EP.261 - AYOADE BAMGBOYE

Adam talks with British musician and artist John Foxx, about a few of the pioneers of electronic music, forming the band Ultravox!, working with legendary producers Brian Eno (Bowie, Talking Heads, U2, Coldplay, etc.) and Conny Plank (Kraftwerk, NEU! Cluster, Harmonia, etc.), the relationship between art, music and comedy, his encounters with Keith Richards and performance artist Leigh Bowery, what he and Fall frontman Mark E Smith would talk about on their drinking sessions together and how his parents didn't screw him up. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 11 March, 2025 List of the music clips used in this episode on Adam's website HERE ADAM TALKS 90s TV AND PLAYS MUSIC @ LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL @ Royal Festival Hall, Sunday 26th October 2025, 7.30pm Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support Podcast illustration by Helen Green Listen to Adam's album 'Buckle Up'  Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee'  Sign up for the newsletter on Adam's website (scroll down on homepage) RELATED LINKS METAMATIC - SIGNED 45th ANNIVERSARY GREY VINYL - 2025 (BURNING SHED) JOHN FOXX - UNDERPASS - 1980 (YOUTUBE) ELECTRICITY AND GHOSTS The Visual Art of John Foxx - 2024 WENDY CARLOS - VOCODER QUESTIONS (WENDY CARLOS WEBSITE) STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR (TRAILER) - 2025 (YOUTUBE) LEIGH BOWERY - SOUTH OF WATFORD PT 1 - 1986 (YOUTUBE) LEIGH BOWERY - SOUTH OF WATFORD PT 2 - 1986 (YOUTUBE) LEIGH BOWERY - SOUTH OF WATFORD PT 3 - 1986 (YOUTUBE) MICHAEL CLARKE AND MARK E SMITH ON NEWSNIGHT - 2011 (YOUTUBE) THE DAMNED - NEW ROSE - 1977 (YOUTUBE) LEIGH BOWERY GIVES BIRTH AT WIGSTOCK - 1993 (YOUTUBE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam talks with the UK executive director of aid agency MSF, Natalie Roberts about working in conflict zones in Yemen and Syria, the fraught conversations that led to MSF calling Israel's actions in Gaza a 'genocide', why the humanitarian emergency in Sudan gets so much less attention than it should and her experiences providing medical assistance at Glastonbury for over-emotional Lana Del Ray fans and pregnant women determined to give birth at the mother of all festivals. DONATE TO MSF FORTHCOMING LIVE SHOWS Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for additional editing Podcast illustration by Helen Green Listen to Adam's album 'Buckle Up'  Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee'  Sign up for the newsletter on Adam's website (scroll down on homepage) RELATED LINKS WHEN IS IT GENOCIDE? - The Ezra Klein Show - 2025 (NY TIMES) Philippe Sands discusses how to think about the tragedies in Gaza through the lens of international law. EAST WEST STREET: On The Origins Of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity - 2018 (YOUTUBE) A talk by writer and lawyer Philipe Sands at the Holocaust Living History Workshop and the Library at UC San Diego in 2018. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam talks with Eric Idle about random stuff including the special relationship between comedians and musicians, his friendships with David Bowie, Peter Cook and George Harrison, how he coped with seismic and alarming world events in the 60s and why Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life became more than just a funny way to end Life Of Brian. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 27 June, 2025 REGISTER A DECISION TO DONATE ORGANS TO NHS ERIC IDLE 2025 TOUR THE ADAM BUXTON BAND LIVE IN NORWICH  OTHER FORTHCOMING LIVE SHOWS Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for additional editing Podcast illustration by Helen Green Listen to Adam's album 'Buckle Up'  Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee'  Sign up for the newsletter on Adam's website (scroll down on homepage) RELATED LINKS (ON ADAM'S WEBSITE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam talks with British comedian, writer and actor, Emma Sidi about why Adam loves Matthew McConaughey and why Emma isn't sure, sensitive Caesareans, Emma's social media parenting strategies, the ethics of character comedy, and life on the road with Alan Partridge. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 3 September, 2025 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for additional editing Podcast illustration by Helen Green Listen to Adam's album 'Buckle Up'  Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee'  Sign up for the newsletter on Adam's website (scroll down on homepage) RELATED LINKS (ON ADAM'S WEBSITE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam talks with English actor Benedict Cumberbatch about his new film The Roses, as well as appearing on SNL, the challenge of balancing a successful career with married life and young children, whether couples therapy works, why actors lose their shit on film sets and whether Adam should retire the Christian Bale on set meltdown jingle.  Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 12 June 2025  Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for additional editing Podcast illustration by Helen Green Pre-order Adam's album BUCKLE UP with limited signed artwork Order Adam's book 'I Love You Byeee'  EXCLUSIVE NORD VPN DEAL Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! TALK 90s TO ME (Miranda Sawyer podcast on Podfollow) UNCOMMON PEOPLE by Miranda Sawyer - 2025 (WATERSTONES) WHAT HAPPENED TO COUNTER-CULTURE? Presented by Stewart Lee - 2025 (BBC SOUNDS) Comedian Stewart Lee presents a five-part series exploring the evolution and key ideas that have driven counter-culture from its beginnings with the Beats, folk and jazz in the 1950s, to its heights in the 1960s and 70s including the hippies and the early tech-communalists, the new liberation movements and punk, to the 1980s and early 90s, where political power on both sides of the Atlantic pushed back against the values of the ‘permissive society’. MORE LINKS (ON ADAM'S WEBSITE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.