Adam talks with poet, raconteur and punk scion, Dr John Cooper Clarke about why he hated the Matrix, TV watching habits, resisting the internet, local vs global problems, where John got his look, the Velvet Underground, what a night in with Nico was like, the movie idea that will one day make John a millionaire and much else.

CONTAINS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE, REFERENCES TO DRUG USE

This conversation was recorded face-to-face on 9th February, 2024

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

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

Thanks to Tom Donovan Studio

Pics of me and John @ adam-buxton.co.uk

RELATED LINKS

REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL WEBSITE

JOHN COOPER CLARKE WEBSITE - TOUR DATES ETC.

EVIDENTLY JOHN COOPER CLARKE (DOCUMENTARY) - 2012 (DAILY MOTION)

JCC ON DESERT ISLANDS DISCS - 2019 (BBC SOUNDS)

JCC - READER'S WIVES (OLD GREY WHISTLE TEST) - 1978 (YOUTUBE)

JCC - MAJORCA - 1976 (YOUTUBE)

JCC - WHAT'S IN MY BAG - 2016 (YOUTUBE)

JCC - SUGAR PUFF AD - 1988 (YOUTUBE)

JCC - BACK AT THE SCANDAL SCHOOL, DUBLIN - 1986 (YOUTUBE)

JCC - MAVIS NICHOLSON AFTERNOON PLUS INTERVIEW - 1979 (YOUTUBE)

ARCTIC MONKEYS - I WANNA BE YOURS (LIVE) - 2014 (YOUTUBE)

THE VELVET UNDERGROUND - SISTER RAY - 1968 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam talks with British journalist, author and presenter, Helen Lewis about culture wars and weight loss drugs.

This conversation was recorded face-to-face on 8th May, 2024

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

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

RELATED LINKS

CRITIQUES OF THE CASS REVIEW - 2024 (TRANSACTUAL)

RESPONSE TO CASS REVIEW - 2024 (WORLD AND U.S. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS FOR TRANSGENDER HEALTH)

CONTRAPOINTS - THE WITCH TRAILS OF JK ROWLING - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

YouTuber Natalie Wynn explains why she regretted taking part in The Witch Trials Of JK Rowling podcast

THE WITCH TRIALS OF JK ROWLING PODCAST - 2023 (THE FREE PRESS WEBSITE)

YOU CAN'T SAY THAT 1 - 2024 (REFLECTOR WEBSITE)

A year after 'The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling', the producers of that podcast consider where things stand around the issues in their series.

YOU CAN'T SAY THAT 2 - 2024 (REFLECTOR WEBSITE)

Natalie Wynn (Contrapoints) is one of the contributors to this second part and puts across her criticisms of the 'Witch Trials' podcast series.

WHEN CHILDREN SAY THEY'RE TRANS by Jesse Singal - 2018 (THE ATLANTIC)

BEAT - Eating disorder charity. Beat’s helpline is available 365 days a year on 0808 801 0677

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR EATING DISORDERS - NCFED offers information, resources and counselling for those suffering from eating disorders, as well as their support networks. Visit their website or call 0845 838 2040

HELEN LEWIS SUBSTACK - THE BLUESTOCKING

HELEN LEWIS: GREAT WIVES - 2024 (BBC SOUNDS)

HELEN LEWIS HAS LEFT THE CHAT - 2024 (BBC SOUNDS)

From WhatsApp leaks to group chat nightmares, how instant messaging changed the world.

STAX: SOULSVILLE USA - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam talks with Australian comedian Sam Campbell as they walk around The Latitude Festival and get to know each other. Topics include whether it's OK for a Brit to do an Aussie accent, Sam's upbringing in Queensland, Adam's hat, the rules of stand-up comedy, whether AI is good at writing plays, why Kasabian chose their name, ear injuries, why painting sheep pink is the kind of thing conservatives do and creative angst. But mainly Sam makes Adam laugh.

