Episodes

  • Kirsty Wark

    Kirsty Wark
    Dec 18 2019
    In this very special episode, Pete Paphides meets Newsnight’s Kirsty Wark as she ponders the influence of David Bowie’s ‘Kooks’ on her own parenting style, looks back on her recent infamous encounter with Bobby Gillespie and also reveals exactly what Margaret Thatcher said to her after their infamously bruising encounter.

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    47 mins
  • The Raincoats

    The Raincoats
    Nov 13 2019
    Forty years after the release of their phenomenal debut album, Pete Paphides meets Gina Birch and Ana da Silva from incalculably influential post-punk legends, The Raincoats.

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    58 mins
  • Tanita Tikaram

    Tanita Tikaram
    Oct 10 2019

    To mark the release of her career-spanning anthology To Drink The Rainbow, Tanita Tikaram talks to Pete Paphides about her fascination with the female voice and guides him through 12 vocal performances that continue to inspire her.


    To Drink The Rainbow is released on vinyl, CD and download via Needle Mythology Records. A video version of this interview will also be available via YouTube.


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    48 mins
  • Stephen Duffy & Stephen Street

    Stephen Duffy & Stephen Street
    Jul 10 2019
    To mark the release of Stephen Duffy’s acclaimed 1997 masterpiece I Love My Friends on Needle Mythology Records, Pete Paphides meets Stephen along with the record’s producer Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur, Steve Mason, Cranberries, Kaiser Chiefs).

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    52 mins
  • Sarathy Korwar

    Sarathy Korwar
    Jun 27 2019
    Sarathy Korwar talks to Pete Paphides about the explosive synergy of influences that inform his brilliant new album, to be released on July 26th.  Inspired by Indian classical music, Sufi devotionals, modern jazz and the nascent rap scenes of Mumbai and New Delhi, More Arriving is one of the most thrilling  records of 2019, drawing on a range of guest artists to create a frequently breathtaking sonic document of these febrile times.  

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie (Part 2)

    Lightning Seeds' Ian Broudie (Part 2)
    Jun 20 2019
    In the second part of this career-spanning interview, Ian talks about his years with the Lightning Seeds: the journey from Pure –a song he didn't even intend to be released – to a string of chart successes such as Sense, Life of Riley, Lucky You, Marvellous, Sugar Coated Iceberg and, of course, Three Lions. He also talks about the years spent regrouping after his skirmish with pop stardom: his beautiful 2004 solo album Tales Told and the circumstances which prompted its creation, and his role in the emergence of kindred Liverpudlian spirits The Coral. These podcasts are produced by Laura Druce and wouldn't be possible without the assistance of our friends at Flare Audio, inventors of the peerless Jet earphones.

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    38 mins
  • The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon

    The Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon
    Jun 20 2019
    Ahead of The Divine Comedy's excellent new album Office Politics, Neil Hannon reflects upon the breakthrough success of his group's 1996 album Casanova and also revisits a formative release from his childhood, The Human League's Dare!

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    42 mins