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British comedian Adam Buxton talks with interesting people. The rambly conversations are sometimes funny, sometimes more serious with funny bits. Adam makes the jingles and records the intros and outros for most episodes while walking with his dog friend Rosie in the East Anglian countryside where he lives with his wife and three children. Adam has appeared in films such as Hot Fuzz, Stardust and Son Of Rambow as well as a variety of TV shows in the UK. Since 2007 he has hosted BUG, a live s ...
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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. …
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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 …
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Adam talks with English actor, writer, and director Will Sharpe about mental health, therapy, what it was like working in Italy on The White Lotus 2, why Will had to get into incredible shape to play that part, Artificial Intelligence, and Adam reminisces about a dimly recalled robot-based TV show from his childhood: Holmes and Yoyo. This conversat…
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Adam talks with Scottish journalist and broadcaster Kirsty Young about the danger of falling in love with the sound of your own voice, why social media isn't all bad (or is it?), whether you should trust the BBC, behind the scenes moments from Desert Island Discs, their respective encounters with Tom Hanks, when and if it's OK for broadcasters to g…
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Adam talks with British actor, comedian and returning podcast guest, Guz Khan about the challenges of parenthood, the danger of spoiling children with the trappings of success, why Guz would be happy if his ride on the entertainment rollercoaster ended tomorrow, dealing with rowdy audiences and what to do if a Hollywood star (even a really nice one…
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EP.210 - JAVID ABDELMONEIM (OF MSF)
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Adam talks with British born physician Javid Abdelmoneim about why working in an NHS A&E department was more stressful than working in war and disease zones with MSF. Javid also talks about his time treating people caught up in the war in Ukraine in 2022 and the West African Ebola crisis in 2014 as well as the emotional cost of the work that Javid …
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Adam talks with English stand-up comedian, actor and writer, Bridget Christie about important things including her TV comedy drama The Change, men that smell good, fridges that smell bad, running, cleaning and parenting. This conversation was recorded face to face in London on May 18th, 2023 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support a…
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EP.208 - NATALIE WYNN aka CONTRAPOINTS
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Adam talks with American YouTube video essayist Natalie Wynn a.k.a ContraPoints about the practical challenges of being a YouTube creator, the weirdness of time spent on the internet, the therapeutic value of liminal spaces, Gamergate, on line harassment and the dark side of the internet, what Natalie learned from being judged by her own tribe, why…
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Adam talks with English musician Billy Bragg about the time they met in Glastonbury when Billy was keeping some unexpected company, why manners matter on social media, the challenge of being a progressive patriot, what posters Billy had on his wall as a boy, Dial-A-Disc and other ways we listened to music in the olden days, why Neil Young and Stanl…
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Adam talks with English actor and writer Daisy May Cooper about the supernatural, Daisy's memories of watching the Adam and Joe Show, art school and drama school, therapy, social media, what we're like to be in a relationship with, how the children of billionaires get screwed up, why being famous isn't what Daisy imagined, the secrets of TV sex sce…
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Adam talks with British comedy writer Sam Bain about working with Jesse Armstrong and collaborating with Chris Morris on Four Lions, venturing into the theatre, what he learned from Buddhist retreats, best and worst plane journeys and whether he would have shouted 'Judas' at Bob Dylan in 1966. This conversation was recorded face to face in London o…
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Adam talk to English writer Jesse Armstrong about his comedy influences, why he's happy to leave the 4th wall unbroken, whether Peep Show was realistic, the challenges involved with writing Succession, separating the art from artist, audiences laughing in the wrong way, whether satire does more harm than good and other hot waffle. This conversation…
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Adam talks with with English-Cypriot actor and comedian Tash Demetriou about mushroom zombies, bloopers and why they'll never take ayahuasca, and Tash speaks about how her Dad is doing. Adam also unveils a short(s) collaboration with electronic music legend Squarepusher in the outro. DEMENTIA UK Anyone affected by dementia can contact Dementia UK’s…
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EP.202 - LOUIS THEROUX @ LONDON PODCAST FESTIVAL, 2022
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Adam talks with old friend Louis Theroux in front of a live audience at the London Podcast Festival, King's Place, on 15th September, 2022. There's talk about the death of Queen Elizabeth, unexplained phenomena, dealing with conspiracy theorists, bad tempered radio exchanges with Joe Cornish and Adam attempts to emulate Louis' recent rap success. A…
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Adam talks with American actor and writer Tom Hanks about his new novel The Making Of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece, as well as why it's important not to walk out of films, favourite drinks, dogs, whether an AI Tom Hanks will be as good as a real Tom Hanks, working with Wes Anderson and other important stuff. Conversation recorded remote…
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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 epi…
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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 D…
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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 RE…
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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…
