Adam talks with old friend and Rupaul's Drag Race producer Fenton Bailey about managing vanity in middle age and the extent to which reality TV can be blamed for everything bad in the world (with particular emphasis on Don Trump).

This conversation was recorded face-to-face in London on 12th January, 2024

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

ADAM'S WEBSITE (for Rosie rainbow pic etc.)

LIVE PODCAST - LAST SEATS FOR LONDON (9th June) & DUBLIN (May 21st), 2024

LIVE PODCAST WITH SELF ESTEEM, 2nd June, 2024 @Crossed Wires Festival, Sheffield, 

RELATED LINKS

FRANK BLACK AND RICHARD AYOADE - HEY (REHEARSAL) - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

FRANK BLACK AND RICHARD AYOADE - WHERE IS MY MIND (REHEARSAL) - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

REMOVE YOUTUBE SIDEBAR - (CHROME WEBSTORE)

SCREEN AGE by FENTON BAILEY - 2022 (WORLD OF WONDER)

MANUFACTURING CONSENT: NOAM CHOMSKY AND THE MEDIA - 1992 (YOUTUBE)

NAM JUNE PAIK - MOON IS THE OLDEST TV (TRAILER) - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

HOW MARK BURNETT RESURRECTED DONALD TRUMP AS AN ICON OF AMERICAN SUCCESS by Patrick Radden Keefe - 2018 (THE NEW YORKER)

DEPP V HEARD by Nick Wallis - 2023 (2nd hand copy on WORLD OF BOOKS)

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Adam talks with British actor, comedian, and writer Jessica Knappett about the challenges of making a good sitcom, how the stress of filming a pilot for American TV made one of Jessica's internal organs explode, what Ilkla Moor Baht'At really means, weird vocal noises, and how the world can be fixed with balls of energy and love.

This conversation was recorded face-to-face in London on 1st February 2024.

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

Ramble Chat pastoral remix by Anthony Brown

RELATED LINKS

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE @ APOLLO HAMMERSMITH, 9th JUNE, 2024

LIVE PODCAST WITH SELF ESTEEM, 2nd JUNE, 2024 @Crossed Wires Festival, Sheffield

JOHN COOPER CLARKE - BOOK, 2024 TOUR ETC

ILKLA MOOR BAHT'AT (YOUTUBE)

YORKSHIRE ANTHEM - ILKLA MOOR BAHT'AT - 2010 (YOUTUBE)

HOW I MARRIED AN AIR GUITAR CHAMPION by Jessica Knappett - 2017 (GUARDIAN)

JESSICA KNAPPETT'S QUEST FOR FREE DRINKS WENT HORRIBLY WRONG - UNFORGIVEN - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

BEST OF JESSICA IN IBIZA FOR TRAVEL MAN WITH RICHARD AYOADE - 2020 (YOUTUBE)

PHILIP LARKIN READING HIS POEM AN ARUNDEL TOMB - 1956 (POETRY FOUNDATION)

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Adam and British writer, journalist, and environmental activist George Monbiot go for a walk around the parks and woodland of Bristol and talk about the harmful aspects of farming, what George does for a good time, why being sent away to boarding school was a disaster, responding to criticism of his work, why he changed his mind about nuclear power, and what gives him hope.

This conversation was recorded on 26th April, 2023

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

RELATED LINKS

INVISIBLE DOCTRINE - THE SECRET HISTORY OF NEOLIBERALISM (PRE-ORDER) - 2024 (PENGUIN)

THE LAND IS OURS

ARTICLES, BOOKS, ETC by GEORGE MONBIOT (MONBIOT.COM)

GEORGE MONBIOT - RIVERCIDE - 2022 (YOUTUBE)

REVIEW OF REGENESIS by Gaia Vince - 2022 (GUARDIAN)

GEORGE MONBIOT'S FARMING FANTASIES by John Lewis-Stempel - 2023 (UNHERD)

GEORGE MONBIOT AND EWAN McLENNAN - BREAKING THE SPELL OF LONELINESS (Short video about the musical collaboration) - 2016 (YOUTUBE)

THE AGE OF LONELINESS IS KILLING US by George Monbiot - 2016 9THE GUARDIAN)

GEORGE MONBIOT EXPLAINS RUSSELL BRAND'S DANGEROUS GAME WITH THE FAR RIGHT (ON POLITICS JOE) - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

BOARDING SCHOOLS WARP OUR POLITICAL CLASS by George Monbiot - 2019 (GUARDIAN)

PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE TRAUMA FACTORIES - ASH SARKAR MEETS RICHARD BEARD (NOVARA MEDIA) - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

WHY THE US WAS LUCKY TO GET DONALD TRUMP (DOUBLE DOWN NEWS) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)

THE PROMISED LAND (TRAILER) - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam talks with American comedian, actor and musician Tim Heidecker about early Tim & Eric influences, making non-comedy music, Bob Dylan, and antagonising the alt-right.

