The Adam Buxton Podcast

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 London on 16th March 2022Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support.Podcast artwork by Helen Green See Adam and Rosie welcome you to Adam's YouTube channelADAM'S WEBSITERELATED LINKSSUPPORT CHILDREN'S HOSPICES - (CHAT UK)LOUIS THEROUX'S FORBIDDEN AMERICA - EXTREME AND ONLINE - 2022 (BBC)LOUIS TAKES AN ICE BATH AT JOE WICKS' HOUSE - 2022 (METRO)ICE BATH BENEFITS by Sarah Lindberg - 2019 (HEALTHLINE)HOW LOUIS BECAME A TIK TOK SENSATION - 2022 (NEW YORK TIMES)THEROUX THE KEYHOLE by Louis Theroux (AUDIOBOOK) - 2021 (AUD

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 2022Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for conversation editing and production supportPodcast artwork by Helen GreenSee Adam and Rosie welcome you to Adam's YouTube channelADAM'S WEBSITE RELATED LINKSELLIE & NATASIA  - 2022 (BBC i-PLAYER)ELLIE & NATASIA (GUARDIAN REVIEW by Rachel Aroesti) - 2022 (GUARDIAN)DAN HAWKINS ON LINE BASS LESSONS AND BESPOKE BACKING (YOUTUBE)HOW TO BE ED SHEERAN by Steve Terreberry - 2020 (YOUTUBE)WHO KILLED THE KLF? Documentary directed by Chris Atkins (RENT ON YOUTUBE) A BIT OF A STRETCH - DIARIES OF A PRISONER by Chris Atkins - 2020 (PHYSICAL COPY VIA WORLD OF BOOKS)BLOWING A HARD BOILED EGG OUT IT'S SHELL - 2014 (YOUTUBE) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 GreenSee Adam and Rosie welcome you to Adam's YouTube channelRELATED LINKSTHE FUTURE STARTS HERE by John Higgs - 2019 (WORLD OF BOOKS)WILLIAM BLAKE VS THE WORLD by John Higgs - 2021 (WATERSTONES)STRANGER THAN WE CAN IMAGINE - MAKING SENSE OF THE 20TH CENTURY (AUDIOBOOK) by Joh Higgs - 2016 (AUDIBLE)ROBIN INCE TALKS TO JOHN HIGGS ABOUT WILLIAM BLAKE - 2021 (YOUTUBE)DISCORDIANISM by Josh Ray - 2016 (SUPER WEIRD SUBSTANCE WEBSITE)ALAN MOORE TALKS WITH JOHN HIGGS ABOUT ROBERT ANTON WILSON - 2015 (YOUTUBE)Interesting interview in which Alan Moore does

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, 2022Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast artwork by Helen GreenSee Adam and Rosie welcome you to Adam's YouTube channelSign up for the occasional newsletter on my websiteRELATED LINKSYOLA WEBSITEYOLA - DANCING AWAY IN TEARS (JIMMY FALLON SHOW) - 2022 (YOUTUBE)YOLA - SUNSHINE OF YOUR LOVE (JOOLS' HOOTENANNY) - 2021 (YOUTUBE)YOLA - STARLIGHT MUSIC VIDEO - 2021 (YOUTUBE)YOLA WITH MASSIVE ATTACK @ GLASTONBURY - UNFINISHED SYMPATHY - 2008 (YOUTUBE)YOLA - EXCLUSIVE AND SOCIALLY DISTANT INTERVIEW WITH 90.9 THE BRIDGE - 2021 (YOUTUBE)SISTER ROSETTA THARPE - THE GODMOTHER OF ROCK'N'ROLL (Documentary directed by Mick Csáky) - 2014 (YOUTUBE)SISTER ROSETTA THARPE - THIS TRAIN (WANKERS VERSION) - 1964 (YOUTUBE)SISTER ROSETTA THARPE - DIDN'T IT RAIN - 1964 (YOUTUBE)This in an excerpt from the 1964 Granada television production of

