Kyle Meredith

Host of Kyle Meredith With… podcast. Heard weeknights at 6p ET on WFPK. Unreliable narrator.

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Tatiana Maslany, David J. Rosen, David Gordon Green, Jake Johnson, Jessy Hodges, Murray Bartlett, and Brandon Flynn joined me to talk Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, Apple TV’s new dark comedy thriller about blackmail, murder, online desire, true crime brain rot, and youth soccer. Naturally, the youth soccer may be the most terrifying part.

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Chris Robinson had a message for fans chanting “USA” at a recent Black Crowes show in Tampa: he’s not exactly feeling the national pride at the moment.

After the crowd broke into a patriotic chant in response to an Uncle Sam-themed image on the venue screens, Robinson paused before launching into “She Talks to Angels” and said, “I don’t know what you have to be so proud of right now.”

Some fans booed, and Robinson fired back: “For those of you fucking booing us, some of us are not afraid. And we most assuredly are not fucking ignorant.”

Florida, meanwhile, continues its streak of being Florida.

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Chris Robinson had a message for fans chanting “USA” at a recent Black Crowes show in Tampa: he’s not exactly feeling the national pride at

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“New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story.”

That’s Scott Pelley firing back one day after CBS terminated the longtime 60 Minutes correspondent following a clash with newly installed leadership.

Pelley says the show has “lost its DNA” since Paramount Skydance took over CBS News, claims politicians have been allowed to choose their own interviewers, and says he repeatedly refused orders to include unverified assertions in stories. He also accused management of gutting the program “apparently to curry favor with the Trump administration.”

Pelley spent 37 years at CBS. He’s now the fourth 60 Minutes correspondent to leave since February, following the departures of Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega and a broader shakeup that has stripped much of the show’s storied history.

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“New management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story.” That’s Scott Pelley firing back one da

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Donald Trump just took a loss in a major 2026 Republican primary, and it happened in Iowa.

Just days after Trump endorsed Rep. Randy Feenstra for governor and called him “MAGA all the way,” Feenstra lost to businessman Zach Lahn.

The interesting part is that Lahn wasn’t exactly running against Trump. He was backed by plenty of Trump-world allies, including Turning Point Action and the MAHA PAC. So this wasn’t traditional Republicans beating MAGA. It was one faction of Trump’s coalition beating another.

But as they say: So Goes Iowa...

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Donald Trump just took a loss in a major 2026 Republican primary, and it happened in Iowa. Just days after Trump endorsed Rep. Randy Feenst

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Peabo Bryson, the Grammy-winning R&B singer whose voice became part of Disney history through “Beauty and the Beast” with Celine Dion and “A Whole New World” with Regina Belle, has died at 75.

Bryson suffered a stroke in late May and died Tuesday evening, according to a statement from his family.

While many fans know him from those Oscar-winning Disney duets, Bryson spent more than five decades as one of R&B’s great balladeers, scoring hits with songs like “Feel the Fire,” “I’m So Into You,” “If Ever You’re in My Arms Again,” and “Can You Stop the Rain.” He also recorded beloved duets with Roberta Flack, Natalie Cole, and others, becoming one of the most recognizable voices in adult contemporary and R&B music.

For a lot of people, Peabo Bryson’s voice was woven into first dances, wedding receptions, road trips, and childhood movie memories. A pretty great legacy to leave behind.

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Peabo Bryson, the Grammy-winning R&B singer whose voice became part of Disney history through “Beauty and the Beast” with Celine Dion and “A

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Post Malone says the sudden cancellation of six tour dates with Jelly Roll has nothing to do with the MAGA controversy that’s been swirling around his tourmate.

That explanation hasn’t stopped fans from connecting dots of their own. Jelly Roll has been facing backlash in recent weeks over comments and photos that sparked accusations of MAGA sympathies, and some online critics have suggested the cancellations may have more to do with ticket sales and public reaction.

Of course, anyone can see all of the available seats when looking at their tour dates, especially those that were cancelled. And seeing how M.I.A. is suing Kid Cudi for this very thing, it would also be in Posty's best interest to not say it.

We'll see how this one continues to unfold.

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Post Malone says the sudden cancellation of six tour dates with Jelly Roll has nothing to do with the MAGA controversy that’s been swirling

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Scott Pelley is now out at CBS after calling out the people remaking 60 Minutes.

Variety reports CBS terminated Pelley after his clash with new executive producer Nick Bilton, who was installed by Bari Weiss. In a letter, Bilton told Pelley, “Your antipathy to the future of the show has come through loud and clear,” which is quite a sentence to send to a journalist who has worked at CBS News since 1989.

Pelley had accused Weiss of “murdering 60 Minutes” after CBS pushed out Tanya Simon, Draggan Mihailovich, Sharyn Alfonsi, and Cecilia Vega. Anderson Cooper already left earlier this year, which means the show is now down to Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker, and Jon Wertheim as it heads toward its next season. There's also a floating rumor about Weiss hiring Joe Rogan... to do the news.

Who exactly is supposed to carry 60 Minutes now?

