226 episodes

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 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, merchandise and a selection of funny and brilliant YouTube videos on Adam's website: adam-buxton.co.uk
Yes, Adam is writing this himself using the third person.

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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 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 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, merchandise and a selection of funny and brilliant YouTube videos on Adam's website: adam-buxton.co.uk
Yes, Adam is writing this himself using the third person.

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    EP.223 - JESSICA KNAPPETT

    EP.223 - JESSICA KNAPPETT

    Adam talks with British actor, comedian, and writer Jessica Knappett about the challenges of making a good sitcom, how the stress of filming a pilot for American TV made one of Jessica's internal organs explode, what Ilkla Moor Baht'At really means, weird vocal noises, and how the world can be fixed with balls of energy and love.
    This conversation was recorded face-to-face in London on 1st February 2024.
    Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.
    Podcast artwork by Helen Green
    RELATED LINKS
    ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE @ APOLLO HAMMERSMITH, 9th JUNE, 2024
    LIVE PODCAST WITH SELF ESTEEM, 2nd JUNE, 2024 @Crossed Wires Festival, Sheffield
    JOHN COOPER CLARKE - BOOK, 2024 TOUR ETC
    ILKLA MOOR BAHT'AT (YOUTUBE)
    YORKSHIRE ANTHEM - ILKLA MOOR BAHT'AT - 2010 (YOUTUBE)
    HOW I MARRIED AN AIR GUITAR CHAMPION by Jessica Knappett - 2017 (GUARDIAN)
    JESSICA KNAPPETT'S QUEST FOR FREE DRINKS WENT HORRIBLY WRONG - UNFORGIVEN - 2023 (YOUTUBE)
    BEST OF JESSICA IN IBIZA FOR TRAVEL MAN WITH RICHARD AYOADE - 2020 (YOUTUBE)
    PHILIP LARKIN READING HIS POEM AN ARUNDEL TOMB - 1956 (POETRY FOUNDATION)

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    • 1 hr 20 min
    EP.222 - GEORGE MONBIOT

    EP.222 - GEORGE MONBIOT

    Adam and British writer, journalist, and environmental activist George Monbiot go for a walk around the parks and woodland of Bristol and talk about the harmful aspects of farming, what George does for a good time, why being sent away to boarding school was a disaster, responding to criticism of his work, why he changed his mind about nuclear power, and what gives him hope.
    This conversation was recorded on 26th April, 2023
    Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.
    Podcast artwork by Helen Green
    RELATED LINKS
    INVISIBLE DOCTRINE - THE SECRET HISTORY OF NEOLIBERALISM (PRE-ORDER) - 2024 (PENGUIN)
    THE LAND IS OURS
    ARTICLES, BOOKS, ETC by GEORGE MONBIOT (MONBIOT.COM)
    GEORGE MONBIOT - RIVERCIDE - 2022 (YOUTUBE)
    REVIEW OF REGENESIS by Gaia Vince - 2022 (GUARDIAN)
    GEORGE MONBIOT'S FARMING FANTASIES by John Lewis-Stempel - 2023 (UNHERD)
    GEORGE MONBIOT AND EWAN McLENNAN - BREAKING THE SPELL OF LONELINESS (Short video about the musical collaboration) - 2016 (YOUTUBE)
    THE AGE OF LONELINESS IS KILLING US by George Monbiot - 2016 9THE GUARDIAN)
    GEORGE MONBIOT EXPLAINS RUSSELL BRAND'S DANGEROUS GAME WITH THE FAR RIGHT (ON POLITICS JOE) - 2023 (YOUTUBE)
    BOARDING SCHOOLS WARP OUR POLITICAL CLASS by George Monbiot - 2019 (GUARDIAN)
    PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE TRAUMA FACTORIES - ASH SARKAR MEETS RICHARD BEARD (NOVARA MEDIA) - 2023 (YOUTUBE)
    WHY THE US WAS LUCKY TO GET DONALD TRUMP (DOUBLE DOWN NEWS) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)
    THE PROMISED LAND (TRAILER) - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

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    • 1 hr 23 min
    EP.221 - TIM HEIDECKER

