{"podcast":{"title":"Kyle Meredith With...","slug":"kyle-meredith-with-718084","podcast_index_feed_id":718084,"rss_url":"https://feeds.redcircle.com/3bdcc124-2757-4d54-911f-b1b3a5666758","website_url":"https://redcircle.com/shows/kyle-meredith-with","image_url":"https://media.redcircle.com/images/2023/10/23/17/c5ec327e-af62-43b7-83b5-d7cf1263c9df_b08a77a31a_4617887-1621020968777-0e525622ca1e3.jpg","author":"Consequence Podcast Network","episode_count":1261,"summary":"Kyle Meredith With... is an interview series in which WFPK's Kyle Meredith speaks to a wide breadth of musicians. Meredith digs deep into the artist's work to find out how the music is made and where their journey is going, from legendary artists like Robert Plant, Paul McCartney, U2, and Bryan Ferry, to the newer class of The National, St. Vincent, Arctic Monkeys, Haim, and Father John Misty.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T10:18:09.842370+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kyle-meredith-with-718084"},"episode":{"title":"Rewind: Valerie June and Billy Bragg on Finding Your Voice, Keeping Traditions Alive, and Writing Protest Songs","slug":"rewind-valerie-june-and-billy-bragg-on-finding-your-voice-keeping-traditions-alive-and-writing-protest-songs","published_at":"2026-09-09T08:00:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kyle-meredith-with-718084/rewind-valerie-june-and-billy-bragg-on-finding-your-voice-keeping-traditions-alive-and-writing-protest-songs","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kyle-meredith-with-718084","url":"https://consequence.net/category/consequence-podcast-network/kyle-meredith-with/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/audio2.redcircle.com/episodes/c9b94a67-922a-46a6-b218-cf17e06ac2ae/stream.mp3","summary":"Songs have lives of their own, and some political ones have an unfortunate habit of becoming relevant all over again. In this KMW Rewind, Valerie June talks with Kyle Meredith across two archival conversations about drawing from spirituals and early blues, teaching herself to play around her voice, and making Pushing Against the Stone and The Order of Time, while Billy Bragg explains why protest writers need to spend as much time on the song as the protest. Along the way, June recalls recording with her family and writing the title track to Mavis Staples’ Livin’ on a High Note , while Bragg reveals how posing as a TV repairman helped launch his career. Show your support for Kyle Meredith With by making sure 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 . Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy","meta_description":"Songs have lives of their own, and some political ones have an unfortunate habit of becoming relevant all over again. In this KMW Rewind, Valerie June tal…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2568,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kyle-meredith-with-718084/episodes/rewind-valerie-june-and-billy-bragg-on-finding-your-voice-keeping-traditions-alive-and-writing-protest-songs/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kyle-meredith-with-718084/rewind-valerie-june-and-billy-bragg-on-finding-your-voice-keeping-traditions-alive-and-writing-protest-songs.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}