The Adam Buxton Podcast

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

Adam laughs a lot as he talks to British actor and comedian, Diane Morgan (Philomena Cunk, Motherland) about bad films, weird drama school exercises, not cracking America, not giving a shit, children, tape worms and more. Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing. Music & jingles by Adam Buxton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam talks with American actor, writer and director Greta Gerwig about her directorial debut ‘Lady Bird’ and some of her film influences.CONTAINS MILD 'LADY BIRD' SPOILERS ( I don't think they would spoil the film for you, but if you're sensitive about that kind of thing...)Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing. Music & jingles by Adam Buxton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A short bonus episode featuring a conversation with Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead, film scores, cheekbones) about music documentaries, writing music for Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread, Oscar speeches and The Fall.Adam Buxton’s Old Bits DVD is out now from gofasterstripe.comThanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support.Extract from 'House Of Woodcock' by Jonny Greenwood. (Phantom Thread (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) smarturl.it/PhantomThreadStrk)Other music & jingles by Adam Buxton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam talks with director Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Punch Drunk Love, Boogie Nights) about Phantom Thread, Radiohead, Daniel Day Lewis, fatherhood, UK TV comedy and other vitally important business.Adam Buxton’s Old Bits DVD is out now from gofasterstripe.comThanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing. Music & jingles by Adam Buxton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam enjoys a (fairly) family friendly festive talk pudding with Joe Cornish. Gifts are exchanged, the Queen speaks, Eggcorns are munched, messages are read out, slivers of information about Joe’s new film are extracted and the Tom Cruise Doodle Story makes an unexpected (partial) comeback!Adam Buxton’s Old Bits DVD is out now from gofasterstripe.comThanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Music & jingles by Adam Buxton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam talks to British stand up comedian Romesh Ranganathan about life in Los Angeles, race and diversity in comedy (funnier than that sounds) dealing with negative criticism (a favourite topic!) and the delicate business of exploiting your family for entertainment purposes. There’s also some freestyle rapping that should provoke some considerable insecurity for the so called giants of the hip hop community. Adam Buxton’s Old Bits DVD is out now from gofasterstripe.comThanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Music & jingles by Adam Buxton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam talks to Thomas Dolby about his pioneering adventures in the music and tech industry, including revealing tales of close encounters with Michael Jackson and David Bowie.Adam Buxton’s Old Bits DVD is out now from gofasterstripe.comDownload the free Adam Buxton App for more jingles, videos and exclusive podcast episodes. Prints - roomfifty.comThanks to Seamus Murphy Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing. Music & jingles by Adam Buxton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam talks with legendary music video director Tim Pope about his work with, among others, Iggy Pop, Neil Young and David Bowie.Adam Buxton’s Old Bits DVD is out now from gofasterstripe.comThanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support. Music & jingles by Adam Buxton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam enjoys a ramble with Queens Of The Stone Age front man Josh Homme and his friend, comedian Matt Berry. CONTAINS STRONG ROCK LANGUAGE!Adam Buxton’s Old Bits DVD is out now from gofasterstripe.comContribute to the Adam & Joe Christmas Podcast at adam-buxton.co.ukThanks to Seamus Murphy Mitchell for production support and Jack Bushell for additional editing on this episode.Music & jingles by Adam Buxton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam talks with Hassan Akkad about why and how he came to leave Damascus and make the dangerous journey to seek refuge in Europe as an illegal immigrant.Information about the ‘TimePeace’ - a mobile app, which will connect asylum seekers and locals, to meet and share for free their skills, passions and interests, here: https://www.timepeaceapp.org/Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing.Music & jingles by Adam Buxton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam enjoys another rambling conversation with British actor, writer and theatre director Kathy Burke.Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional editing.Music & jingles by Adam Buxton  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Adam talks with British comedian, writer and director Simon Amstell about Peruvian drug ceremonies, living in harmony with our fellow animals and narcissism.There’s also details of the new Adam Buxton app, available free NOW!Thanks to Seamus Murphy Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for additional 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.