Episodes

  • EP.254 - JESSICA KNAPPETT WITH MUSIC FROM DAUDI MATSIKO LIVE @ YORK THEATRE ROYAL, 2024
    Jul 25 2025

    Adam talks with British writer, actor and comedian Jessica Knappett live on stage in York and in the second half, describes his perfect day for Jessica's podcast. There's also music from British Ugandan musician Daudi Matsiko

    Conversation recorded in front of an audience at the Theatre Royal, York on 28th May, 2024

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    IS OUR GOVERNMENT COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE? Short YouTube video by former British diplomat Carne Ross

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    DAUDI MATSIKO LIVE @ DALSTON CURVE 12th August 2024

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • EP.253 - SQUID
    Jul 10 2025

    Adam talks with the members of celebrated English 5 piece Squid about band dynamics, whether they belong to the genre 'Ramen Rock', working with 'Windmill scene' producer Dan Carey, sweary shop assistants, the perils of playing pissed, and a very deep philosophical question. They also play a couple of songs from their recent album Cowards. Plus, Adam considers the dismayed response to a video he recently uploaded to his YouTube channel.

    Conversation and live music recorded face-to-face at Pony Music Studios on 2nd April, 2025

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • EP.252 - GUZ KHAN (LIVE)
    Jun 30 2025

    Adam talks with British comedian, actor, and writer Guz Khan about parenthood, accents, languages, chatting shit and getting banged, how older Asian men respond when a prankster moans in their ears, and Guz demonstrates a dramatic strategy for getting Adam on Taskmaster.

    CONTAINS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE

    Conversation recorded live at Manchester's Albert Hall on 7th June, 2024

    Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Becca Bryers for additional editing.

    Thanks to our crew in Manchester, especially Dan, Liam and Katie, Ben and Richard.

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • EP.251 - DECLAN McKENNA
    Jun 22 2025

    Adam talks with English singer/songwriter Declan McKenna about not going off the rails, why classic music can sound boring, why Robin Williams' best film was 1 Hour Photo and keeping your head in the music industry. Declan also performs an acoustic version of his track Elevator Hum.

    Recorded face-to-face in London on 11th April, 2024

    Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing

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    47 mins
  • EP.250 - JONNY SWEET
    Jun 18 2025

    Adam talks with British writer, actor and comedian Jonny Sweet about class, shame, not feeling at home in your own skin and other themes in his debut novel The Kellerby Code, as well as how promoting a book encourages authors to make up a load of bullshit about the themes in their books. Adam and Jonny also swap news of ailments and an unsettling Shiatsu experience, and in the outro, Adam talks in a queasily sincere way about what the late Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson meant to him.

    Conversations recorded in London on 12th November, 2024 and 29th April, 2025

    Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and additional conversation editing.

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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • EP.249 - PAULINE BLACK
    Jun 11 2025

    Adam talks with English author, actor and frontperson of seminal ska band The Selecter, Pauline Black about the early days of Two Tone, her experiences growing up feeling out of place as part of an adoptive family in Essex and how she came to be reunited with her biological mother.

    Conversation recorded face-to-face in Coventry on 8th May, 2025

    Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and additional conversation editing.

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    59 mins
  • EP.248 - LOYLE CARNER
    Jun 2 2025

    Adam talks with British-Guyanese hip hop musician Loyle Carner about Mums, Dads, being a parent, kids' music, bear attacks, managing ADHD, unwelcome thoughts and the value (vs the potential danger) of hope.

    Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 12th May, 2025

    Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and additional conversation editing.

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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • EP.247 - TIM KEY AND TOM BASDEN
    May 25 2025

    Adam talks with British writer/actor/comedians Tim Key and Tom Basden about their comedy film The Ballad Of Wallis Island, private comedy gigs, AI identity theft, and being told off on bikes. Plus, Tim introduces Adam and Tom to one of the all-time great accidental 'C' bombs.

    Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 9th May, 2025

    CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE!

    Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and additional conversation editing.

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    1 hr and 12 mins