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 PopThis conversation was recorded in London on February 24th, 2022Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support.Podcast artwork by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSGOOD POP, BAD POP (BOOK) by JARVIS COCKER - 2022 (ROUGH TRADE)JARVIS COCKER'S SUNDAY SERVICE - BBC 6 MUSIC (SOME EPISODES ON INTERNET ARCHIVE) RITON PRESENTS GUCCI SOUNDSYSTEM - LET'S STICK AROUND (FEATURING JARVIS COCKER) - 2021 (YOUTUBE)JARVIS COCKER - ALINE (FROM THE FRENCH DISPATCH) - 2021 (YOUTUBE)ME OH MYRA (PARODY OF PULP BY CHRIS MORRIS FROM BRASS EYE) - (YOUTUBE)PAT FINNERTY'S WHAT MAKES THIS SONG STINK - WEEZER - BEVERLY HILLS - 2021 (YOUTUBE)ARTICLE ON PAT FINNERTY'S YOUTUBE SERIES 'WHAT MAKES THIS SONG STINK' - 2022 (GUITAR RAMBLE) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and

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 TALKMy 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) is HERERecorded remotely on April 21st, 2022Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast artwork by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSNATALIE PALAMIDES WEBSITEHIDDEN MICKEYS (NATALIE AND CARRIE POPPY'S DISNEY THEMED PODCAST)NATE A ONE MAN SHOW (TRAILER) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)AMY SEDARIS AS JERRI BLANK (YOUTUBE)JIM & ANDY THE GREAT BEYOND (TRAILER) - 2017 (YOUTUBE)LYME DISEASE INFO (MAYO CLINIC)HOW TO REMOVE A TICK (CDC WEBSITE)SOMBRERO FALLOUT PODCAST SOME VELVET MORNING - ROLAND S HOWARD AND LYDIA LUNCH -

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 GreenRAMBLE BOOK PAPERBACK ARTWORK - SIGNED POSTERRELATED LINKSINDIA 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 GreenRELATED LINKSLAZY 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 ROAD TO WEMBLEY - 1993 (YOUTUBE)TRAVELLING WILBURYS DOC - 1988 (YOUTUBE)MR DEMILLE FM - BRIAN ENO INTERVIEW - 2018 (LINK ON ELECTRONIC BEATS WEBSITE) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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, 2022Spoon recorded at Third Man records, London on March 23rd, 2021Thanks 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 GreenNEW SIGNED RAMBLE BOOK POSTERS! - 2022 (AT BSI MERCH)WANGLINKSPHIL WANG - SIDESPLITTER (AUDIOBOOK) - 2021 (AUDIBLE)PHIL WANG - LIVE AT THE APOLLO - 2016 (YOUTUBE)PHIL WANG - WANGSPLAINING - 2019 (BBC RADIO 4)PHIL WANG TALKS ABOUT TOM HIDDLESTON ON ROOM 101 - 2018 (YOUTUBE)PHIL WANG ON INSTAGRAMKEZIA DAUM PROM DRESS CULTURAL APPROPRIATION STORY - 2018 (BBC NEWS)DUNBAR'S NUMBER DECONSTRUCTED - 2021 (ROYAL SOCIETY WEBSITE)RECYCLING OLD TECH AT APPLE STORESSPOONLINKSBRITT AND ALEX - SATELLITE (FILMED BY ADAM AT THIRD MAN RECORDS) - 2022 (YOUTUBE)BRITT AND ALEX - WILD (FILMED BY ADAM AT THIRD MAN RECO

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 piano provided by Adam's 17 year old son Nat.THIS CONVERSATION CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE and was recorded face to face in London on January 14th, 2022Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode.Podcast artwork by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSTICKETS FOR BUG 62 AT BFI SOUTHBANKTIM KEY - MULBERRY AT REGENTS PARK OPEN AIR THEATRE (19th June, 2022)HE USED THOUGHT AS A WIFE by TIM KEY - 2021 (WATERSTONES)HERE WE GO ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH by TIM KEY - 2022 (WATERSTONES)TIM KEY - MULBERRY (AT SOHO THEATRE) - 2022 (GUARDIAN REVIEW by RACHAEL HEALY)TIM KEY'S LATE NIGHT POETRY PROGRAMME - SCIENCE - 2014 (BBC SOUNDS)NAVALNY - 2022 (BBC iPLAYER) See acast.com/priva

