In the second part of their Talkhouse Music Podcast, Janet Weiss and Meredith Graves discuss the power of Run the Jewels and a good jumpsuit.

Janet Weiss (Quasi, Sleater-Kinney) Talks with Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) for The Talkhouse Music Podcast (Part 2)

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Formed in Omaha in the early 2000s by Stephen Pedersen following his departure from Cursive, Criteria has always lived in the space between melody and weight, control and collapse, moving only when there was something real enough to justify it. Criteria’s latest record SEIZE! reflects a period of profound personal and professional change: relationships dissolving, chapters closing, and attention turning toward the fragile beauty of the present. It’s out now on Spartan Records. 
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Stephen Pedersen

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Mood Board: Criteria’s SEIZE!

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John Cameron Mitchell’s 2006 film <a href="https://shortbus.oscilloscope.net/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shortbus</a>, which he wrote and directed, is being re-released in theaters by Oscilloscope from January 26. He co-created and starred in the stage/film musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, for which he won Best Director at the 2001 Sundance Festival, four Tony Awards, and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor. He also directed the films Rabbit Hole (2010), featuring an Oscar-nominated performance by Nicole Kidman, and How to Talk to Girls at Parties (2017). He appears on TV in Hulu’s Shrill and in 2022 will be seen in Netflix’s Sandman and in the title role of Peacock Channel’s Joe Exotic adapted series. His musical podcast series Anthem: Homunculus starring Glenn Close, Patti Lupone, and Cynthia Erivo, was just rereleased as a free podcast. In 2020, he put out the collaborative album New American Dream and his ongoing The Origin of Love World Tour resumed in December 2021. (Photo by Matthew Placek.)

John Cameron Mitchell

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Sook-Yin Lee Talks with John Cameron Mitchell on the Talkhouse Podcast

Jack Whitescarver is a singer-songwriter who fronts the New York-based band Amiture Music. Amiture Music’s self-titled record is out now on Dots Per Inch.
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Jack Whitescarver

Anna Thérèse Witenberg is a dancer and choreographer based in New York.
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Anna Thérèse Witenberg

Anna Thérèse Witenberg and Jack Whitescarver Talk the Physicality of Music

Channy Leaneagh is the singer and co-songwriter in Minneapolis-based band <a href="http://www.thisispolica.com/" target="_blank">Poliça</a>. You can follow them on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/thisispolica" target="_blank">here</a> and Facebook <a href="facebook.com/thisispolica" target="_blank">here</a>.

Channy Leaneagh

Haley Fohr (b. Dec 16 1988) is a vocalist, composer, and singer-songwriter. Her musical endeavors focus around our human condition, and her career as Circuit des Yeux has grown into one of America’s most successful efforts to connect the personal to the universal. She is most distinctly identified by her 4-octave voice and unique style of 12-string guitar.

Circuit des Yeux

Poliça and Circuit des Yeux Tap into the Rawness

Adam Schatz has recently released the improvised album Civil Engineering Vol. 1 and the Landlady album Make Up / Lost Time. See him on tour this summer, tickets and info at <a href="http://linktr.ee/landladyland" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://linktr.ee/landladyland&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1780425624327000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3vXy-qQUGj-lKK5bDfgzP-">linktr.ee/landladyland</a>.
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Adam Schatz

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Pleasure Systems is the New York-based sometimes-solo-project-sometimes-band helmed by Clarke Sondermann. His new single &#8220;Merry Christmas&#8221; is out now.

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Pleasure Systems and Emily Wells Want to Know Each Other Forever

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Erika Burke Rossa is a writer, director, producer and actor whose feature directorial debut, <a href="https://tribecafilm.com/films/rain-reign-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rain Reign</a>, starring Paul Rudd, Jeremy Sisto, Felice Kakaletris and Gretchen Mol and based on Ann M. Martin’s bestselling novel of the same name, is now playing at the Tribeca Film Festival. Born to a Moroccan Jewish mother and Irish Catholic American father, and raised in Hong Kong and Taiwan, her multicultural and multi-faith upbringing shaped her commitment to stories that reflect the world in all its complexity. She has also directed for the stage, most recently helming Sarah DeLappe&#8217;s Pulitzer Prize-finalist play The Wolves at the Piven Theater with young actors from the Actors Training Center, where she coached and mentored young performers. Erika has also volunteered with Have Dreams, supporting children on the Autism spectrum.

Erika Burke Rossa

Film

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Kyra Sedgwick is an Emmy Award®- and Golden Globe®-winning actress, producer and director who can currently be seen in the romantic crime thriller <a href="https://www.carolinacarolinemovie.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carolina Caroline</a>, opposite Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner, which is in theaters now. Sedgwick&#8217;s feature Family Movie, a horror-comedy co-directed with Kevin Bacon and starring their children Travis and Sosie Bacon, had its world premiere at the 2026 SXSW Film Festival, and she recently starred alongside Kevin Bacon and Judd Hirsch in the feature film The Best You Can. Sedgwick’s previous directing credits include the feature films Space Oddity starring Kyle Allen and Alexandra Shipp, Story of a Girl, which earned her a DGA Award nomination, and Girls Weekend, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Sedgwick has contributed her directing talents to notable series such as Ray Donovan, City on a Hill, Grace and Frankie, and others.

Kyra Sedgwick

Three Great Things: Kyra Sedgwick

Janet Weiss&nbsp;lives in Portland, Oregon, where she plays drums in&nbsp;Quasi&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sleater-Kinney. She loves dogs and horses, and enjoys producing good records. You can follow her on Twitter&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/jazzzhand">here</a>. &nbsp; Meredith Graves will read you if you&#8217;re a book, take your picture if you&#8217;re a mountain and hem your dress if you&#8217;re getting married or going to the prom. Her secret dream is to be a florist. She sings in <a href="prrfectpussy.bandcamp.com]" target="_blank">Perfect Pussy</a>&nbsp;and is on <a href="http://instagram.com/meredithxgraves" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. &nbsp;