Adam talks with English actor, comedian, writer and director Kathy Burke about her memoir A Mind Of My Own, including her relationship with her Dad, Punk, being a Two Tone skinhead, the comments that stoked Kathy's anxiety over her appearance and the kind words of Clash frontman Joe Strummer, the genesis of Kathy's character Perry, meeting Peter Cooke, frustrations on the set of Straight To Hell, plus thoughts on comfy trainers, painful bras and getting older.

CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 5 June, 2026

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SUCCESSPOD - 2026 (Audible)

ADAM BUXTON BAND @ Hoxton Hall, London, 23 & 24 June, 2026 (Eventim)

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ Roundhouse, London, 5 April, 2026 (Roundhouse)

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CARE Directed by Alexander Zeldin, starring Linda Bassett - current run ends 11 July 2026 (The Young Vic)

KATHY ON ACTING AND BEAUTY - 1989 (YouTube)

JONATHAN ROSS - THE LAST RESORT featuring Kathy as Tina Bishop, a young Vic Reeves drawing portraits of guests (Keith Allen, Lysette Anthony, Roland Gift, and a heavily sedated Malcom McLaren) - 1988 (YouTube)

THE NYAH FEARTIES - Bludgeon Man on The Tube - 1986 (YouTube)

THE PROCLAIMERS - THROW THE R AWAY Debut performance on The Tube - 1987 (YouTube)

STRAIGHT TO HELL Directed by Alex Cox (Trailer) - 1987 (YouTube)

KATHY IN THE SID AND NANCY BEHIND THE SCENES FEATURETTE - 1986 (YouTube)

KATHY COMEDY AWARDS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH for Gimme Gimme Gimme - 2002 (YouTube)

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Adam talks with British comedian Harry Enfield about cringey behaviour as adolescents, coincidental similarities between their Dads, why Chrissie Hynde called Harry 'sperm of the devil', whether satire actually makes any difference, King Charles' reaction to TV comedy show The Windsors in which Harry played Charles and why Paul McCartney has seen Harry's genitals.

There's also a brief taste of Adam's new comedy series SUCCESSPOD - 2026 (Audible)

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 6 April, 2026

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UPCOMING SHOWS

ADAM BUXTON BAND @ Hoxton Hall, London, 23 & 24 June, 2026 (Eventim)

BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ The Lightroom, London, 17 June, 2-4 July, 2026 (Lightroom)

LATITUDE 2026 Line Up and day splits (Adam Buxton Band on Friday 24 July, 2026)

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ Roundhouse, London, 5 April, 2026 (Roundhouse)

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HARRY ENFIELD & NO CHUMS TOUR 2026

DESERT ISLAND DISCS with Harry Enfield - 1997 (BBC)

HARRY ENFIELD AND NO CHUMS Review of Harry's 2026 live show - 2026 (Guardian)

REVISIONIST HISTORY - THE SATIRE PARADOX - 2016 (Pushkin website)

SINKING GIGGLING INTO THE SEA Jonathan Coe on satire - 2013 (London Review of Books)

THE LOVE BOX IN YOUR LIVING ROOM Harry and Paul's Adam Curtis spoof/story of Britain's evolution over the last century through the life of the BBC - 2022 (BBC i-Player)

HARRY AND PAUL'S STORY OF THE TWOS - 2014 (YouTube)

WHERE'S THE BLOKE Harry and Paul with Catherine Shepherd - 2011 (YouTube)

THE WRITER AND THE LANDLADY (Complete) Harry and Paul (YouTube)

SAW YOU COMING Ruddy Hell! It's Harry And Paul - 2008 (YouTube)

THE SURGEONS  Harry and Paul Compilation (YouTube)

RICKY GERVAIS Harry and Paul (YouTube)

THE SELF RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS Harry Enfield and Chums - 1994 (YouTube)

ANGRY COUPLE IN CAR Harry Enfield And Chums - 1994 (YouTube)

THE PALACE OF RIGHTEOUS JUSTICE Harry Enfield's Television Programme - 1990 (YouTube)

HARRY ENFIELD'S NORBERT SMITH - A LIFE - 1989 (YouTube)

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE Channel 4, including Stavros and Loadsamoney - 1988 (YouTube)

