EP.272 - BRIDGET CHRISTIE & ALICE BOYD LIVE @ BRISTOL - BEACON THEATRE, 2024

Adam talks with American stand up comedian and Daily Show correspondent Josh Johnson about not drinking alcohol, growing up in Louisiana, alligator gumbo, David Blaine, pranksters, responding to tragic and shocking current events in his stand up sets, and what tourists dislike most about the UK. And in the outro, Adam talks about his recent live shows with the band and a moment of Beatles communion in Liverpool. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 23 January, 2026 SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR Q&A EPISODE: [email protected] NORD VPN EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/buxton  Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support. Podcast illustration by Helen Green THE ADAM BUXTON BAND MAY 2026 TOUR  ADAM BUXTON & MIRANDA SAWYER @ CHARLESTON FESTIVAL 14 May 2026, 9pm BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM 17 June, 2-4 July, 2026  ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ ROUNDHOUSE, 5 August, 2026 RELATED LINKS JOSH JOHNSON - DRAKE VS KENDRICK EXPLAINED TO WHITE PEOPLE - 2024 (YOUTUBE) JOSH JOHNSON LIVE @ SOHO THEATRE, WALTHAMSTOW - 2025 (YOUTUBE) JOSH JOHNSON - THE FAILURE, FEAR AND FRENZY AROUND LUIGI MANGIONE - 2024 (YOUTUBE) JOSH JOHNSON - IT'S LITERALLY ICE VS. GOOD - 2026 (YOUTUBE) JOSH JOHNSON - CATFISHING THE KKK - 2017 (YOUTUBE) JOSH JOHNSON PODCASTS (JOSH JOHSNON WEBSITE) DAVID BLAINE AND EAMONN HOLMES ON GMTV - 2001 (YOUTUBE) ADAM & GAZ COOMBES - I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS - 2014 (YOUTUBE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam talks with Rebecca Lucy Taylor AKA musician Self Esteem about Bake Off stress, ambition guilt, feeling out of place as an indie pop star, feeling at home in Cabaret, the challenges of following up a hit album, booze, why men love CBT and much else. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 23 June, 2025 THE ADAM BUXTON BAND MAY 2026 TOUR  ADAM BUXTON & MIRANDA SAWYER @ CHARLESTON FESTIVAL 14 May 2026, 9pm BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM 17 June, 2-4 July, 2026  PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY BRIEFING FILM AND TALK WITH ADAM BUXTON & PATRICK BARKHAM @ NORWICH ARTS CENTRE, 28 June, 2026 SAILY 🌎 Get an exclusive 15% discount on your first Saily data plans! Use code buxton at checkout. Download Saily app or go to to https://saily.com/buxton ⛵ NORD VPN EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/buxton  Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! 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 SELF ESTEEM - I DO THIS ALL THE TIME - 2021 (YOUTUBE) SELF ESTEEM - THE CURSE Self Esteem's song about booze from 'A Complicated Woman' - 2025 (YOUTUBE) SELF ESTEEM - FOCUS IS POWER - 2025 (YOUTUBE) TEETH'N'SMILES Starring Self Esteem @ Duke Of York's Theatre until 6 June, 2026 (TEETH'N'SMILES WEBSITE) ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ ROUNDHOUSE, 5 August, 2026 I'll be waffling with Mawaan Rizwaan, the former YouTube comedian turned BAFTA winning writer and star of TV sitcom Juice, at the Roundhouse Comedy Festival. I don't plan on doing any other live podcasts this year, so I hope you can make it to this one. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam talks with Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett of Gorillaz about not giving a f**k, being born in the 60s and growing up in the 70s and 80s, duetting with Mark E Smith and Lou Reed, why Damon isn't as impressed by Van Morrison and Coldplay as Adam is, partying too hard with Ant and Dec, trying to get The Spice Girls into Stockhausen, Dads, the new Gorillaz album 'The Mountain' and the experience of trying to make peace with mortality in India that inspired it. Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 22nd January, 2026 THE ADAM BUXTON BAND SPRING 2026 TOUR  BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM SAILY 🌎 Get an exclusive 15% discount on your first Saily data plans! Use code buxton at checkout. Download Saily app or go to to https://saily.com/buxton ⛵ NORD VPN EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal ➼ https://nordvpn.com/buxton  Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! 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 GORILLAZ - THE MOUNTAIN TOUR 2026 DAMON ALBARN'S SONGWRITING ROUTINE, USING GARAGEBAND TO CREATE BLUR SONGS ON TAPE NOTES PODCAST - 2023 (YOUTUBE) DAMON ALBARN: STUDIO TOUR, 'CRACKER ISLAND' COACHELLA - APPLE MUSIC - 2023 (YOUTUBE) DAMON ALBARN - THE CULTURE SHOW SPECIAL - 2014 (YOUTUBE) DAMON'S STUDIO 13 (WEBSITE WITH STUDIO PICS AND GEAR LIST) THE ADAM BUXTON BAND SUPPORT ACTS ANNA B SAVAGE - THE GHOST - 2022 (YOUTUBE) THE CINDYS - ETERNAL PHARMACY - 2026 (YOUTUBE) TALIABLE - SCRUB - 2025 (YOUTUBE) CLÉMENTINE MARCH - FIREWORKS - 2025 (YOUTUBE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Adam shares a helping of face-to-face, NOT in front of a live audience, spicy Christmas waffle cake with his old friend Joe 'Cornballs' Cornish. Expect gift exchanging, Made Up Jokes, celebrity couple news, hand music, what to do if a dog shits on your lap during a job interview, Adam’s newly confident K-Pop musical direction and more… CONTAINS SOME FESTIVE BAD LANGUAGE AND MILD MULLED FILTH Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 9 December 2025 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for additional editing. Thanks to Kid Klava for musical assistance on Adam’s Confident K-Pop song 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) Podcast illustration by Helen Green THE ADAM BUXTON BAND SPRING 2026 TOUR  On sale on Monday 29 December 2025 at 10:00 IF YOU CAN, PLEASE HELP MUSIC FOR ALL ST MUNGO'S - HELPING END HOMELESSNESS DONATE TO MSF PICS AND RELATED LINKS (ON ADAM'S WEBSITE) THE HAND MUSIC OF GRIPMASTER G (MATCH OF THE DAY) - 2022 (YOUTUBE) GRIPMASTER G'S YOUTUBE PAGE ADAM AND JOE MOUNT ON TAPE NOTES PODCAST - 2025 (LINK TREE) ADAM ON SODAJERKER ON SONGWRITING PODCAST - 2025 (SODAJERKER WEBSITE) MANY MEN SOUND SYSTEM - PODCAST THEME - 2025 (YOUTUBE) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DR BUCKLES' FRANK BLACK SELECTION (SPOTIFY) Adam talks with British writer, director, actor and comedian Richard Ayoade about Wes Anderson, the pain of returning an album, and their shared love of Pixies, before being joined on stage by Pixies frontman Frank Black, who sings a song from his classic solo album Teenager Of The Year and (in a conversation recorded before a Pixies show the previous evening) Frank tells Adam how he really feels about comedians making music and the trauma of his audition for David Fincher's film Zodiac. Conversations recorded face-to-face in London on 18 & 19 March 2024 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Becca Bryers for additional editing, and the team from Crosstown Promotions, especially Richard Walsh, Annalisa Lembo, Ben Saunders, Phil Turner 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) Podcast illustration by Helen Green NORD VPN EXCLUSIVE NordVPN Deal  Try it risk-free now with a 30-day money-back guarantee! RELATED LINKS FRANK BLACK AND RICHARD AYOADE - HEY (REHEARSAL) - 2024 (YOUTUBE) FRANK BLACK AND RICHARD AYOADE - WHERE IS MY MIND (REHEARSAL) - 2024 (YOUTUBE) FRANK BLACK & THE CATHOLICS - DOG GONE Directed by Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish - 1998 (YOUTUBE) FRANK BLACK - TEENAGER OF THE YEAR 30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION - 2025 (4AD) THE UNFINISHED HARAULD HUGHES (AUDIOBOOK) - 2025 (AUDIBLE) Read by Richard Ayoade, Chris Morris, David Mitchell, Lydia Fox, Noel Fielding, Sally Hawkins, Stephen Merchant PLEASE STOP USING AI TO MAKE WES ANDERSON PARODIES by Stuart Heritage - 2023 (GUARDIAN) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.