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 sensitive.This conversation was recorded remotely in September, 2021Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode and to Matt Lamont for conversation editing.Podcast artwork by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSBLUE DOT FESTIVAL - 2022THE HORNE SECTION ALBUMS ON BANDCAMPALEX HORNE PRESENTS THE HORNE SECTION 4 episodes from series 2 of Radio 4 show - 2018 (BBC SOUNDS)BOOKS BY ALEX HORNE (WATERSTONES)PEOPLE by SILVER JEWS - 1998 (YOUTUBE)BUDDY HACKETT RECITES A POEM ON THE DICK CAVETT SHOW - 1980 (YOUTUBE) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 for his work on this episode.Podcast artwork by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSNOW YOU'RE ASKING PODCAST (WITH TARA FLYNN)  - 2022 (BBC SOUNDS)IMAGINE - MARIAN KEYES: MY (NOT SO) PERFECT LIFE - 2022 (BBC IPLAYER)MARIAN KEYES ON DESERT ISLAND DISCS - 2017 (BBC WEBSITE)BEST STOP PODCASTING YOURSELF EPISODES (PODYSSEY.FM)PEEL ACRES (BBC SOUNDS)JOHN PEEL AND JFK (JOHN PEEL WIKI) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam shares several slices of vaguely festive waffle with his old friend, the films director Joe Cornish.Recorded remotely on December 15th, 2021Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode.Podcast artwork by Helen Green https://helengreenillustration.com/RELATED LINKSPLEASE DONATE TO ST MUNGO'S HOMELESS CHARITYGEAR4MUSICACTIONS: THE ACTOR'S THESAURUS by TERRY JOHNSON (ABEBOOKS)SUMMER OF SOUL - OFFICIAL TRAILER - 2021 (YOUTUBE) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam enjoys a short ramble with American humorist Fran LebowitzRecorded remotely on September 7th, 2021Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode.Podcast artwork by Helen GreenCONTRIBUTE TO THE ADAM AND JOE CHRISTMAS PODCAST 2021adambuxtonpodcast@gmail.comPlease make the subject header of your emails 'ADAM AND JOE CHRISTMAS 2021' followed by a description of the contents, for example: 'Made up Jokes', 'Eggcorns', 'Travellin' Tales' or 'Excellent Anecdotes' No personal or work related messages please, just things that will delight me, Joe and the Christmas podcats PLEASE KEEP IT SHORT! Just a few lines ideally. We won't have time to read long messages or listen to long audio clips.The deadline for contributions is this Friday 10th December at midnight. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT WHATEVER YOU SEND US MIGHT BE MADE PUBLIC!Thanks. Love Adam and JoeRELATED LINKSTHE FRAN LEBOWITZ READER (Originally published 1994. 2021 reissue includes new preface by Fran Lebowitz.) (WATERSTONES)FRA

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 as Kayvan unleashes the full force of his uncanny Louis Theroux impression and Adam does his best to respond with Adam Curtis.Recorded face to facejacker (oh dear) in London on 21st June, 2021.Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode.Podcast artwork by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSADAM ON YOUR OWN PERSONAL BEATLES PODCAST - 2021 (APPLE PODCASTS)DAVID BOWIE SEASON COMING TO BFI SOUTHBANK - 2021 (MUSICNEWS WEBSITE)BEST OF FONEJACKER COMPILATION (YOUTUBE)4 LIONS FUNNIEST MOMENTS - 2010 (YOUTUBE)BEST OF WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS SEASON 1 PT 1 - 2019 (YOUTUBE)KAYVAN NOVAK IMPRESSES LORRAINE WITH HIS SEAN CONNERY IMPRESSION - 2017 (YOUTUBE)SEAN CONNERY ON P

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 after it happened.PLEASE BE AWARE: The conversation with Katy also includes a detailed description of a car accident she was involved in (around 37 minutes in. Skip ahead 10 minutes if you want to miss it).This episode was recorded remotely on July 27th, 2021.Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episodePodcast artwork by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSAN IDLER'S MANUAL by TOM HODGKINSON - 2021 (IDLER WEBSITE)SODAJERKER 10th ANNIVERSARY Q&A WITH ADAM BUXTON - 2021 (SODAJERKER WEBSITE)DELICACY: A MEMOIR ABOUT CAKE AND DEATH by KATY WIX - 2021 (WATERSTONES)KATY WIX TASKMASTERMIND - 2019 (YOUTUBE)KATY WIX WON A MEET AND GREET WITH DIRE STRAITS - ALAN DAVIES AS

