Adam talks with English-Cypriot actor and comedian Natasia Demetriou about lockdown life, celebrity sing-alongs, fascinating animal sex facts, how to say something extraordinary at a Q&A and much more non essential stuff. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing. RELATED LINKS ERATO - CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND (2011) EMMA STONE & MAYA RUDOLPH - CALL YOUR GIRLFRIEND (MAYA AND MARTY, 2016) (TWITTER) A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE CUPS PHE...
Apr 26, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Adam talks with British stand up comedian Romesh Ranganathan. This conversation was recorded on March 10th, 2020, a couple of weeks before the UK Coronavirus lockdown began. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for conversation editing. RELATED LINKS PREORDER RAMBLE BOOK WITH FREE TRIAL ON AUDIBLE HIP HOP SAVED MY LIFE PODCAST ROMESH 'STRAIGHT OUTTA CRAWLEY' AUDIOBOOK BLUE CROSS - PETS AND CORONAVIRUS INFO Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...
Apr 16, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Adam talks with Canadian author and journalist Malcolm Gladwell Part of the conversation with Malcolm focusses on how surprising circumstantial factors may prevent some people from acting on suicidal impulses. If you find yourself considering taking your own life, THE SAMARITANS are a source of support for people when they feel hopeless. Please give them a call. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing. RELATED LINKS DR BUCKLES' NICE WEATH...
Apr 05, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Adam enjoys a remote ramble with British actor and writer Daisy Haggard. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing. RELATED LINKS SIGNED LIMITED EDITION PODCAST POSTER DR BUCKLES' LOCKDOWN RELAXORIUM PLAYLIST (SPOTIFY) BACK TO LIFE (BBC IPLAYER) TIM KEY'S LATE NIGHT POETRY PROGRAMME ADAM BUXTON READS REVIEWS FOR THE PERSUASIONISTS GUARDIAN INTERVIEW WITH DAISY (2019) 'BUSTLE' INTERVIEW WITH DAISY (2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
Mar 31, 2020•1 hr 13 min
Adam talks with Dr Xand van Tulleken about the Coronavirus crisis, how it's being handled in the UK and how Adam's own family has been adjusting to social distancing. This episode features two Skype conversations recorded on March 16 and March 22, before the announcement of the UK lockdown. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. RELATED LINKS XANDER van TULLEKEN ON TWITTER: @xandvt CORONAVIRUS, HOW TO ISOLATE YOURSELF (CHANNEL 4) AUSTERITY BLAMED FOR LIFE EXPECTANCY STALL...
Mar 26, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Adam enjoys more festive waffle with Joe Cornish. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing. Music and jingles by Adam Buxton (and Harry and Cal from Hooton Tennis Club!) BLUE CROSS PET CHARITY FOODBANKS - THE TRUSSELL TRUST ADAM BUXTON 2020 BOOK TOUR BRITTANY BROSKI - KOMBUCHA GIRL (TIK TOK) BRITTANY BROSKI - LOVE ISLAND PT 2 (TIK TOK) JOE CORNISH ON INSTAGRAM JOHN HIGGS - THE FUTURE STARTS HERE SOUNDICULOUS GAME (JOHN LEWIS) Hosted on Aca...
Dec 25, 2019•2 hr 37 min
Adam talks with Scottish comedian, actor, musician and artist Sir Billy Connolly Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Anneka Myson for additional editing. RELATED LINKS ADAM BUXTON 2020 BOOK TOUR BILLY CONNOLLY - TALL TALES AND WEE STORIES (2019 BOOK) BILLY CONNOLLY - CRUCIFIXION ROUTINE (YOUTUBE) BILLY CONNOLLY - SOLO CONCERT (1974, STAND UP ALBUM ON SPOTIFY) BILLY CONNOLLY - STAND UP COMPILATION (YOUTUBE) BILLY CONNOLLY - DEAD WIFE JOKE ON PARKINSON (1975, YOUTUBE) BI...
Dec 14, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Adam talks with American actor and musician Jeff Goldblum Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for conversation editing. RELATED LINKS BOOK TRUST JEFF GOLDBLUM - I SHOULDN'T BE TELLING YOU THIS ALBUM TRAILER, 2019 (YOUTUBE) JEFF GOLDBLUM & THE MILDRED SNITZER ORCHESTRA - CANTALOUPE ISLAND (LIVE, 2018) (YOUTUBE) ADAM BUXTON 2020 BOOK TOUR ADAM BUXTON PODCAST MERCH LUKE DROZD KICKSTARTER Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Dec 07, 2019•1 hr 5 min
Adam talks with the American evolutionary biologist Dr Diana Fleischman about gender roles, animal suffering, nature vs nurture, incest, cannibalism, plane crashes, and cryogenics. The conversation was recorded in London in May 2019. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for conversation editing. RELATED LINKS ADAM BUXTON 2020 BOOK TOUR ADAM BUXTON PODCAST MERCH DR DIANA FLEISCHMAN ON TWITTER EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION - DR DIANA FLEISCHMAN (...
