Adam talks with British journalist (and old friend) Louis Theroux about AI, awkward interviews, alopecia, and arguing with your partner. There's also live music from Newcastle's Richard Dawson.

Conversation recorded in front of a live audience at the Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London, on June 9th, 2024

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RICHARD DAWSON 2025 TOUR

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Adam talks with British journalist and author Kate Mossman about her excellent book Men Of A Certain Age, in which she details encounters with elder statesmen of Rock. Kate tells Adam about meeting Kiss, Ray Davies and Kevin Ayers, her deep-level Queen issues, and the extent to which the relationship between father and daughter informs her feelings about some of her older male musical idols. And Adam recounts a recent encounter with a musical hero that was so nearly a dream come true… but ended in abject humiliation.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on March 11th, 2025

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Adam talks with British writer, director, actor and comedian Richard Ayoade about David Lynch, whether it was easy inventing the compete works of the fictional director and playwright Harauld Hughes, what Richard thought of David Letterman's enthusiasm for him and his work, the weirdness of interviews, the art of putting yourself down, why Orson Welles hated Woody Allen, and why Mick Jones of The Clash made Richard cry.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on March 19th, 2025

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Adam talks with Irish singer-songwriter CMAT, about modern gig etiquette, being a young weirdo, her conflicted relationship with the internet, the fury provoked by her Brit Awards bum-crack dress in 2024 and the advice Charli xcx gave her that changed her life. CMAT also performs two songs from her forthcoming album Euro-Country and in the outro, Helen and Olly from the recently returned Answer Me This podcast pick a couple of uplifting films.

CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on March 24th, 2025

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Adam talks with American talk show legend David Letterman about his favourite people on the current British comedy scene, hanging out with comedy legends in the 70s, why he talked about being blackmailed on a 2009 episode of Late Night, why Bob Dylan wound him up in 1992, the brilliance of comedian Norm Macdonald, the challenges of parenthood, and why Dave hates photographs.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in NYC on January 29th, 2025.

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Adam and Joe get together on stage at the Royal Festival Hall for some foolish waffle, including Chalamet/Bobbles chat, Made Up Jokes, Eggcorns, paranormal fun, a conceptually revolting restaurant trip, brand new Song Wars songs and a beautiful rendition of an Adam and Joe Show musical classic.

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JONNY SWEET’S UPLIFTING FILM PICK

I recommend Jonny’s book - The Kellerby Code. The link is for the audiobook - very nicely read by Jack Davenport. Genuinely a highlight for me this year. Almost as good as re-watching Cliffhanger…

CLIFFHANGER (TRAILER) Directed by Renny Harlin - 1993 (YOUTUBE)

BJÖRK SOUTH BANK SHOW DOC - 1997 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam meets leading classicist Dame Mary Beard, who explains what social media tells us about how emperors held on to power in Rome, why shoes are important when talking about power, how many people in ancient Rome really died by being drowned by rose petals, the important roles that apocryphal stories and outright lies play in history and why she replied to every critical message she received following the controversial comments she made soon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on April 16th, 2024.

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MARY'S ROME PICK 1 - PALAZZO MASSIMO MUSEUM

MARY'S ROME PICK 2 - CENTRALE MONTEMARTINI MUSEUM

EMPEROR OF ROME by Mary Beard - 2023 (ABE BOOKS)

RORY STEWART AND MARY BEARD ON POWER AND POLITICS - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

MARY BEARD ON DESERT ISLAND DISCS - 2010 (BBC WEBSITE)

HOW OFTEN DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE ROMAN EMPIRE - 2023 (KNOW YOUR MEME)

IN RESPONSE TO 9/11 - 4th October 2001 (LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS)

JESSE ARMSTRONG'S UPLIFTING MOVIE PICK

TURN EVERY PAGE (TRAILER) Directed by Lizzie Gottlieb - 2022 (YOUTUBE)

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