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Adam talks with American journalist Patrick Radden Keefe about his book London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth, the challenges presented by parenting adolescents, the seductive power of movies like The Wolf Of Wall Street and Patrick's own efforts to resist the glamorising effect of TV and film during production of the TV adaptation of his book about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Say Nothing, and Adam's own ludicrous taste of the criminal life in his early adolescence. There's also chat about why David Byrne's live show was the best live music show Adam has ever seen and whether it's OK to stand up at a seated music show.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in Bath on 7 May, 2026

LONDON FALLING by Patrick Radden Keefe - 2026 (Waterstones)

CLARIFICATION RE. STATINS vs GLP-1s

Responding to Adam's comments about statins at the end of the conversation with Patrick, this was sent in by Dr Mit Shah, MBBS BSc (Hons) PhD, Consultant Cardiologist in Preventive Cardiology, Harefield Hospital:

I’m a consultant cardiologist specialising in lipid disorders and preventive cardiology. While both GLP-1 drugs and statins can reduce cardiovascular risk, they work through very different mechanisms and treat different underlying problems. Statins are specifically used to lower LDL cholesterol, whereas GLP-1 drugs mainly work through the blood glucose and weight-loss pathway, with only modest effects on cholesterol.

Statins have become somewhat unfairly maligned through widespread misinformation and exaggerated claims about side effects, despite very strong clinical evidence for benefit. In fact, researchers have even performed randomised trials demonstrating a significant “nocebo effect”, where patients experience expected side effects even when taking placebo tablets due to their preconceived expectations and worries. 

Daily, I see patients with severe (sometimes genetic) cholesterol disorders who have a critical need for statin therapy, but who are understandably hesitant because of what they’ve heard online. I worry that the idea that GLP-1s could simply replace statins may unintentionally add to that confusion.

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ADAM BUXTON BAND @ Hoxton Hall, London, 23 & 24 June, 2026 (Eventim)

BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ The Lightroom, London, 17 June, 2-4 July, 2026 (Lightroom)

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ Roundhouse, London, 5 April, 2026 (Roundhouse)

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Adam talks with comedian, actor and writer Bridget Christie in front of a live audience at the Bristol Beacon about the joys of jogging, enlightenment in middle age, why Ken Dodd is not creepy, the rewards of being single, and what happens when teenagers start leaving home. Plus live music from UK-based sound artist, composer and field recordist Alice Boyd.

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Conversation and music recorded on 24 May, 2024

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THE ADAM BUXTON BAND MAY 2026 TOUR 

BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM 17 June, 2-4 July, 2026 

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ The Roundhouse, 5 April, 2026

RETURN OF THE WHITE TAILED EAGLE by Alice Boyd - 2025 (YouTube)

ALICE BOYD - SHIFTING SOUNDSCAPES - 2024 (BBC Sounds)

ALICE BOYD LIVE IN WARSAW - 2026 (YouTube)

KEN DODD AND BESSIE BRADDOCK STATUE photo by David Rostance (flickr)

A LOOK INSIDE BOWIE - YOU ARE NOT ALONE @ The Lightroom (Instagram)

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Adam talks with American stand up comedian and Daily Show correspondent Josh Johnson about not drinking alcohol, growing up in Louisiana, alligator gumbo, David Blaine, pranksters, responding to tragic and shocking current events in his stand up sets, and what tourists dislike most about the UK. And in the outro, Adam talks about his recent live shows with the band and a moment of Beatles communion in Liverpool.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 23 January, 2026

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THE ADAM BUXTON BAND MAY 2026 TOUR 

ADAM BUXTON & MIRANDA SAWYER @ CHARLESTON FESTIVAL 14 May 2026, 9pm

BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM 17 June, 2-4 July, 2026 

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ ROUNDHOUSE, 5 August, 2026

RELATED LINKS

JOSH JOHNSON - DRAKE VS KENDRICK EXPLAINED TO WHITE PEOPLE - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

JOSH JOHNSON LIVE @ SOHO THEATRE, WALTHAMSTOW - 2025 (YOUTUBE)

JOSH JOHNSON - THE FAILURE, FEAR AND FRENZY AROUND LUIGI MANGIONE - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

JOSH JOHNSON - IT'S LITERALLY ICE VS. GOOD - 2026 (YOUTUBE)