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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 …
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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 WEBSIT…
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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 RUB…
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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 …
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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 NO…
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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, Someo…
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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 …
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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 CENT…
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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 …
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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 …
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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 REL…
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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 H…
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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 righ…
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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 …
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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 Bright…
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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…
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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…
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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 int…
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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 SKET…
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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 AMERICA…
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EP.176 - PHIL WANG & MUSIC FROM SPOON
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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 Tull…
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Adam talks with British comedian, writer and actor Tim Key about TV quizzes, meeting boxing legends on holiday, the weirdness of lockdown, a health scare that Tim went through a few years back and there's a few more memories from the trip to New York Adam took with Tim and Alex Horne in January 2020. Tim also reads poetry over improvised plaintive …
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Adam talks with British comedian Alex Horne about getting older, being annoying, making sort of funny music, dealing with other people's success, maintaining the success of Task Master, a trip to New York with Tim Key that featured an alarming medical event and at the end there's a dog plop story that you may want to skip if you're feeling sensitiv…
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Adam talks with best selling Irish author and podcaster Marian Keyes about being profiled by Alan Yentob, depression, the fun of working in restaurants in 1980s London, sex and the challenges of having a good relationship with an ex partner. This conversation was recorded face to face in London on March 11th, 2022. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell …
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Adam shares several slices of vaguely festive waffle with his old friend, the films director Joe Cornish. Recorded remotely on December 15th, 2021 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode. Podcast artwork by Helen Green https://helengreenillustration.com/ RELATED LINKS PLEASE DONATE TO ST MUNGO'S HOMELESS CHARITY GEAR4MUSIC ACT…
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EP.171 - CALLOUT FOR XMAS PODCAST SUBMISSIONS AND A BIT OF FRAN LEBOWITZ
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Adam enjoys a short ramble with American humorist Fran Lebowitz Recorded remotely on September 7th, 2021 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode. Podcast artwork by Helen Green CONTRIBUTE TO THE ADAM AND JOE CHRISTMAS PODCAST 2021 adambuxtonpodcast@gmail.com Please make the subject header of your emails 'ADAM AND JOE CHRISTMAS…
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Adam talks with British actor and comedian Kayvan Novak about how he made the transition from being a jobbing actor dealing with his share of typecasting, to creating comic characters from a wide range of nationalities and ethnicities on Fonejacker and Facejacker, and the joys and dangers of doing so. And there's a clash of the BBC documentarians a…
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Adam talks with British actor, comedian and writer Katy Wix about brain fog, not making it America, a stressful improv audition Adam and Katy both attended in 2006, eating anxieties, dead parents and Katy's book Delicacy: A Memoir about Cake and Death. There's also a clip from the archives of Adam and Joe talking about the improv audition soon afte…
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EP.168 - PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE
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Adam talks with American writer, investigative journalist and podcaster Patrick Radden Keefe about his books Empire Of Pain, which tells the story of the wealthy American family behind the opioid crisis, and Say Nothing about the troubles in Northern Ireland. This episode was recorded remotely on July 7th, 2021. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for…
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Adam talks with British actor, comedian, writer and director Julia Davis about stinky hotel rooms, dead parents, Julia's early forays into comedy, separating the art from the artist and much else. This episode was recorded face to face on October 26th, 2021 in London. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode Podcast artwork by …
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Adam talks with British comedian Darren Harriott about tech gripes and childhood gadgets before talk turns to Darren's childhood in the West Midlands, the events that lead to him leaving behind gang life and his relationship with his troubled father. Conversation recorded remotely on May 26th, 2021 PLEASE BE AWARE - THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DISCUSSION…
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