Dec 02, 2019•1 hr 22 min
Adam talks with Nicky Wire, lyricist and bass player of The Manic Street Preachers. WARNING: This podcast contains brief references to and a description of self harm. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Anneka Myson for additional editing. RELATED LINKS NICKY WIRE’S MOST MEMORABLE QUIPS (NME) MANIC STREET PREACHERS - MOTORCYCLE EMPTINESS (1992) MANIC STREET PREACHERS - THE MASSES AGAINST THE CLASSES (2000) MANIC STREET PREACHERS - TOP TRACKS ON SPOTIFY POB SPITTING ON ...
Nov 26, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Adam talks with British mentalist, illusionist and author Derren Brown Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for conversation editing. RELATED LINKS REGISTER TO VOTE ADAM BUXTON 2020 BOOK TOUR DERREN BROWN OFFICIAL WEBSITE DERREN BROWN - HAPPY DERREN BROWN - TRICKS OF THE MIND DERREN BROWN - CONFESSIONS OF A CONJUROR ADAM BUXTON AND THE HUMAN HORN FALLING TREE MUSIC DOCUMENTARIES Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Nov 22, 2019•58 min
Adam talks with British television presenter turned author Dawn O'Porter about selfies, how she coped with the death of her mother when she was just 7, what she plans to do with some of her other loved ones when they die, her early days in TV, social media scrapes and writing routines. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for conversation editing. RELATED LINKS DAWN O'PORTER BOOKS HELP REFUGEES CHOOSE LOVE CHARITY ELON MUSK - TESLA IN SPACE CAN YOU TAXIDE...
Nov 16, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Adam talks to British musician Michael Kiwanuka about musical influences, school days and shameful memories. Michael also plays 2 songs from his album Kiwanuka (You Ain't The Problem and Light). Thanks to Ronnie Scotts for letting us record at the club, to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing. RELATED LINKS MICHAEL KIWANUKA - YOU AIN'T THE PROBLEM (OFFICIAL VIDEO) MICHAEL KIWANUKA - BLACK MAN IN A WHITE WORLD (OFFICIAL VIDEO) MICHAEL KIWAN...
Nov 08, 2019•57 min
Adam talks with British comedian and writer Guz Khan about being excused from class, teaching tips, overthinking things, parenthood, the story of the viral videos that began Guz's career and I give him in inappropriate gift. Thanks to Anneka Myson for additional editing and Seamus Murphy-Mitchel for production support. RELATED LINKS MAN LIKE MOBEEN (BBC IPLAYER) GUZ KHAN - PAKISAURUS VICTOR BORGE - COMEDY IN MUSIC ULTIMATE FUNNY FOUR LIONS COMPILATION (YOUTUBE) JOANNA NEARY'S PODCAST DOLEMITE IS...
Nov 01, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Adam talks with American author and academic, Shoshana Zuboff whose book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power is about how the big tech companies (Google and Facebook especially) are employing increasingly sophisticated methods to watch how we behave on line and using that data not only to sell us things, but also to make predictions about our future behaviour and even the kind of opinions we 're likely to have. This predictive data is som...
Oct 25, 2019•1 hr 14 min
Adam talks with British comedian, writer and director Chris Morris about colonoscopies, mobile phone radiation, Chernobyl, David Bowie's last album Blackstar, The Pixies, the value of research before making a film and whether Quentin Tarantino is a genius, boring or a boring genius. Recorded in London in September 2019. LE PETOMANE DU MOULIN ROUGE (YOUTUBE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rIXipAV6Fs THE INCONVENIENT TRUTH ABOUT CANCER AND MOBILE PHONES (GUARDIAN, 2018) https://www.theguardian.c...
Oct 18, 2019•1 hr 7 min
Adam talks with British comedian, writer and director Chris Morris about his film The Day Shall Come and much else besides. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing. RELATED LINKS THE DAY SHALL COME (TRAILER, YOUTUBE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR08yvgwPjE&t=2s BONZO DOG BAND - SHIRT (VIV STANSHALL INTRO, YOUTUBE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWrU3kROXww&t=7s DISRUPT DISCREDIT AND DIVIDE (ABOUT THE FBI) by MIKE GERMAN (N...
Oct 14, 2019•1 hr 25 min
Adam talks with British writer and radio and podcast host Emily Dean. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing. RELATED LINKS EVERYBODY DIED SO I GOT A DOG by EMILY DEAN https://www.waterstones.com/book/everybody-died-so-i-got-a-dog/emily-dean/9781473671362 THE DAY OF THE TRIFFIDS (BBC TV, 1984) https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2d30xf EDDIE MURPHY - DELIRIOUS (YOUTUBE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGWYGQNBSZk THE DAY SHALL COME (TR...
Oct 11, 2019•1 hr 21 min
Adam talks with British writer Philip Pullman at his home in Oxford about The Secret Commonwealth, the second part of his Book Of Dust trilogy, as well as the morality of science and progress, the danger of conspiracy theories, the loss innocence, the value of music and poetry, writing, cultural appropriation and getting into trouble on social media (though this was recorded before he got into trouble on social media for Tweeting a joke about Boris Johnson). CONTAINS REFERENCES TO PLOT OF HIS DA...