This conversation was recorded face-to-face on 26th and 27th July, 2024

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing and to Latitude Festival and everyone we met there for their generosity and help.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

RELATED LINKS

ADAM AND JOE LIVE AT ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL - 5th December, 2024

GET REAL DUDE - SAM CAMPBELL COMEDY BLAP - 2019 (YOUTUBE)

Lots of funny stuff in this one-off sketch show

SAM CAMPBELL YOUTUBE PLAYLIST

SAM CAMPBELL AT MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL - 2019 (YOUTUBE)

SAM CAMPBELL - NIPPERS (OF DEAD BIRD BAY) - 2017 (YOUTUBE)

Entertainingly extreme four-part Australian web-series made by Sam Campbell and Eric Hutton that's primarily an excuse for revolting oddness. NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN!

SAM CAMPBELL ON 8 OUT OF 10 CATS DOES COUNTDOWN - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

SAM CAMPBELL ON DOOR TO DOOR SALESMEN (LIVE AT THE MOTH CLUB) DAVE - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

CARL BARRON - THE PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE WHO BUY SELF HELP BOOKS - 2020 (YOUTUBE)

DRIFTING OFF WITH JOE PERA - AUSTRALIA - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

Eccentric ambient podcast fun in which sleepy-voiced American comedian Joe Pera gets impressions of Australia from Aussie comic Sam Campbell, Aaron Chen, Guy Montgomery, and Yaraman Thorne

RIP TORN & NORMAN MAILER - THE 'MAIDSTONE' BRAWL - 1970 (YOUTUBE)

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Adam talks with British/Australian actor, writer and presenter Miriam Margolyes about airing strong opinions and causing offence, embarrassment around death, her houseguest policy, steamed veg, why Barbara Streisand is up herself, why Martin Scorsese is interested in posh people and much else.

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS VERY STRONG LANGUAGE 

This conversation was recorded face-to-face in London on July 22nd, 2024

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

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

RELATED LINKS

ADAM AND JOE LIVE AT ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL - 5th December, 2024

OH MIRIAM! STORIES FROM AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE by Miriam Margolyes - 2023 (2nd HAND FROM ABE BOOKS)

THIS MUCH IS TRUE by Miriam Margolyes - 2021 (2nd HAND FROM ABE BOOKS)

MILLION DOLLAR LOVER (BBC SOUNDS)

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Adam talks with old friend and Rupaul's Drag Race producer Fenton Bailey about managing vanity in middle age and the extent to which reality TV can be blamed for everything bad in the world (with particular emphasis on Don Trump).

This conversation was recorded face-to-face in London on 12th January, 2024

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

Podcast artwork by Helen Green

ADAM'S WEBSITE (for Rosie rainbow pic etc.)

LIVE PODCAST - LAST SEATS FOR LONDON (9th June) & DUBLIN (May 21st), 2024

LIVE PODCAST WITH SELF ESTEEM, 2nd June, 2024 @Crossed Wires Festival, Sheffield, 

RELATED LINKS

FRANK BLACK AND RICHARD AYOADE - HEY (REHEARSAL) - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

FRANK BLACK AND RICHARD AYOADE - WHERE IS MY MIND (REHEARSAL) - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

REMOVE YOUTUBE SIDEBAR - (CHROME WEBSTORE)

SCREEN AGE by FENTON BAILEY - 2022 (WORLD OF WONDER)

MANUFACTURING CONSENT: NOAM CHOMSKY AND THE MEDIA - 1992 (YOUTUBE)

NAM JUNE PAIK - MOON IS THE OLDEST TV (TRAILER) - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

HOW MARK BURNETT RESURRECTED DONALD TRUMP AS AN ICON OF AMERICAN SUCCESS by Patrick Radden Keefe - 2018 (THE NEW YORKER)

DEPP V HEARD by Nick Wallis - 2023 (2nd hand copy on WORLD OF BOOKS)

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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

Ramble Chat pastoral remix by Anthony Brown

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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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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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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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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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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