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Scott Pelley is now out at CBS after calling out the people remaking 60 Minutes. Variety reports CBS terminated Pelley after his clash with

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The Daily Mail says Trump wants people fired after artists including Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, Morris Day, Young MC, The Commodores, and Milli Vanilli pulled out of the Freedom 250 concert. One source said some acts “hadn’t even been contractually locked down before the announcements were made,” which is a pretty important step when announcing performers, traditionally.

Milli Vanilli's Fab Morvan said it “turned into a circus,” while Bret Michaels said the event became “much more divisive” than what he agreed to. Meanwhile, Vanilla Ice is still on the bill, because every collapsed political music festival needs a load-bearing Ninja Rap.

It was a joke from the start, just like everything he's attached to.

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The Daily Mail says Trump wants people fired after artists including Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, Morris Day, Young MC, The Commodores, a

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How desperate is Bari Weiss? Well, CBS is now reportedly kicking around Joe Rogan for 60 Minutes.

Radar Online says insiders are floating Rogan as a way to bring in MAGA viewers after Anderson Cooper left the show last year. One source called it “strategy,” saying Rogan would give CBS “a core connection to over 50 percent of the country,” which is a very normal thing to say if you’re trying to turn the most famous newsmagazine in America into a podcast.

The same report admits it’s a gamble because Rogan is “raw, unscripted, and polarizing.” That’s also a pretty tidy way of saying CBS may be trying to fix a credibility problem by importing a whole new credibility problem.

Bari Weiss is turning 60 Minutes into something akin to panic-shopping during a power outage. Ratings are in the gutter across all of CBS. How on Earth does she still have a job?

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How desperate is Bari Weiss? Well, CBS is now reportedly kicking around Joe Rogan for 60 Minutes. Radar Online says insiders are floating R

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Jon Stewart took aim at Donald Trump’s rapidly shrinking Freedom 250 concert on Monday’s Daily Show.

After NBC News reported that six of the original nine acts had dropped out over political concerns, Stewart summed up the situation by asking “Is anyone still performing?”

“Everybody dropped out, but not Vanilla Ice,” Stewart joked. “He saw a problem, and yo, he solved it.”

Meanwhile, Trump has suggested he wants to cancel the event altogether, although it’s not entirely clear whether he meant the entire concert series or just the shows that lost performers. Either way, Freedom 250 has managed to become one of the few festivals where the lineup seems to get smaller every time you check it.

At this point, the concert celebrating America’s 250th birthday is starting to look like one of those old telethons where the host keeps assuring everyone that more stars are on the way.

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Jon Stewart took aim at Donald Trump’s rapidly shrinking Freedom 250 concert on Monday’s Daily Show. After NBC News reported that six of th

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Dave Rubin was asked to name one economic metric that has improved under Donald Trump, and things went downhill from there.

Appearing on Jubilee’s Surrounded, Rubin was given a simple challenge. Name one indicator that’s better now than when Trump took office. GDP, inflation, unemployment, anything. Instead, Rubin pivoted to tariffs, then the stock market, then tried turning the question back on his opponent.

The audience noticed. Every attempt to change the subject drew more laughter, while his opponent rattled off statistics and kept returning to the same question. By the end, even some conservative viewers were asking why Rubin agreed to do the show in the first place.

Political debates usually turn into people talking past each other. This one turned into one guy looking for an answer and the other guy looking for an exit.

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Dave Rubin was asked to name one economic metric that has improved under Donald Trump, and things went downhill from there. Appearing on Ju

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Beginning June 4, classic episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood will start streaming on an official YouTube channel for the first time. The channel launches with the very first nationally aired episode from 1968 plus four additional full episodes, with a new episode arriving every week.

The page will also feature clips, compilations, livestreams, archival footage, and behind-the-scenes material from the beloved PBS series.

Just days after Stephen Colbert launched his own independent YouTube presence amid the ongoing CBS drama, Mister Rogers is also setting up shop on the same platform. At this point, if PBS is looking for its next late-night host, Colbert could be the answer. And wouldn't that be fun? Helping out public television while defying both CBS and a certain orange guy in Washington?

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Beginning June 4, classic episodes of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood will start streaming on an official YouTube channel for the first time. Th

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Michael Flynn has apparently found a new version of America First, and it pays $100,000 a month as a foreign agent.

A Foreign Agents Registration Act filing from October 2025 says Trump’s former national security adviser is working for the Republic of Srpska, the Bosnia and Herzegovina entity run by Milorad Dodik, a Putin ally. That was enough to set off parts of MAGA, including Catturd asking, “$100,000 per month?”

Sebastian Gorka piled on too, saying he had to promise never to work for another government when he joined the first Trump administration and assumed Flynn signed something similar. Flynn, of course, is the same guy who pleaded guilty twice to lying to federal agents during the Russia investigation before Trump pardoned him.

So now MAGA is mad that one of its own is getting paid by a Putin-aligned government, which is almost adorable considering how long they’ve spent pretending the Putin thing was invented by Rachel Maddow in a candlelit basement.

Is this where America First gets a currency conversion chart?

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Michael Flynn has apparently found a new version of America First, and it pays $100,000 a month as a foreign agent. A Foreign Agents Regist

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