Oct 04, 2019•1 hr 22 min
Adam talks with Sara Pascoe and Richard Ayoade, (two British comedians who have also read and written, more than one book) about J.D. Salinger's classic 1951 novel 'The Catcher in the Rye'. SYNOPSIS: The story begins with 17 year old Holden Caulfield recuperating following a breakdown. The rest of the book is an account from Holden's point of view, of the events that lead to that breakdown, which took place the previous Winter in the days following his expulsion from Pencey Prep, a private schoo...
Jul 21, 2019•1 hr 13 min
Adam enjoys a suitably rambly conversation with his school friends, Joe Cornish and Louis Theroux that takes in Louis' appearance on Desert Island Discs, school reports, the most recent remake of A Star Is Born (SPOILER ALERT: key plot details are revealed) and a tape of Adam, Joe and Louis aged 18 doing David Bowie impressions, before we hear a new Song Wars style Bowie song from Joe, created specially for the 100th episode. CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE! Thanks to Seamus Murphy-Mitchel for producti...
Jul 13, 2019•1 hr 19 min
Adam talks with British comedian Frank Skinner about his encounter with Mark E. Smith (frontman of legendary band The Fall), other favourite gits, challenging celebrity experiences, Charles Bukowski, arguing with the person you love, on line insults and Frank's evolution from Lad Mag hero to (according to Radio 4), public intellectual. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. RELATED LINKS FRANK SKINNER 2019 TOUR DATES http://frankskinnerlive.com/ DR BUCKLE'S FALL FAVOURITES (SPO...
Jul 07, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Adam talks with Maya Foa, the director of Human rights charity Reprieve, about the questionable efficacy of the death penalty, torture, Jack Bauer, drone strikes, why Obama should have watched 'Dave' starring Kevin Kline, and whether I could get out of Guantanamo. Reprieve is a nonprofit organisation of international lawyers and investigators whose stated goal is to "fight for the victims of extreme human rights abuses with legal action and public education". Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for...
Jun 29, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Adam talks with British comedians Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer about Bowie, television, fishing, Athletico Mince, Stavros, Loadsamoney and other randomness. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing, and Dan Hawkins for bass playing on the instrumental jingle at approx 43 mins (see link below for Dan's excellent on-line bass player service) GUARDIAN ARTICLE RE. MARTIN LUTHER KING CLAIMS https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun...
Jun 15, 2019•1 hr 2 min
Adam talks with Welsh singer Charlotte Church about birthdays, smells, Charlotte's plans to help children build a democratic school, my complaints about having to upgrade apps, (even though 'The Adam Buxton app' might need upgrading soon, so I can fuck off), as well as Charlotte's megastardom years and the pressure on her from the tabloid media at the height of her celebrity in the 90s. Thanks to Anneka Myson for additional editing and Seamus Murphy-Mitchel for production support. RELATED LINKS ...
Jun 08, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Adam talks with American musician John Grant about travel stress, island survival, languages, favourite documentaries, John's last record 'Love Is Magic' (2018), horror films and favourite soundtracks, and growing up gay in a religious American family. This week's outro includes a visit from 'Country Man' presenter Monty Buggershop-Hooty who brings you some 'Sounds Of The Summer'. Visit the Adam Buxton app and open the Bonus Audio section for more music chat with John and accompanying Spotify pl...
Jun 02, 2019•1 hr 11 min
Adam talks with British writer Nina Stibbe, about David Sedaris, sex and inappropriate male behaviour from the 70s and beyond, and the dangers of writing about real people. There's also some discussion of dentistry and thigh vaginas. Nina is the author of 'Love Nina- Dispatches From Family Life' (2013), a collection of letters that she wrote to her sister Vicky in the 80s while working in North London as a nanny to the children of Mary-Kay Wilmers, who was the editor of the London Review of Book...
May 25, 2019•1 hr 18 min
Adam talks with French-British actor and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg about pretentious hotels, overcoming her diffidence as a singer, Kanye West and separating the art from the artist, and her collaborations with Beck and film director Lars Von Trier, plus other important business. The conversation was recorded in London in December 2018. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing. RELATED LINKS CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG - 'REST' (MUSIC VIDEO) ht...
May 18, 2019•1 hr 15 min
Adam talks with British comedian James Acaster about school, a teenage religious/existential crisis, listening to music in cars, James's quest to find the best music of 2016, the joy of sulking and much other enjoyable business. The conversation was recorded in November 2018. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing. RELATED LINKS THE ADAM BUXTON APP https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/the-adam-buxton-app/id1264624915?mt=8 JAMES ON 'CONAN' htt...
May 11, 2019•1 hr 20 min
Adam talks with Jamaican writer Marlon James about the 80s, bad writing habits, heavy metal, why you should always consult Peter Gabriel about cultural appropriation, and the controversy that surrounded the 2019 Oscar winner for best film, 'Green Book'. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing. RELATED LINKS MARLON JAMES 'IMAGINE' DOCUMENTARY (2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj10m_J5kJY THE DAILY - WHAT HOLLYWOOD KEEPS WRONG ABOUT RA...
May 04, 2019•1 hr 20 min
