The Adam Buxton Podcast

Adam talks with American journalist and novelist Michael Scott Moore, whose book ‘The Desert And The Sea’ tells the story of his capture in Somalia by pirates who held him hostage for nearly 3 years. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production supportMusic and jingles by Adam Buxton, except clip from ‘Until The Lion Learns To Speak’ by K’naanListen to jingles and bonus episodes, watch videos and pick up some podcast merchandise on the free ADAM BUXTON APP!http://adam-buxton.co.uk/appRELATED LINKSMICHAEL’S PROOF OF LIFE VIDEOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4qQ-5wHvvAARTICLE ABOUT MICHAEL’S FRIENDSHIP WITH FELLOW HOSTAGE ROLLY (FROM SEYCHELLES NEWS AGENCY)http://www.seychellesnewsagency.com/articles/9501/A+story+of+friendship+for+American+writer%2C+Seychellois+fishermen+held+by+Somali+piratesMICHAEL IS REUNITED WITH HIS HOSTAGE SHIPMATES UPON THEIR RELEASEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVzWer1ctrkTHE KHAT WAR - SOMALIAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCwpcVgwuMYK’NAAN (SOMALI/CANADIAN MUSICIAN) -

Adam talks with British comedian, writer and actor Roisin Conaty about haircuts, celebrity encounters, TV makeup disasters, TV panel show trauma, truth goggles, angry judgementalism and chocolate. And Rosie unveils a satirical Brexit song.Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production supportAdditional editing by Anneka Myson: http://annekamusic.co.uk/Music and jingles by Adam BuxtonRELATED LINKSROISIN LIVE AT THE APOLLOhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6b-ntrZ6Qk‘GAMEFACE’ - HOW TO DEAL WITH A PHONE USER IN THE CINEMAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpN42RSCnvsHOW TO STOP BEING LATEhttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-davis/how-to-stop-being-late-fo_b_7631186.html‘THEY LIVE’ - TRUTH GOGGLEShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI8AMRbqY6wNEIL POSTMAN - AMUSING OURSELVES TO DEATHhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/74034.Amusing_Ourselves_to_Death  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam talks with British actor, comedian and action figure Simon Pegg about booze, drugs, teen romance, David Bowie, Tom Cruise, Star Trek circularity, Star Wars trolls, Big Train and other random whiffle.Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production supportMusic and jingles by Adam Buxton (except ‘Star Trek’ theme composed by Alexander Courage)RELATED LINKSBIG TRAIN - WANKING IN THE OFFICEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ufaDIdq37oBIG TRAIN - SHOWJUMPERS AND FIREFIGHTERShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCPhkxskRVsBIG TRAIN - HALL AND OATES (Bad technical quality!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh5f-_I1df4HOT FUZZ - TIM MESSENGER DEATHhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BavTQmiA9mc‘SLAUGHTERHOUSE RULEZ’ TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Dvh7OfMaMBOWIE & ‘KIRLIAN’ PHOTOGRAPHYhttps://boingboing.net/2017/10/26/the-time-david-bowie-photograp.htmlBOWIE TALKS ABOUT COCAINE CAUSING ‘SWISS CHEESE BRAIN’https://welcomebackbowie.wordpress.com/articles/david-bowie-interview-in-arena-springsummer-1993/GOING CLEAR

Adam welcomes back his friend, British actor, comedian and writer Tash Demetriou to the podcast and tries out some ill advised ‘bants’ in the course of talking about her part in ’Stath Lets Flats’ with her brother Jamie, painful break ups, becoming an angry ‘womon’, appearing in the TV version of Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clements’ vampire mockumentary ’What We Do In The Shadows’Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing.Music and jingles by Adam Buxton RELATED LINKS‘STATH’ COMEDY BLAPhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RVMEe2zPW4‘STAH LETS FLATS’ ON 4ODhttps://www.channel4.com/programmes/stath-lets-flats‘IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE’ TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewe4lg8zTYA‘WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS’ FILM TRAILERhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn__CFBgLEkBBC TO AIR ‘WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS’ TV SERIEShttps://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-11-02/bbc-stakes-its-claim-to-vampire-series-what-we-do-in-the-shadows/ASMR - 5 YOUTUBE VIDEOS WITH ASMR TRIGGERS

