Adam Buxton

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  1. EP.101 - BOOK CLUB: 'THE CATCHER IN THE RYE' WITH SARA PASCOE & RICHARD AYOADE

    07/21/2019

    EP.101 - BOOK CLUB: 'THE CATCHER IN THE RYE' WITH SARA PASCOE & RICHARD AYOADE

    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 school.  Holden's roommate is a meathead called Stradlater who has sexy plans for Jean Gallagher, a childhood friend of Holdens who he feels protective of. A a fight ensues after which Holden spends two days killing time in New York before he has to face his parents and inform them of his expulsion.  We learn that things have been difficult for Holden since the death of his younger brother Allie when Holden was 13. From time to time Holden dwells on the memory of Allie's old baseball glove on which his little brother had written poems to read during boring baseball games. Now Holden entertains hopes of moving in with his older brother DB, a WWII vet who has become a successful screenwriter in Hollywood.  During his visit to New York, a lonely Holden visits a jazz club and spends much of his remaining cash buying drinks for three older women, after which he arranges an abortive liaison with Sunny, a teenage prostitute and falls foul of her thuggish pimp Maurice.  Later Holden arranges a meeting with an old girlfriend, Sally Hayes, and is briefly looked after by a well meaning teacher Mr Antolini. But Mr Antolini's affections are interpreted as predatory by Holden who ends up, distraught and emotional, creeping into his parents house to see the only person in the world he feels he can really talk to - his little sister Phoebe. Thanks to Anneka Myson for additional editing and Seamus Murphy-Mitchel for production support on this episode. RELATED LINKS 'SALINGER' (2013 DOCUMENTARY FEATURE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JSFr7YdKLE 'J.D. SALINGER DOESN'T WANT TO TALK' (1999 BBC DOCUMENTARY) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxVRPbhtxRg&t=529s 'J.D. SALINGER’S WOMEN' (1998 NEW YORKER ARTICLE BY PAUL ALEXANDER) http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/features/2162/ SARA PASCOE - SEX POWER AND MONEY (2019) https://www.waterstones.com/book/sex-power-money/sara-pascoe/9781785176838 RICHARD AYOADE IN CONVERSATION WITH ADAM BUXTON AT SOUTHBANK CENTRE, 5th SEPTEMBER 2019 https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/134531-richard-ayoade-ayoade-top-2019 ORANGE JUICE - ALL THAT EVER MATTERED (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egb1FVNIo38 FLORENCE EASTON - 'COMIN' THRO' THE RYE' (1928) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byAvP_pIXO0 ADAM BUXTON PODCAST RAMBLE CHAT MUG https://adam-buxton.backstreetmerch.com/ ADAM BUXTON’S OLD BITS DVD https://www.gofasterstripe.com/ THE ADAM BUXTON APP Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  2. EP.104 - CHRIS MORRIS 1

    10/14/2019

    EP.104 - CHRIS MORRIS 1

    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 (NY TIMES PIECE) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/books/review/disrupt-discredit-and-divide-mike-german.html ON FILM MAKING by ALEXANDER 'SANDY' MACKENDRICK (FABER & FABER WEBSITE) https://www.faber.co.uk/9780571215614-on-film-making.html THE NEWBURGH FOUR (2011, GUARDIAN ARTICLE) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/12/newburgh-four-fbi-entrapment-terror COINTELPRO (FBI WEBSITE) https://vault.fbi.gov/cointel-pro MUTUALLY ASSURED DESTRUCTION by GILLAN (YOUTUBE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Oc8GE1Nnm0 IN THE PSYCHIATRIST'S CHAIR WITH STEVEN BERKOFF (BBC) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04bmvvx FOUR LIONS (TRAILER, YOUTUBE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew-SrlQ9tlI THE DAY TODAY (YOUTUBE COMPILATION) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2x4hMr2WLw THE DAY TODAY PILOT EPISODE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8m3dFcNuAQ BRASS EYE DAVID SULLIVAN INTERVIEW (VIMEO) https://vimeo.com/9552422 BRASS EYE (YOUTUBE COMPILATION) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lhJ3YJkfcg BRASS EYE - PAEDOGEDDON (YOUTUBE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_4BZnWnXzI&t=30s JAM (EPISODE 1, YOUTUBE) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qpn7C6r-WEM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  3. EP.281 - DYLAN MORAN

    Oct 5

    EP.281 - DYLAN MORAN

    Adam rambles with Irish stand-up comedian, writer, and actor Dylan Moran about why he hates facts, chronic pain, what it means to be a man of advanced middle age in the 2020s, how many gummies is too many, music and why he thinks our reliance on tech and online culture is fostering a false sense of urgency, constant judgment, and digital dementia. Plus Dylan plays one of his songs on the guitar even though he can't play the guitar. Visit the ADAM BUXTON PODCAST PATREON PAGE for previously unheard interviews, Q&A episodes, Rosie pics and videos and other odd and sods. SEND IN PATREON JINGLES AND QUESTIONS See pics, links, jingles, videos and more on ADAM'S WEBSITE SUCCESSPOD - 2026 (listen for free with a trial or subscription on Audible) Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 18 September, 2026 Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support. Podcast illustration by Helen Green RELATED LINKS LOOKING FOR TROUBLE - Dylan Moran 2026 European Tour DYLAN MORAN - MONSTER (Stand up show) - 2004 (YouTube) DYLAN MORAN FAVOURITE FILMS (SBS Guest curator) - 2023 (YouTube) HOW TO STOP AI FROM TURNING YOUR BRAIN TO MUSH - 2026 (BBC) HOW DO YOU WANT ME Season 1, part 1 - 1998 (YouTube) A FILM WITH ME IN IT Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon - 2008 (YouTube) DYLAN MORAN ON PLAYING PIANO (Tommy Tiernan Show) - 2024 (YouTube) AI SITCOM 'NO BIG DEAL' ZERO STAR REVIEW - 2026 (The Guardian) THE TINY TILCAYO CAT - 2026 (Smithsonian online magazine) METRONOMY - THE LOOK (OFFICIAL VIDEO Directed by Lorenzo Fonda) - 2011 (YouTube) HALL & OATES - I CAN'T GO FOR THAT (NO CAN DO) POMO REMIX - 2017 (YouTube) ARVO PÄRT - SILENTIUM - 1977 (YouTube) THE FORMULA by Malcom Gladwell - 2006 (The New Yorker) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.