This conversation was recorded face-to-face in London on 25th March, 2023.

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

RELATED LINKS

OFFICE HOURS (YOUTUBE CHANNEL)

ON CINEMA ON THE HEI NETWORK

TIM HEIDECKER'S WEBSITE 

JOE ROGAN SPOOF (OFFICE HOURS LIVE) - 2021 (YOUTUBE)

TOM GOES TO THE MAYOR - 2004 (YOUTUBE PLAYLIST)

TIM AND ERIC SEASON 5 MOST UNDERRATED MOMENTS (YOUTUBE)

THE BEST OF TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW (YOUTUBE PLAYLIST)

AN EVENING WITH TIM HEIDECKER - STAND UP SPECIAL - 2021 (YOUTUBE)

MY BEATLES HELL - 2004 (ODD BOOKS WEBSITE)

LENNY BRUCE by BOD DYLAN - 1981 (YOUTUBE)

SPALDING GRAY DINNER SCENE FROM TRUE STORIES - 1986 (YOUTUBE)

CANNIBAL THE MUSICAL (TRAILER) - 1993 (YOUTUBE)

BRIGSBY BEAR (TRAILER) - 2017 (YOUTUBE)

DELIA DERBYSHIRE AND DOCTOR WHO THEME - 1965 (YOUTUBE)

WENDY CARLOS AND HER MOOG - 1970 (YOUTUBE)

THE MAKING OF TRON - 2002 (YOUTUBE)

NORTH NORFOLK TODAY: BEST BITS - ALAN PARTRIDGE'S MID MORNING MATTERS - 2010 (YOUTUBE)

LIMMY - LAPTOP - 2011 (YOUTUBE)

BEST FAILS OF THE YEAR - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam talks with American actor, comedian, voice artist, screenwriter, producer and musician Fred Armisen about hotel hacks, what Fred and Matt Berry learned when they hung out with David Bowie's producer Tony Visconti, the Stop Making Sense nerd fact David Byrne told Fred, how Adam could help Talking Heads get on better, why you can't beat Paul McCartney, why Fred wasn't nervous for his Saturday Night Live Audition, the Portlandia sketches that summed up the show best and Fred takes us on an accent tour of New York.

This conversation was recorded face-to-face in London on 25th November 2023.

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

JIM DOWN - LIFE IN THE BALANCE (PAPERBACK) - 2023 (WATERSTONES)

RELATED LINKS

FRED ARMISEN BRITISH MUSIC PLAYLIST - 2023 (LINE OF BEST FIT WEBSITE)

DAVID BOWIE, BRIAN ENO AND TONY VISCONTI RECORD WARSZAWA (animated by Brothers McLeod) - 2013 (YOUTUBE)

BREAKING DOWN HEROES - TONY VISCONTI & ERIN TONKON (FROM MUSIC MOGULS: MASTERS OF POP, BCC) - 2016 (YOUTUBE)

MATT BERRY INTERVIEWS BRIAN ENO - 2018 (YOUTUBE)

PORTLANDIA - PUT A BIRD ON IT - 2011 (YOUTUBE)

PORTLANDIA - IN THE RESTAURANT - 2011 (YOUTUBE)

PORTLANDIA - WHICH BIN DOES IT GO IN - 2012 (YOUTUBE)

HISTORY OF PUNK SNL - 2013 (YOUTUBE)

SNL WEEKEND UPDATE - GARTH AND KAT SING HALLOWEEN SONGS - 2010 (YOUTUBE)

NARDWUAR VS FRED ARMISEN - 2013 (YOUTUBE)

FRED ARMISEN, BILL HADER, SETH MYERS RECALL PRINCE AFTERSHOW PARTY ON HOWARD STERN SHOW - 2016 (YOUTUBE)

BEST OF BILL HADER AND FRED ARMISEN (YOUTUBE)

SATURDAY NIGHT - A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SNL BY JAMES FRANCO - 2014 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam talks with British fashion stylist, writer and social commentator Ayishat Akanbi about the life-changing epiphany that led to her wanting to change the tone of the conversation around social justice and the 'Culture Wars'.

Plus, in the outro, a listener response to the Werner Herzog episode and Adam solves a few mysteries from the Christmas podcast.

The conversation with Ayishat was recorded face-to-face in London on 28th August, 2023.