Adam talks to journalist, documentarian and old friend Louis Theroux about writing, grim celebrity rumours, polyamory, death, and the daily routines of Mark Wahlberg and Oprah Winfrey. The first of Louis’ 3 Altered States films goes out on BBC2 on Sunday, November 4th, 2018Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing.Music and jingles by Adam Buxton LOUIS & ADAM’S AUTOBIOGRAPHY RECOMMENDATIONSBOB DYLAN - CHRONICLES, VOLUME 1https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14318.Chronicles_Volume_OneMARC MARON - ATTEMPTING NORMALhttps://www.goodreads.com/search?q=MARC+MARON+-+ATTEMPTING+NORMALSTEVE MARTIN - BORN STANDING UPhttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/773858.Born_Standing_Up?from_search=trueWALTER KIRN - BLOOD WILL OUThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6jpgwgBwyEAL KOOPER - BACKSTAGE PASSES AND BACKSTABBING BASTARDShttps://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2048852.Backstage_Passes_Backstabbing_BastardsTRACEY THORN - BEDSIT DISCO QUEENhttps://www.audible.co

Adam talks with American comedian, actor and writer, Desiree Burch. Conversational tangents include fantasy jobs, teenage sexual angst, the reason that aged 12 Adam was concerned he might be the antichrist, relationship malaise, and some frank descriptions of Desiree’s younger days working as a pro dominatrix in New York.Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Emma Mills for additional editing.Music and jingles by Adam Buxton RELATED LINKS DESIREE ON ‘LIVE AT THE APOLLO’https://www.facebook.com/britishstandupcomedyfans/videos/desiree-burch/252118131992936/DESIREE TALKS ABOUT LONDON PEDESTRIANShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AURM-_hSgyI‘THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING’ TRAILERhttps://www.comingsoon.net/movies/trailers/997947-kid-who-would-be-king-trailer  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam talks with American humorist David Sedaris about writing, failing to bond with Dads, football, eyeballs and colonoscopies.THANKS to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing.Music and jingles by Adam Buxton (except ‘Drivin’ On 9’ by The Breeders performed by Adam Buxton, Garth Jennings and Danny Richards, aka The Best Band In The World)RELATED LINKSDAVID SEDARIS ON MICROAGGRESSIONShttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKDW-MQR-QIPARIS METRO STORYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXfzRXxThOYDAVID SEDARIS JAZZ FAVOURITES SPOTIFY PLAYLISThttps://open.spotify.com/user/129999328/playlist/3qvYsiY3vduUj3WRLgn6UiDAVID SEDARIS IN THE STYLE OF BILLIE HOLIDAYhttps://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2r8gyi‘DAVID SEDARIS BLAMES POOR PEOPLE FOR LITTERING’https://www.westsussextoday.co.uk/news/world-famous-author-david-sedaris-blames-poor-people-for-littering-south-downs-1-6508018DAVID SEDARIS TALKS ABOUT SURVIVING THE SUICIDE OF A SIBLINGhttps://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/7bdvdg/remarkable

Adam talks with Australian comedian Laura Davis and Canadian musician Mac DeMarco (who also plays a couple of songs). Recorded live at The End Of The Road Festival, September 2017 (though the main recording failed, this podcast was put together from a back-up recording made on a dictaphone - I think it sounds fine if you wear headphones)Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing. Music & jingles by Adam BuxtonRELATED LINKSLAURA DAVIS - ‘GOBBY OR SHARK’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6Hhs22UpfYMAC DEMARCO - PEPPERONI PLAYBOY (A MACUMENTARY)A lot of clowning in this 30 minute doc, but also some good, interesting stuff about Mac’s songwriting & recording. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JStLz_vkEm8END OF THE ROAD FESTIVAL http://endoftheroadfestival.com/ATHLETICO MINCE PODCAST https://www.acast.com/athleticominceTHE A-Z OF DAVID BOWIE PODCAST https://www.acast.com/atozofdavidbowie/CALIPHATE PODCAST https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-new-york-times/c

Adam & British comedian/poet/actor Tim Key enjoy a rambly conversation as they look at some art in London’s Courtauld Gallery.This episode was sponsored by ART FUND, the national fundraising charity for art. Find out more by visiting Artfund.org/BUXTONTIM KEY TOUR DATES: https://www.timkey.co.uk/Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Music and jingles by Adam BuxtonThe Supermarket Confrontation jingle features bass from Dan Hawkins: https://www.onlinebassplayer.com/ and instruments from the Soniccouture plug in: http://www.soniccouture.com/en/RELATED LINKS‘DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA’ by HONORÉ DAUMIER (1869 - 1872)https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02tvn6d/p02tvm60‘LA LOGE’ by PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR (1874)https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/3671758/Renoir-A-glorious-night-of-intrigue.html‘A BAR AT THE FOLIES-BERGÈRE’ by ÉDOUARD MANET (1882)https://courtauld.ac.uk/gallery/collection/impressionism-post-impressionism/edouard-manet-a-bar-at-the-folies-bergereANDY WARHOL ‘YES’ ’NO’ I

