THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

ADAM BUXTON

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 show that combines music videos and comedy that became a TV series on Sky Atlantic in 2012. From time to time he also does live shows featuring just his own material. Along with lifelong friend Joe Cornish, he also is one half of the award-winning TV, radio and podcast duo Adam and Joe. You can find many of the jingles Adam makes for the podcast as well as bonus material and a selection of Adam's YouTube videos on his website: adam-buxton.co.uk Yes, Adam is writing this himself using the third person. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. EP.271 - JOSH JOHNSON

    2D AGO

    EP.271 - JOSH JOHNSON

    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 SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR Q&A EPISODE: Adambuxtonpodcast@gmail.com NORD VPN EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/buxton  Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support. Podcast illustration by Helen Green 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 April, 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) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 17m
  2. MAY 1

    EP.270 - REBECCA LUCY TAYLOR AKA SELF ESTEEM

    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 SAILY 🌎 Get an exclusive 15% discount on your first Saily data plans! Use code buxton at checkout. Download Saily app or go to to https://saily.com/buxton ⛵ NORD VPN EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/buxton  Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast illustration by Helen Green Listen to Adam's album 'Buckle Up'  Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee'  Sign up for the newsletter on Adam's website (scroll down on homepage) RELATED LINKS 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 April, 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 4m
  3. EP.269 - JAMIE HEWLETT & DAMON ALBARN AKA GORILLAZ

    APR 20

    EP.269 - JAMIE HEWLETT & DAMON ALBARN AKA GORILLAZ

    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 SAILY 🌎 Get an exclusive 15% discount on your first Saily data plans! Use code buxton at checkout. Download Saily app or go to to https://saily.com/buxton ⛵ NORD VPN EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/buxton  Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast illustration by Helen Green Listen to Adam's album 'Buckle Up'  Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee'  Sign up for the newsletter on Adam's website (scroll down on homepage) RELATED LINKS 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) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 25m
  4. EP.267 - RICHARD AYOADE & FRANK BLACK (LIVE)

    12/01/2025

    EP.267 - RICHARD AYOADE & FRANK BLACK (LIVE)

    DR BUCKLES' FRANK BLACK SELECTION (SPOTIFY) 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 Listen to Adam's album 'Buckle Up'  Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee'  Sign up for the newsletter on Adam's website (scroll down on homepage) Podcast illustration by Helen Green NORD VPN EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal  Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! RELATED LINKS 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) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    54 min
  5. EP.265 - LUCY WALKER

    11/17/2025

    EP.265 - LUCY WALKER

    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 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast illustration by Helen Green Listen to Adam's album 'Buckle Up'  Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee'  Sign up for the newsletter on Adam's website (scroll down on homepage) RELATED LINKS 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) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    56 min
4.8
out of 5
967 Ratings

About

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 show that combines music videos and comedy that became a TV series on Sky Atlantic in 2012. From time to time he also does live shows featuring just his own material. Along with lifelong friend Joe Cornish, he also is one half of the award-winning TV, radio and podcast duo Adam and Joe. You can find many of the jingles Adam makes for the podcast as well as bonus material and a selection of Adam's YouTube videos on his website: adam-buxton.co.uk Yes, Adam is writing this himself using the third person. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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