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 his work on this episodePodcast artwork by Helen GreenBRYAN GLICK GOFUNDME PAGEKEYBOARD FANTASIES Directed by POSY DIXON - 2019 (KEYBOARD FANTASIES WEBSITE)RELATED LINKSPATRICK RADDEN KEEFE WEBSITEA LOADED GUN by PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE - 2013 (THE NEW YORKER)Patrick's piece about about Amy Bishop, the Harvard Ph.D. who in February, 2010, opened fire at a biology department meeting after being refused tenure at the University of Alabama.WIND OF CHANGE PODCAST - 2020 (CROOKED MEDIA WEBSITE)THE FAMILY THAT BUILT AND EMPIRE OF PAIN by PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE - 2017 (NEW YORKER ARTICLE)Patrick's original piece about the Sackler family.THE OPIOID CRISIS - 2021 (NATIONAL INSTITU

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 episodePodcast artwork by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSINTERVIEW WITH JULIA DAVIS BY PAUL FLYNN - 2010 (THE GENTLEWOMAN)INTERVIEW WITH JULIA DAVIS BY HARRIET GIBSONE - 2018 (THE GUARDIAN)HUMAN REMAINS - ROB BRYDON AND JULIA DAVIS CHARACTER IMPROVISATIONS (YOUTUBE)JAM (CHRIS MORRIS SKETCH SHOW) - SPOT REMOVER - 2000 (YOUTUBE)NIGHTY NIGHT - I LOVE MEAT - 2004 (YOUTUBE)IN CONVERSATION WITH JULIA DAVIS AND THE MAKERS OF NIGHTY NIGHT (LIVE EVENT AT THE BFI SOUTHBANK) - 2018 (YOUTUBE)NIGHTY NIGHT SERIES 2 OUTTAKES - (YOUTUBE)MORNING HAS BROKEN PILOT - 2014 (YOUTUBE)No audio on this copy for the 1st minute during the credit sequence.HUNDERBY COMPILATION - 2015 (YOUTUBE)CAMPING EPISODE 1 - 2016 (YOUTUBE)SAL

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, 2021PLEASE BE AWARE - THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DISCUSSION OF SUICIDECOPING WHEN SOMEONE DIES BY SUICIDE (CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CENTRE)Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episodePodcast artwork by Helen GreenJET NOISE EXPLAINED - 2021 (EASTERN DAILY PRESS)RELATED LINKSDARREN HARRIOTT ON BEING FROM THE BLACK COUNTRY (STAND UP FOR LIVE COMEDY) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)DARREN HARRIOTT ON GENDER (FROM LIVE AT THE APOLLO) - 2018 (FACEBOOK)DARREN HARRIOTT: BLACK LABEL - 2019 (RADIO 4)DARREN HARRIOTT ON INSTAGRAMDARREN HARRIOTT ON TWITTER  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam talks with American writer and humorist David Sedaris about foul mouthed children, dead dads, killer cows, giving offence, surprising defecation techniques, and why David might not dislike dogs as much as he thought he did.THIS EPISODE CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND DISCUSSION OF TOPICS SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND OFFENSIVE This conversation was recorded remotely on the 28th August, 2021Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Becca Ptaszynski for production support.Podcast artwork by Helen GreenRELATED LINKSHAPPY GO LUCKY (A NEW PIECE BY DAVID SEDARIS) - 2021 (THE NEW YORKER) CARNIVAL OF SNACKERY - DIARIES VOLUME TWO by DAVID SEDARIS - 2021 (WATERSTONES)GROWING UP SEDARIS (THE AGENDA WITH STEVE PAIKIN) - 2018 (YOUTUBE)Some good insightful moments in this interview with Canadian journalist Steve PaikinDAVID SEDARIS ON DREW BARRYMORE'S CHAT SHOW - 2020 (YOUTUBE)MASTERCLASS WEBSITE (INCLUDING DAVID SEDARIS INTERVIEW)  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.