Adam talks with British writer, producer and presenter Charlie Brooker.THIS EPISODE CONTAINS LANGUAGE AND THEMES THAT HAVE OFFENDED IN THE PAST AND MAY OFFEND AGAIN.There was a problem with one of the mics on this episode hence roomy sound from back up recording. Apologies for any emotional scarring this may cause.Hello. Adam here with a few notes and links related to this episode for you.My rambly conversation with Charlie was recorded in March of 2018, in the west London house where he lives with his wife Connie and their two young children. Charlie started his media career writing about video games in the 90s and we began by reminiscing about our childhood fascination with those blocky virtual worlds.We also talked about Nathan Barley (Channel 4, 2005), Black Mirror (Channel 4, Netflix, 2011 - present), how comedic fury can be taken at face value, smoking, defecating, and how we would cope if we were on reality TV or facing armageddon and didn’t have Bear Grylls to advise us. Charlie also does a very

Adam talks with American musician Eleanor Friedberger.Hi. Adam Buxton here with some notes and links for you about this week’s guest.Eleanor and her brother Matthew formed the core of The Fiery Furnaces, who put out a series of brilliantly strange records from 2000 - 2011. Matthew and Eleanor now work on solo projects but haven’t officially laid the The Fiery Furnaces to rest.My conversation with Eleanor was recorded in February 2016 and we talked about some of her favourite albums, her working relationship with her brother, whether or not fans should be interested in the private lives of the artists they admire, and her lyrics. Eleanor also performed a version of one of her songs exclusively for the podcast. And in my outro waffle I bollock on about a couple of music documentaries I enjoyed this week. No, really, you’re welcome.FIERY FURNACES MUSIC MONTAGE in the intro includes clips from:Benton Harbour Blues (from Bitter Tea, 2006)Never (from Bitter Tea, 2006)Evergreen (from EP, 2005)Two Fat Feet (from

Adam talks with British comedian Bob Mortimer.Hi. Adam Buxton here with some notes about Bob and this episode.For nearly 30 years Bob and his comedy partner Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) have stuck doggedly to what makes them laugh whether mainstream audiences get it or not, with shows like ‘The Smell Of Reeves & Mortimer’, ‘Bang Bang It’s Reeves & Mortimer’, ‘Catterick’, and ‘House Of Fools’ as well as the occasional reboots of the massively popular panel show ‘Shooting Stars’ and the show that introduced them to the world in 1990, ‘Big Night Out’. Consistently and inexhaustibly joyful, energetic and absurd, their parade of characters, silly voices, home made props and a sensibility that is often close to avant garde performance art, has made them two of the best loved and most influential comedians the UK has ever produced. When not working with Jim, Bob enjoys watching football. He’s an avid supporter of Middlesbrough FC and is currently the co host along with comedy writer Andy Dawson of the

Adam talks with British actor, writer, character comedian and improvisor Cariad Lloyd (Austentatious, Murder In Successville, Drunk History etc.) about birth, middle age, funny accents, growing up in a ‘cult’ and why talking about death on a podcast is more fun than it sounds.CARIAD NOTESHello, Adam Buxton here. My conversation with Cariad was recorded in February 2017. Why the delay putting it out Buckles? Well, long term podcats will know that some of the conversations I record take a long time to emerge because of the slightly ad hoc way me, Séamus and my occasional edit helpers go about getting each episode ready and figuring out where they should sit in the running order. We’re trying to get more organised but from time to time guests do experience significant delays. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.When we recorded our conversation Cariad and I were both at pivotal moments in our lives. Cariad had just had a baby but her happiness at the new arrival was mixed with sadness that her father,

Adam talks to British producer and director Fenton Bailey one of the co founders of TV production company World Of Wonder, responsible for Rupaul's Drag Race, Jon Ronson's Secret Rulers Of The World and The Adam & Joe Show)THIS PODCAST HAS BEEN NOMINATED FOR A WEBBY AWARD!You can vote for me at wbby.co/pod-intVoting is open until Thursday, April 19th, 2018Thanks!DOWNLOAD THE FREE ADAM BUXTON APPhttp://adam-buxton.co.uk/appEP.72 - FENTON BAILEY NOTESHello, Adam here. As I write these notes myself I thought I may as well start doing it in the first person rather than pretend I have someone to do it for me. It’s more or less a transcript of my spoken introduction, but here it is for your reference pleasure. Podcast number 72 features a conversation with an important figure in my life, British born producer and director Fenton Bailey who, along with his partner Randy Barbato, set up the production company World Of Wonder. In the early 90s I would stay up late and watch 'Manhattan Cable'. It was one