JOSH JOHNSON - CATFISHING THE KKK - 2017 (YOUTUBE)

JOSH JOHNSON PODCASTS (JOSH JOHSNON WEBSITE)

DAVID BLAINE AND EAMONN HOLMES ON GMTV - 2001 (YOUTUBE)

ADAM & GAZ COOMBES - I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS - 2014 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam talks with Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA musician Self Esteem about Bake Off stress, ambition guilt, feeling out of place as an indie pop star, feeling at home in Cabaret, the challenges of following up a hit album, booze, why men love CBT and much else.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 23 June, 2025

THE ADAM BUXTON BAND MAY 2026 TOUR 

ADAM BUXTON & MIRANDA SAWYER @ CHARLESTON FESTIVAL 14 May 2026, 9pm

BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM 17 June, 2-4 July, 2026 

PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY BRIEFING FILM AND TALK WITH ADAM BUXTON & PATRICK BARKHAM @ NORWICH ARTS CENTRE, 28 June, 2026

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SELF ESTEEM - I DO THIS ALL THE TIME - 2021 (YOUTUBE)

SELF ESTEEM - THE CURSE Self Esteem's song about booze from 'A Complicated Woman' - 2025 (YOUTUBE)

SELF ESTEEM - FOCUS IS POWER - 2025 (YOUTUBE)

TEETH'N'SMILES Starring Self Esteem @ Duke Of York's Theatre until 6 June, 2026 (TEETH'N'SMILES WEBSITE)

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ ROUNDHOUSE, 5 August, 2026

I'll be waffling with Mawaan Rizwaan, the former YouTube comedian turned BAFTA winning writer and star of TV sitcom Juice, at the Roundhouse Comedy Festival. I don't plan on doing any other live podcasts this year, so I hope you can make it to this one.

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Adam talks with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz about not giving a f**k, being born in the 60s and growing up in the 70s and 80s, duetting with Mark E Smith and Lou Reed, why Damon isn't as impressed by Van Morrison and Coldplay as Adam is, partying too hard with Ant and Dec, trying to get The Spice Girls into Stockhausen, Dads, the new Gorillaz album 'The Mountain' and the experience of trying to make peace with mortality in India that inspired it.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 22nd January, 2026

THE ADAM BUXTON BAND SPRING 2026 TOUR 

BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM

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GORILLAZ - THE MOUNTAIN TOUR 2026

DAMON ALBARN'S SONGWRITING ROUTINE, USING GARAGEBAND TO CREATE BLUR SONGS ON TAPE NOTES PODCAST - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

DAMON ALBARN: STUDIO TOUR, 'CRACKER ISLAND' COACHELLA - APPLE MUSIC - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

DAMON ALBARN - THE CULTURE SHOW SPECIAL - 2014 (YOUTUBE)

DAMON'S STUDIO 13 (WEBSITE WITH STUDIO PICS AND GEAR LIST)

THE ADAM BUXTON BAND SUPPORT ACTS

ANNA B SAVAGE - THE GHOST - 2022 (YOUTUBE)

THE CINDYS - ETERNAL PHARMACY - 2026 (YOUTUBE)

TALIABLE - SCRUB - 2025 (YOUTUBE)

CLÉMENTINE MARCH - FIREWORKS - 2025 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam shares a helping of face-to-face, NOT in front of a live audience, spicy Christmas waffle cake with his old friend Joe 'Cornballs' Cornish. Expect gift exchanging, Made Up Jokes, celebrity couple news, hand music, what to do if a dog shits on your lap during a job interview, Adam’s newly confident K-Pop musical direction and more…

CONTAINS SOME FESTIVE BAD LANGUAGE AND MILD MULLED FILTH

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 9 December 2025

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Thanks to Kid Klava for musical assistance on Adam’s Confident K-Pop song

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THE ADAM BUXTON BAND SPRING 2026 TOUR 

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PICS AND RELATED LINKS (ON ADAM'S WEBSITE)

THE HAND MUSIC OF GRIPMASTER G (MATCH OF THE DAY) - 2022 (YOUTUBE)

GRIPMASTER G'S YOUTUBE PAGE

ADAM AND JOE MOUNT ON TAPE NOTES PODCAST - 2025 (LINK TREE)

ADAM ON SODAJERKER ON SONGWRITING PODCAST - 2025 (SODAJERKER WEBSITE)

MANY MEN SOUND SYSTEM - PODCAST THEME - 2025 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam talks with British writer, director, actor and comedian Richard Ayoade about Wes Anderson, the pain of returning an album, and their shared love of Pixies, before being joined on stage by Pixies frontman Frank Black, who sings a song from his classic solo album Teenager Of The Year and (in a conversation recorded before a Pixies show the previous evening) Frank tells Adam how he really feels about comedians making music and the trauma of his audition for David Fincher's film Zodiac.