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

JON RONSON - THINGS FELL APART - 2024 (BBC SOUNDS)

RELATED LINKS

AYISHAT AKANBI - THE PROBLEM WITH WOKENESS (DOUBLE DOWN NEWS) - 2018 (YOUTUBE)

EMPATHY IN BLACK AND WHITE FROM THE US TO THE UK (AYISHAT AKANBI AND JOHN WOOD JR.) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)

IDENTITY AND EMPATHY (AYISHAT TALKS TO DAVE FULLER OF REBEL WISDOM) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)

AYISHAT AKANBI - GUARDIAN INTERVIEW - 2019 (GUARDIAN)

AYISHAT AKANBI - V&A INTERVIEW - 2016 (V&A WEBSITE)

AYISHAT AKANBI - THE PROBLEM WITH CANCEL CULTURE (DOUBLE DOWN NEWS) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)

A HISTORY OF WOKENESS by Aja Romano - 2020 (VOX WEBSITE)

THE MYSTICAL POEMS OF RUMI (RUMI.ORG)

AMERICAN FICTION (TRAILER) - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam talks with legendary German filmmaker, writer and actor Werner Herzog about AI poetry, email etiquette, why LA is like ancient Rome, the Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle believing the 2nd World War was still happening for 29 years, the value of therapy and whether trauma and conflict are best dealt with or buried, what his problem is with David Blaine and why someone needs to send Werner into orbit.

Conversation recorded remotely on 8th December 2023

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

Music and jingles by Adam Buxton, except pan-pipe clip from Aguirre, L'Acrime di Rei by Popul Vuh

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST TOUR 2024

RELATED LINKS

ADAM BUXTON ON GET SHIRTY PODCAST - 2024 (HARDMAN AND HEMMING WEBSITE)

HERZOG ON THE VILENESS OF THE AMAZON JUNGLE (From Burden Of Dreams) - 1982 (YOUTUBE)

THE WHITE DIAMOND Directed by Werner Herzog - 2004 (YOUTUBE)

LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY Directed by Werner Herzog - 1997 (YOUTUBE)

LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY - NAPALM THROAT SINGING SCENE - 1997 (YOUTUBE)

A scene from Little Dieter featuring music from Russian Tuvan throat singer Kogar-ol Ondar

LESSONS OF DARKNESS Directed by Werner Herzog - 1992 (YOUTUBE)

Retreating from Kuwait after the first Gulf War, the Iraqi army sets fire to the country's oil fields. In this documentary, filmmaker Werner Herzog films the raging flames while narrating from the perspective of a confused alien visitor, musing on the strangeness of the landscape.

WERNER HERZOG IS VOICING A POETRY COLLECTION WRITTEN ENTIRELY BY AN AI - 2023 (DAZED)

HERZOG ON THE HENRY ROLLINS SHOW (plus Frank Black singing 'I Burn Today') - 2006 (YOUTUBE)

TEENAGERS' MATHS AND READING SKILLS ARE DROPPING SHARPLY (ACCORDING TO 2022 'PISA' TEST) - 2023 (WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM)

DOMITABLE MYTH: THREE DEPICTIONS OF JAPANESE HOLDOUT SOLDIER by A.E.Hunt - 2023 (INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION)

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Adam and Joe Cornish share some festive waffle cake, enjoy some Made Up Jokes, Eggcorns and a Travelling Tale, and exchange audio gifts, including success tips from Yandrew, a live rendition of a Song Wars classic from Cornballs, 2 new Song Wars songs and a techno visit from her Majesty.

Recorded in front of a live audience at The Royal Festival Hall on London's South Bank on 12th December 2023

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and additional conversation editing (and, it turns out, for the beanie hat!)

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

EMAIL TO FACT CHECKING SANTA RE. FERRIS BUELLER

Hi Adam.

I'm sure someone has told you this, but Cameron is actually saying:

"You can't hit it. You can't hit it. You can't hit it. Swing, batter!" Not "Kennedy".

I know, I was amazed as well.

Paul Carr (aged 48).

FC Santa replies: Ho ho! Thanks Paul. In fact I think he's saying "He can't hit, he can't hit, he can't hit!" Happy new year!

ADAM'S WEBSITE

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ADAM BUXTON PODCAST TOUR 2024

All shows (except Norwich) will go on sale at 10am, Friday 29th December, from www.adam-buxton.co.uk ! The Norwich dates will go on sale 10am, Friday 26th January.

RELATED LINKS

SCALA!!! Documentary review - 2023 (TIME OUT) 

SCALA!!! TRAILER - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

NEIL YOUNG - HARVEST TIME BOX SET (EBAY)

SANCUARI - SARVVAGALBA VIDEO - 2019 (FACEBOOK)

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Adam talks with British comedian, presenter, artist, political mischief maker and returning friend of the podcast, Joe Lycett about his ideas for the live podcast shows, Pranktivism, social media, whether BBC balance should extend to Thanos from Avengers Infinity War, Werner Herzog's views on therapy, more on the mopping debate, and Joe's evolution as a fine artist. 

