
EP.245 - KATE NASH
11 May - 1 hour 15 mins explicitAdam talks with Brit award-winning English singer-songwriter and actor Kate Nash about triumphs and humiliations in the music industry and the radical money-making strategy she's been relying on to keep her band on the road and herself out of the red. And bums. Kate also plays an acoustic version of her song Birds and Adam dithers over whether or not he should mention the Kate Nash parody song he recorded in 6 Music times.
Conversation recorded face-to-face in London, 4 April 2025.
Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and additional conversation editing.
Podcast illustration by Helen Green
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EP.254 - JESSICA KNAPPETT WITH MUSIC FROM DAUDI MATSIKO LIVE @ YORK THEATRE ROYAL, 2024
explicitAdam 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 DONATE TO MSF IS OUR GOVERNMENT COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE? Short YouTube video by former British diplomat Carne Ross Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Becca Bryers for additional editing on this eisode Thanks to our podcast tour crew, especially Ben Saunders, Richard Walsh, Analisa Lembo and Phil Turner Podcast illustration by Helen Green Pre-order Adam's album 'Buckle Up' with limited signed artwork Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee' DAUDI MATSIKO LIVE @ DALSTON CURVE 12th August 2024 ROB AUTON @ EDINBURGH FRINGE, 2025 PICS AND MORE LINKS (ON ADAM'S WEBSITE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hour 16 mins
25 July Finished

EP.253 - SQUID
explicitAdam 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 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast illustration by Helen Green Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee' Pre-order Adam's debut album 'Buckle Up' DONATE TO MSF PIC AND RELATED LINKS ON ADAM'S WEBSITE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hour 3 mins
10 July Finished

EP.252 - GUZ KHAN (LIVE)
explicitAdam 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. Podcast illustration by Helen Green Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee' PICS AND RELATED LINKS (ON ADAM'S WEBSITE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hour 15 mins
30 June Finished

EP.251 - DECLAN McKENNA
explicitAdam 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 Podcast illustration by Helen Green PRE-ORDER SIGNED VINYL OF 'BUCKLE UP' PICS AND RELATED LINKS ON ADAM'S WEBSITE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
46 mins
22 June Finished

EP.250 - JONNY SWEET
explicitAdam 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. Podcast illustration by Helen Green PICS AND RELATED LINKS ON ADAM'S WEBSITE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
1 hour 28 mins
18 June Finished

EP.249 - PAULINE BLACK
explicitAdam 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. Podcast illustration by Helen Green WATCH PAULINE BLACK: A 2-TONE STORY - 2025 (SKY ARTS) PICS AND RELATED LINKS (ON ADAM'S WEBSITE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
59 mins
11 June Finished