Conversations recorded face-to-face in London on 18 & 19 March 2024

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Becca Bryers for additional editing, and the team from Crosstown Promotions, especially Richard Walsh, Annalisa Lembo, Ben Saunders, Phil Turner

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

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

FRANK BLACK & THE CATHOLICS - DOG GONE Directed by Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish - 1998 (YOUTUBE)

FRANK BLACK - TEENAGER OF THE YEAR 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - 2025 (4AD)

THE UNFINISHED HARAULD HUGHES (AUDIOBOOK) - 2025 (AUDIBLE)

Read by Richard Ayoade, Chris Morris, David Mitchell, Lydia Fox, Noel Fielding, Sally Hawkins, Stephen Merchant

PLEASE STOP USING AI TO MAKE WES ANDERSON PARODIES by Stuart Heritage - 2023 (GUARDIAN)

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Adam talks with American-Venezuelan singer-songwriter and visual artist, Devendra Banhart, about podcast jingles, the wisdom of cats, dead Dads, therapy, the place that religion has in Adam and Devendra's lives, songs that make you cry and The Greatest Night In Pop. Plus, two specially recorded versions of Devendra's songs, Fireflies and The Body Breaks, and Adam reports on his trip to see Radiohead play in London.

Conversation recorded remotely on 19 July 2024

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DEVENDRA BANHART - CHARGER (LA BESTIA LIVE SESSION) - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

DEVENDRA BANHART - THE SEVENTIES (OFFICIAL VISUALISER) - 2005 (YOUTUBE)

WHAT'S IN MY BAG - DEVENDRA BANHART - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP (TRAILER) - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

RANDY CRAWFORD - ONE DAY I'LL FY AWAY - 1980 (YOUTUBE)

THE MAVERICKS - DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY - 1998 (YOUTUBE)

LIONEL RITCHIE - ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT) - 1983 (YOUTUBE)

ALDOUS HARDING TINY DESK - 2017 (YOUTUBE)

POLLY HARVEY TINY DESK - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

CA7RIEL & PACO AMOROSO TINY DESK - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

ALDOUS HARDING KEXP - 2020 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam talks with British/American documentarian Lucy Walker about being at the same school, psychedelic drug therapy and whether life's happiness curve is not a downwards slide to the end, but is actually 'U' shaped.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 04 September, 2024

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LUCY WALKER WEBSITE

WASTELAND Directed by Lucy Walker - 2010 (YOUTUBE)

DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND Directed by Lucy Walker - 2002 (YOUTUBE)

BLINDSIGHT (OFFICIAL TRAILER) Directed by Lucy Walker - 2006 (YOUTUBE)

THE TSUNAMI AND THE CHERRY BLOSSOM (OFFICIAL TRAILER) Directed by Lucy Walker - 2011 (YOUTUBE)

THE CRASH REEL (OFFICIAL TRAILER) Directed by Lucy Walker - 2013 (YOUTUBE)

MOUNTAIN QUEEN: THE SUMMITS OF LHAKPA SHERPA (OFFICIAL TRAILER) Directed by Lucy Walker - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND (OFFICIAL TRAILER) Netflix 4-part series about the potential therapeutic benefits of psychedelic drugs presented by Michael Pollan, directed by Lucy Walker and Alison Ellwood

FAMOUS SCIENTIST OF 5-MeO-DMT AND INTEGRATED INFORMATION THEORY - 2025 (YOUTUBE)

IS LIFE'S HAPPINESS CURVE REALLY U SHAPED? by Daniel Freeman and Jason Freeman - 2015 (GUARDIAN)

LYNCHIAN by John Higgs - 2025 (WATERSTONES)

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