This conversation was recorded face-to-face in London on November 7th, 2023

The dictaphone joke before the outro was told by Bill, the sound person on Travel Man.

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS HUMOUR SOME MAY FIND OFFENSIVE!

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE @ LONDON PALLADIUM, Tuesday 19th March, 2024

RELATED LINKS

JOE LYCETT OFFICIAL WEBSITE

JOE LYCETT ON INSTAGRAM

DAVID BECKHAM BREAKS SILENCE OVER JOE LYCETT'S MONEY SHREDDING STUNT - 2022 (SKY NEWS)

MR BINGO WEBSITE

TEARDOWN GAME SITE

THIS MACHINE DESTROYS EVERYTHING - (YOUTUBE)

SATISFYING CARPET CLEANING - (YOUTUBE)

THE EDGE OF EVERYTHING (RONNIE O'SULLIVAN DOCUMENTARY) OFFICIAL TRAILER - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam enjoys a short ramble and some beautiful music with British Ugandan singer-songwriter and guitarist Daudi Matsiko.

Please be aware this episode contains a reference to suicidal thoughts. 

This conversation was recorded face-to-face in London on November 3rd, 2023

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE @ LONDON PALLADIUM, Tuesday 19th March, 2024

RELATED LINKS

DONATE TO MUSIC FOR ALL

PRE-ORDER DAUDI'S ALBUM - THE KING OF MISERY (BANDCAMP)

DAUDI MATSIKO LIVE AT A L P H A B E T, BRIGHTON December 14th, 2023 (BANDSINTOWN)

DAUDI MATSIKO - FOOL ME AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

DAUDI MATSIKO - INSTAGRAM

FRED ARMISEN UK SHOWS 2023

SNL WEEKEND UPDATE - GARTH AND KAT SING HALLOWEEN SONGS - 2010 (YOUTUBE)

SNL WEEKEND UPDATE - GARTH AND KAT SING MOTHER'S DAY SONGS - 2013 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam talks with English singer, songwriter, book writer and co-founder of seminal 90s shoegaze band Lush, Miki Berenyi about private school shame, Miki's unconventional and at times troubling upbringing, meeting her pop idols as a young fan in 1980s London, the excesses of life on the road with the 1992 Lollapalooza tour and there's audio evidence of a young Miki attending a show by a legendary Indie band just a year after they had formed.

This episode includes references to child abuse, including sexual, physical and psychological abuse, which some may find distressing. 

Should you have any concerns about a child, you can contact the NSPCC’s Helpline on [email protected] or on 0808 800 5000, where dedicated child protection specialists will be able to help.

The NSPCC’s website also has advice and resources for adults supporting children, and children can contact Childline any time on 0800 1111 or by chat on the website.

This conversation was recorded face-to-face in London on October 26th, 2023

FACT CHECKING SANTA: Re. Thompson Twins lyrics to 'All Fall Out', actually it’s ’I dream in red’ not I dream in ‘rap’. Sorry for any pain caused.

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE @ LONDON PALLADIUM, Tuesday 19th March, 2024

RELATED LINKS

MIKI 2023 LIVE DATES (INSTAGRAM) 

FINGERS CROSSED: HOW MUSIC SAVED ME FROM SUCCESS by Miki Berenyi - 2022 (ROUGH TRADE WEBSITE)

THE SMITHS LIVE, CAMDEN DINGWALLS (AUDIO ONLY) - 30th August 1983 (YOUTUBE)

Miki and Emma can be heard calling for 'Handsome Devil' at 43.26

LUSH 120 MINUTES INTERVIEW - 1996 (YOUTUBE)

LUSH ON SNUB TV - 1990 (YOUTUBE)

MIKI BERENYI OF LUSH - IT WAS THE BEST OF TIMES IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES David Hepworth and Mark Ellen interview - 2022 (YOUTUBE)

GIRL IN A BAND: TALES FROM THE ROCK'N'ROLL FRONTLINE 1 - 2015 (YOUTUBE)

GIRL IN A BAND: TALES FROM THE ROCK'N'ROLL FRONTLINE 2 - 2015 (YOUTUBE)

BBC doc about the experiences of women in the music business presented by writer Kate Mossman featuring contributions from Miki, Tina Weymouth, Viv Albertine, Carol Kaye, Brix Smith Start and others.

MARGARET THATCHER - THE WALDEN INTERVIEW - 1989 (YOUTUBE)

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