Adam shares a giant festive waffle pudding with his old friend, the films director Joe Cornish and there's a surprise guest appearance by another friend of the podcast to celebrate the 200th episode. CONTAINS SOME STRONG LANGUAGE Recorded face to face in London on December 9th and 22nd, 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode. Podcast artwork by Helen Green Podcast music/jingles by Adam Buxton except Shout Outs music bed from 'Wario’s Woods' game (Dr Buckles remix....

Adam talks with British journalist and author Gary Younge about gun violence in America, identity politics and 'Uncle Toms'. Conversation recorded face to face in London, 17th November, 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS BOOK TRUST DISPATCHES FROM THE DIASPORA by Gary Younge - 2023 (PRE ORDER FROM FABER) GARY'S WEBSITE (including articles, book reviews, Twitter feed etc.) GARY YOUNGE DESTROYS...

Adam talks with English radio, TV presenter and writer, Nihal Arthanayake about conversations and what happens when they go wrong. CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE! This conversation was recorded remotely on October 5th, 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Becca Bryers for conversation editing. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS DONATE TO ST MUNGO'S LET'S TALK: HOW TO HAVE BETTER CONVERSATIONS by NIHAL ARTHANAYAKE - 2022 (BLACKWELLS) NIHAL'S HEADLINERS PODCAST...

Adam talks with British actor and musician Paddy Considine about Hot Fuzz, life in the Game Of Thrones universe, self doubt, some of the childhood experiences at school and at home that have fed into Paddy's more intense portrayals, and Paddy's love of US indie legends Guided By Voices. Conversation recorded remotely on October 11th, 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Becca Bryers for conversation editing. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS PADDY'S...

Adam talks with English actor, comedian and writer Michelle de Swarte about accents, class, modelling, the privilege of being beautiful (something I know too much about), why Michelle watches a lot of videos about narcissism and I give her my last bottle of cognac. Conversation recorded face to face in London on November 14th, 2022 CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE! Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS CONTRIBUTE TO THE ADAM AND JOE...

Adam talks with musician Olugbenga Adelekan and his 7 year old son Ravi about brain surgery, child YouTube millionaires, sport that Adam doesn't care about and Ravi's charity single.  Conversation recorded remotely on November 9th, 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS RAVI'S WEBSITE Watch the video for A Million Dreams here and find out more about the charities he's supporting DONATE TO RAVI'S DREAM (BRAINTRUST AND THE BRAIN...

Adam talks with British musician Richard Dawson who performs two songs: The Almsgiver and Judas Iscariot. Conversation recorded face to face in Newcastle on 14th October, 2021 Thanks to Ben Tulloh for conversation editing and Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS SPOTIFY PLAYLIST RICHARD DAWSON - THE RUBY CORD (LIMITED EDITION LP) - 2022 (DOMINO) BULBILS (RICHARD AND SALLY PILKINGTON) (BANDCAMP) Richard: "A few particular bulbils highlights if you...

Adam enjoys a conversational ramble with Irish writer and comedian Maeve Higgins. This episode was recorded remotely on Monday 31st October, 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS MAEVE ON INSTAGRAM MOTHERS OF INVENTION PODCAST 'TELL EVERYONE ON THIS TRAIN I LOVE THEM' THE MEANING OF A HERO'S FINAL WORDS by Maeve Higgins - 2022 (GUARDIAN) A FRIEND OF TALIESIN MECHE WRITES ABOUT HIS DEATH - 2017 (QUARTZ WEBSITE) MAEVE HIGGINS'...

Adam talks with Swazi-British actor and writer Richard E Grant about sex, grief, Withnail and much else. This conversation was recorded face to face in London on 29th September, 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS BUG VIDEO NASTIES (HORROR SPECIAL) @ BFI SOUTHBANK, 4th & 18th NOVEMBER, 2022 INTO THE RED (BIRD BOOK FEATURING A POEM AND DRAWING BY ADAM) - 2022 A POCKETFUL OF HAPPINESS by Richard E Grant - 2022 (WORLD OF...

Adam talks with British film maker Lorna Tucker about her documentary profile of fashion designer Vivienne Westwood and how she felt when Westwood publicly disowned it. Lorna also explains how she found herself homeless as a teenager and the struggle with addiction that ensued; experiences that informed her new documentary Someone's Daughter, Someone's Son, which considers what can be done to better tackle homelessness. This episode was recorded face to face on 17th October, 2022 Thanks to...

Adam talks with British writer Ian McEwan about some of the autobiographical experiences that went into his latest novel Lessons, including his school days, parenthood and losing parents. We also talk about the ethical dilemmas presented by Artificial Intelligence, the British philosopher Bryan Magee and what makes Ian laugh. Recorded face to face in London on 8th July, 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS DOZY ROSIE (4K) -...

Adam talks with British Asian journalist, writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed about conkers, Mary Whitehouse, white noise makers, Star Trek and much else. This conversation was recorded face to face in London on October 4th, 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS SAMIRA'S BLOG CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S JUSTICE DISGUSTED, MARY WHITEHOUSE - 2022 (BBC) Edwardian, prude, Christian disruptor, Cassandra of digital technology? Samira Ahmed...

Adam talks with Irish author, comedian and chat show host Graham Norton about interviewing, book writing, the value of hippies and what makes an embarrassing chat show guest. This episode was recorded face to face in London on 25th March 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS LOVE AND LET DIE: BOND, THE BEATLES AND THE BRITISH PSYCHE by John Higgs - 2022 (WATERSTONES) SAMRIA AHMED INTERVIEWS GRAHAM NORTON ON 'HOW I FOUND MY...