    EP.221 - TIM HEIDECKER

    Adam talks with American comedian, actor and musician Tim Heidecker about early Tim & Eric influences, making non-comedy music, Bob Dylan, and antagonising the alt-right.
    This conversation was recorded face-to-face in London on 25th March, 2023.
    Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.
    Podcast artwork by Helen Green
    RELATED LINKS
    OFFICE HOURS (YOUTUBE CHANNEL)
    ON CINEMA ON THE HEI NETWORK
    TIM HEIDECKER'S WEBSITE 
    JOE ROGAN SPOOF (OFFICE HOURS LIVE) - 2021 (YOUTUBE)
    TOM GOES TO THE MAYOR - 2004 (YOUTUBE PLAYLIST)
    TIM AND ERIC SEASON 5 MOST UNDERRATED MOMENTS (YOUTUBE)
    THE BEST OF TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW (YOUTUBE PLAYLIST)
    AN EVENING WITH TIM HEIDECKER - STAND UP SPECIAL - 2021 (YOUTUBE)
    MY BEATLES HELL - 2004 (ODD BOOKS WEBSITE)
    LENNY BRUCE by BOD DYLAN - 1981 (YOUTUBE)
    SPALDING GRAY DINNER SCENE FROM TRUE STORIES - 1986 (YOUTUBE)
    CANNIBAL THE MUSICAL (TRAILER) - 1993 (YOUTUBE)
    BRIGSBY BEAR (TRAILER) - 2017 (YOUTUBE)
    DELIA DERBYSHIRE AND DOCTOR WHO THEME - 1965 (YOUTUBE)
    WENDY CARLOS AND HER MOOG - 1970 (YOUTUBE)
    THE MAKING OF TRON - 2002 (YOUTUBE)
    NORTH NORFOLK TODAY: BEST BITS - ALAN PARTRIDGE'S MID MORNING MATTERS - 2010 (YOUTUBE)
    LIMMY - LAPTOP - 2011 (YOUTUBE)
    BEST FAILS OF THE YEAR - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

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    • 58 min
    EP.220 - FRED ARMISEN

    EP.220 - FRED ARMISEN

    Adam talks with American actor, comedian, voice artist, screenwriter, producer and musician Fred Armisen about hotel hacks, what Fred and Matt Berry learned when they hung out with David Bowie's producer Tony Visconti, the Stop Making Sense nerd fact David Byrne told Fred, how Adam could help Talking Heads get on better, why you can't beat Paul McCartney, why Fred wasn't nervous for his Saturday Night Live Audition, the Portlandia sketches that summed up the show best and Fred takes us on an accent tour of New York.
    This conversation was recorded face-to-face in London on 25th November 2023.
    Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.
    Podcast artwork by Helen Green
    JIM DOWN - LIFE IN THE BALANCE (PAPERBACK) - 2023 (WATERSTONES)
    RELATED LINKS
    FRED ARMISEN BRITISH MUSIC PLAYLIST - 2023 (LINE OF BEST FIT WEBSITE)
    DAVID BOWIE, BRIAN ENO AND TONY VISCONTI RECORD WARSZAWA (animated by Brothers McLeod) - 2013 (YOUTUBE)
    BREAKING DOWN HEROES - TONY VISCONTI & ERIN TONKON (FROM MUSIC MOGULS: MASTERS OF POP, BCC) - 2016 (YOUTUBE)
    MATT BERRY INTERVIEWS BRIAN ENO - 2018 (YOUTUBE)
    PORTLANDIA - PUT A BIRD ON IT - 2011 (YOUTUBE)
    PORTLANDIA - IN THE RESTAURANT - 2011 (YOUTUBE)
    PORTLANDIA - WHICH BIN DOES IT GO IN - 2012 (YOUTUBE)
    HISTORY OF PUNK SNL - 2013 (YOUTUBE)
    SNL WEEKEND UPDATE - GARTH AND KAT SING HALLOWEEN SONGS - 2010 (YOUTUBE)
    NARDWUAR VS FRED ARMISEN - 2013 (YOUTUBE)
    FRED ARMISEN, BILL HADER, SETH MYERS RECALL PRINCE AFTERSHOW PARTY ON HOWARD STERN SHOW - 2016 (YOUTUBE)
    BEST OF BILL HADER AND FRED ARMISEN (YOUTUBE)
    SATURDAY NIGHT - A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT SNL BY JAMES FRANCO - 2014 (YOUTUBE)

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    • 1 hr 11 min
    EP.219 - AYISHAT AKANBI

