero interest in coloring inside the lines. I…

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Key Change: Jia Tolentino on "I Love You Always Forever" 17:16

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My guest today is Jia Tolentino. Jia is the author of the essay collection Trick Mirror, which was named one of the best books of 2019 by The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Paris Review, and more. She won a National Magazine Award for her work at the New Yorker, where she’s been a staff writer since 2016. Her writing covers so many different …

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Rewind: Wayne Coyne on King’s Mouth, Miley Cyrus and Kesha, and the Dark Side of The Flaming Lips 51:55

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For this edition of Kyle Meredith with..., listen to Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips across three interviews that span their albums King’s Mouth and The Terror, collaborations with Miley Cyrus and Kesha, and covers of The Beatles. Coyne also digs into concept records, becoming a new father, the perception of songs like “Giant Baby,” and why useful …

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The New Era: Stay in the Fray Podcast (28-Second Preview - Seriously, that's it!) 0:27

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A new name. The same unapologetic voice. This preview kicks off Stay in the Fray — politics, culture, controversy without filters, all in 28 seconds. 🎧 Follow the show and rate ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ to join the new era. 📌 Formerly Stay in the Gray Podcast

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Love Cup - ...Grefus Gronks and Sheet | 90s Album Review 37:43

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From the same Champaign-Urbana, IL music scene as Hum, Poster Children, National Skyline, and others, Love Cup is a name you might not be familiar with. Their lone 90s release, ..Grefus Gronks and Sheet, is a snapshot of mid-’90s alternative rock, tinged with grunge and post-hardcore, as well as shoegaze and space rock. Tracks like "Even When I Sle…

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David Rysdahl on Alien Earth, Big Monsters, and Working with Noah Hawley 24:22

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David Rysdahl sat down with Kyle Meredith to dig into FX’s Alien: Earth, the latest installment of the Alien franchise. Known for roles in Fargo and Oppenheimer, Rysdahl steps into a story that uses sci-fi horror as a Trojan horse for bigger questions — AI, environmental collapse, corporate greed, even the messy question of whether humanity deserve…

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S03 EP05 - Clare Sudbery - Trunk dialing only, no branching out - Quality Blether | Acast

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Listen to S03 EP05 - Clare Sudbery - Trunk dialing only, no branching out from Quality Blether . Clare Sudbery is CI/CD coach, technical leadership coach, author (both technical and fiction), musician and a champion of Trunk Based Development. She is also a wonderful person to chat with.Clare's LinkedInMaking Tech Better PodcastEmily BacheClare's T…

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Oddly Influenced | E29: Interview: Trond Hjorteland on a radical approach to organizational transformation

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Open Systems Theory (OST) is an approach to organizational transformation that dates back to the late 1940s. It's been applied a fair amount, but hasn't gotten much mindshare in the software world....https://podcast.oddly-influenced.dev/episodes/trond-hjorteland-on-a-radical-approach-to-organizational-transformation…

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O11ycast | Ep. #85, AI/LLM in Software Teams: What’s Working and What’s Next with Dr. Cat Hicks | Heavybit

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In episode 85 of o11ycast, Dr. Cat Hicks unpacks AI’s impact on software teams from a psychological and social-science perspective.https://www.heavybit.com/library/podcasts/o11ycast/ep-85-ai-llm-in-software-teams-what-s-working-and-what-s-next-with-dr-cat-hicks

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Jay Som - Tenderness 18:27

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Melina Duterte goes by the name Jay Som. She’s a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She’s released three albums as Jay Som, and has produced, engineered, and mixed each one. Her third album, Anak Ko, came out in August 2019. And in this episode, Melina breaks down a song from it called “Tenderness.” To learn more, visit songexploder.net…

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DEVO on Netflix Doc, Neil Young, and Cosmic De-evolution with The B-52s 25:55

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DEVO’s story has finally been distilled into a new documentary, and it’s landed on Netflix thanks to director Chris Smith. Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerald Casale joined Kyle Meredith to talk about the film, which charts the band’s path from Kent State to post-punk pioneers to MTV oddities to cultural prophets who survived long enough to tour with The …