Adam talks with British comedian, actor and writer Jayde Adams. JAYDEFAXAs you’ll hear Jayde began her performing career on a sad note following the death of her older sister Jenna in 2011. That encouraged Jayde to leave her native Bristol and start doing comedy, often in London drag clubs like Sink The Pink, Jonny Woo’s Unroyal Variety, The Glory and The Vauxhall Tavern.Just three years later she won the 2014 Funny Women Award and in 2016 was a nominee at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. She’s in Edinburgh again this year with her third show, an homage to Bette Midler entitled 'The Divine Ms Jayde’ (Pleasance Courtyard, 9.30pm, August).Adam & Jayde recorded their conversation in February 2018. WARNING! Includes frank discussions of a sexual nature and there’s also some dead rat chat.Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support.Music & jingles by Adam Buxton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam travels to Paris to meet his old friend, British director Garth Jennings. After a brief catch up, Garth introduces Adam to his old friend, and fellow Paris dweller, Wes Anderson of Texas, USA.The conversation was recorded in early March 2018 shortly before the release of Anderson’s 9th feature, and 2nd foray into stop motion (after Fantastic Mr Fox) Isle Of Dogs. Set in a dystopian near-future Japan, Isle Of Dogs follows a young boy who goes in search of his dog after the whole species is banished to an island due to an illness outbreak.Adam, Garth and Wes enjoy a rambly chat about the production of Isle of Dogs and stop motion in general, David Bowie (of course), Mary Poppins, cantankerous cast members and other important odds and sods. WES ANDERSON FILMOGRAPHY1996 - BOTTLE ROCKET1998 - RUSHMORE2001 - THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS2004 - THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU2007 - THE DARJEELING LIMITED2009 - THE FANTASTIC MR FOX2012 - MOONRISE KINGDOM2014 - THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL2018 - ISLE OF DOGSBowie

Adam talks with British actor and comedian Lolly Adefope about working with Steve Buscemi and Daniel Radcliffe, her early forays into comedy at university, music, offensive language and whether she should watch The Crown (she really doesn’t want to but Adam tries to convince her to give it a go).Also Adam’s dog Rosie spots a deer and runs off into the wood, yipping, giving Adam an opportunity to try out his new pet tracker. Exciting eh?TECHNICAL NOTE - Apologies for the ‘roomy’ sound quality during my conversation with Lolly. This was due to the host (a terrible man) failing to actually turn the mics on and having to use the emergency dictaphone back up for the edit. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for conversation editing. Music & jingles by Adam BuxtonAdam Buxton’s Old Bits DVD is out now from gofasterstripe.com  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam talks with Welsh journalist, screenwriter and film maker Jon Ronson (‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’, ‘The Psychopath Test’, ‘The Men Who Stare At Goats’, co writer of the films ‘Frank’ & ‘Okja’) about, amongst other things, his recent audio series ’The Butterfly Effect’ in which Jon meets people affected in a variety of surprising ways by the spread of free internet pornography.As Jon himself says of ‘The Butterfly Effect’: “It's sad, funny, moving and totally unlike some other nonfiction stories about porn - because it isn't judgmental or salacious. It's human and sweet and strange and lovely.”But are there times when being judgmental serves a useful purpose, even if it’s annoying, hurtful or in the context of pornography, hypocritical? That isn’t just a random rhetorical question - it does actually get discussed in the podcast.Jon also tells Adam about meeting British columnist and provocateur Katie Hopkins, considers the case for declaring Donald Trump mentally ill and shares a few podcast

Adam talks with Irish actor, stand-up comedian and writer Aisling Bea about getting soaked in exotic locations, the time things got weird when they both refused to wear free shoes at a comedy gig, the influences that paved the path to Aisling’s career in stand up, weird on-set behaviour, confrontations and the value of difficult conversations. Aisling also talks about the article she wrote last year for The Guardian in which she described losing her father when she was very young and how she dealt with learning the truth about his death years later. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Jack Bushell for additional editing. Music & jingles by Adam Buxton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam talks with American writer Michael Lewis (The Big Short, Money Ball, Liar’s Poker etc.) about his book ‘The Undoing Project’, which tells the story of the friendship and fascinating work of psychologists Amos Tversky and Nobel prize winner Daniel Kahneman.Much of the work of Tversky and Kahneman focuses on the human capacity to make errors of judgment based on unhelpful prejudices and rules of thumb that frequently operate beneath the level of our awareness. Michael explains a few of these to Adam (who has never engaged in fallacies or systematic errors of any kind) as well as talking about the tensions that shaped Kahneman and Tversky’s friendship.The conversation was recorded when Michael was visiting London in November 2017.Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing. Music & jingles by Adam BuxtonThanks to SonicCouture for instrument plug-in fun and Dan Hawkins for on-line bass.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out i