Adam talks with British professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience at the University of Sussex, Anil Seth about the difficulty of defining consciousness, the difference between the idea of a self and a soul, what happens when things go wrong with your perception of self and those around you, the way that psychedelics alter consciousness for better or worse, and whether Anil's work has changed the way he thinks about the big D. Not Sunny D. The other one. This conversation was...

Adam talks with Scottish musician and director Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian and plays two tracks from their new album 'A Bit Of Previous', specially recorded by the whole band for the podcast. This episode was recorded remotely on 1st of April, 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS BELLE AND SEBASTIAN WEBSITE 2022 UK AND IRELAND TOUR DATES (TICKETMASTER) BELLE AND SEBASTIAN - IF THEY'RE SHOOTING AT YOU (in support...

Adam meets Mariana Mazzucato, 'one of the worlds most influential economists'* about how capitalism fails and how it can be made to work better by 'reimagining the state'. (* see WIRED article link below) This episode was recorded face to face in London on 10th March 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS MARIANA MAZZUCATO WEBSITE THIS ECONOMIST HAS A PLAN TO FIX CAPITALISM - IT'S TIME WE LISTENED by João Medeiros - 2019...

Adam talks with journalist and documentary presenter Louis Theroux about the challenges of writing honestly about family relationships with reference to his account of domestic life during lockdown and his mother Anne's book about the disintegration of her marriage to Paul Theroux. We also talk ice baths with Joe Wicks, confrontations with far right 'irony bros', and I do my best to make things uncomfortable when it comes to our podcast rivalry. This episode was recorded face to face in...

Adam talks with English-Cypriot actor and comedian Natasia Demetriou about subjects including eggs, wigs, BAFTAs, theatre trauma and ass milk. This episode was recorded face to face in London on 31st April 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for conversation editing and production support Podcast artwork by Helen Green See Adam and Rosie welcome you to Adam's YouTube channel ADAM'S WEBSITE RELATED LINKS ELLIE & NATASIA  - 2022 (BBC i-PLAYER) ELLIE & NATASIA (GUARDIAN REVIEW by...

Adam talks with British writer and cultural historian John Higgs about 90s TV, the KLF, trying to be optimistic about the future, what John Lennon might be like if he were alive now and what The Beatles and James Bond tell us about the British psyche. CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE 2015 FILM 'TOMORROWLAND' Episode recorded on October 2nd, 2021 in Brighton. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Ben Tulloh for conversation editing. Podcast artwork by Helen Green See Adam and...

Adam talks with English singer, songwriter and actor Yola who plays two songs from her album Stand For Myself. This episode was recorded remotely on February 14th, 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support  Podcast artwork by Helen Green See Adam and Rosie welcome you to Adam's YouTube channel Sign up for the occasional newsletter on my website RELATED LINKS YOLA WEBSITE YOLA - DANCING AWAY IN TEARS (JIMMY FALLON SHOW) - 2022 (YOUTUBE) YOLA - SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE (JOOLS'...

Adam talks with British musician Jarvis Cocker about Beatles, the perils of nostalgia, finding yourself (by falling out of a window) losing yourself (on the dance floor), the weirdness of pop stardom and some of the objects he writes about in his book Good Pop, Bad Pop This conversation was recorded in London on February 24th, 2022 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS GOOD POP, BAD POP (BOOK) by JARVIS COCKER - 2022 (ROUGH...

Adam talks with American actor and comedian Natalie Palamides about subjects that include uncomfortable comedy, on stage vulnerability, when successful people become arseholes and Lyme disease. Natalie also reads an email from her Mum that raises the bar for critical parenting considerably. THIS EPISODE CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND TICK TALK My interview with Chris Smith, the director of Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (the documentary about Jim Carey playing Andy Kaufman in Man On The Moon)...

Adam talks with British actor and comedian Sanjeev Bhaskar. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Becca Ptaszynski for additional editing. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RAMBLE BOOK PAPERBACK ARTWORK - SIGNED POSTER RELATED LINKS INDIA WITH SANJEEV BHASKAR - 2007 (BBC iPLAYER) GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME - THE COOPERS, PUB LUNCH SKETCH (YOUTUBE) UNFORGOTTEN SERIES 1 TRAILER - 2015 (YOUTUBE) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam talks with British comedy duo Lazy Susan, (Celeste Dring and Freya Parker). Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Becca Bryers for additional editing. Podcast artwork by Helen Green RELATED LINKS LAZY SUSAN SKETCH SHOW - 2022 (BBC IPLAYER) LAZY SUSAN YOUTUBE CHANNEL  LAZY SUSAN - THE EAST COAST LISTENING POST (THIS AMERICAN LIFE SPOOF) - (RADIO 4) CELESTE DRING AND ELLIE WHITE AS PRINCESSES EUGENIE AND BEATRICE ON THE WINDSORS - (YOUTUBE) NEWMAN AND BADDIEL ON THE...

Adam talks with British-Malaysian stand up comedian Phil Wang and there's two specially recorded tracks (Wild and Satellite) from Texan band Spoon. Phil conversation recorded in London on March 17th, 2022 Spoon recorded at Third Man records, London on March 23rd, 2021 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode. Thanks to Ben Tulloh for editing on the Phil Wang conversation. Podcast artwork by Helen Green NEW SIGNED RAMBLE BOOK POSTERS! - 2022 (AT BSI MERCH) WANGLINKS PHIL...