    EP.219 - AYISHAT AKANBI

    Adam talks with British fashion stylist, writer and social commentator Ayishat Akanbi about the life-changing epiphany that led to her wanting to change the tone of the conversation around social justice and the 'Culture Wars'.
    Plus, in the outro, a listener response to the Werner Herzog episode and Adam solves a few mysteries from the Christmas podcast.
    The conversation with Ayishat was recorded face-to-face in London on 28th August, 2023.
    Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.
    Podcast artwork by Helen Green
    JON RONSON - THINGS FELL APART - 2024 (BBC SOUNDS)
    RELATED LINKS
    AYISHAT AKANBI - THE PROBLEM WITH WOKENESS (DOUBLE DOWN NEWS) - 2018 (YOUTUBE)
    EMPATHY IN BLACK AND WHITE FROM THE US TO THE UK (AYISHAT AKANBI AND JOHN WOOD JR.) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)
    IDENTITY AND EMPATHY (AYISHAT TALKS TO DAVE FULLER OF REBEL WISDOM) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)
    AYISHAT AKANBI - GUARDIAN INTERVIEW - 2019 (GUARDIAN)
    AYISHAT AKANBI - V&A INTERVIEW - 2016 (V&A WEBSITE)
    AYISHAT AKANBI - THE PROBLEM WITH CANCEL CULTURE (DOUBLE DOWN NEWS) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)
    A HISTORY OF WOKENESS by Aja Romano - 2020 (VOX WEBSITE)
    THE MYSTICAL POEMS OF RUMI (RUMI.ORG)
    AMERICAN FICTION (TRAILER) - 2024 (YOUTUBE)


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    • 1 hr 10 min
    EP.218 - WERNER HERZOG

    EP.218 - WERNER HERZOG

    Adam talks with legendary German filmmaker, writer and actor Werner Herzog about AI poetry, email etiquette, why LA is like ancient Rome, the Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle believing the 2nd World War was still happening for 29 years, the value of therapy and whether trauma and conflict are best dealt with or buried, what his problem is with David Blaine and why someone needs to send Werner into orbit.
    Conversation recorded remotely on 8th December 2023
    Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing.
    Podcast artwork by Helen Green
    Music and jingles by Adam Buxton, except pan-pipe clip from Aguirre, L'Acrime di Rei by Popul Vuh
    ADAM BUXTON PODCAST TOUR 2024
    RELATED LINKS
    ADAM BUXTON ON GET SHIRTY PODCAST - 2024 (HARDMAN AND HEMMING WEBSITE)
    HERZOG ON THE VILENESS OF THE AMAZON JUNGLE (From Burden Of Dreams) - 1982 (YOUTUBE)
    THE WHITE DIAMOND Directed by Werner Herzog - 2004 (YOUTUBE)
    LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY Directed by Werner Herzog - 1997 (YOUTUBE)
    LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY - NAPALM THROAT SINGING SCENE - 1997 (YOUTUBE)
    A scene from Little Dieter featuring music from Russian Tuvan throat singer Kogar-ol Ondar
    LESSONS OF DARKNESS Directed by Werner Herzog - 1992 (YOUTUBE)
    Retreating from Kuwait after the first Gulf War, the Iraqi army sets fire to the country's oil fields. In this documentary, filmmaker Werner Herzog films the raging flames while narrating from the perspective of a confused alien visitor, musing on the strangeness of the landscape.
    WERNER HERZOG IS VOICING A POETRY COLLECTION WRITTEN ENTIRELY BY AN AI - 2023 (DAZED)
    HERZOG ON THE HENRY ROLLINS SHOW (plus Frank Black singing 'I Burn Today') - 2006 (YOUTUBE)
    TEENAGERS' MATHS AND READING SKILLS ARE DROPPING SHARPLY (ACCORDING TO 2022 'PISA' TEST) - 2023 (WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM)
    DOMITABLE MYTH: THREE DEPICTIONS OF JAPANESE HOLDOUT SOLDIER by A.E.Hunt - 2023 (INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION)

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    • 1 hr 28 min

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sooo good. need more always. best best interviews. so excellent. wildly underrated podcast.

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Multidimensional, Thought-Provoking, Fun!

Late to the party but happy I made it. I was introduced to Adam Buxton a few years ago when I finally watched Travel Man... then finally started getting into his podcast! The only way for me to be succinct here is to say I love it!

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