funny listening to this now ketamine is seeing a decent amount of use as an effective antidepressant

Adam, you have that gift of empathy and are so good at getting your guests to open up. Your podcasts portray  life so well....there's pain, there's humour and joy.

I have heard the HSBC - Hong Kong Banking Corporation story before. I think a stand up did that joke / story!

Brilliant as always Adam. You have such a great rapport with Jon.

Hey Adam, just wanted to say thanks for the podcast in general - it really got me through some tough times a few years ago :')

Great show. Good work Adam at doing all the interviewing and being funny, plus the finding people to interview and the thinking of things to make people laugh and also the arranging of interviews with people and the thinking of funny things to say when you are not actually doing podcasts within the confines of your non-working life outside of comedy and entertainment plus other sommittments.

feeling a curious warm fondant of fondness tuning in to the buckles

Suéltate

Suéltate (From Sing 2) [feat. Anitta & BIA]

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) [feat. Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Reese Witherspoon & Tori Kelly]

Sing 2 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of

Can't Feel My Face

Let's Go Crazy

Break Free

Soy Yo (Sing 2 Mix)

There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back

Sing 2 Audition Medley

Where the Streets Have No Name

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 recommendations.

Thanks to Seamus Murphy Mitchell for production support and Jack Bushell for additional editing. 

Music & jingles by Adam Buxton

EP.68 - JON RONSON

British comedian Adam Buxton talks with interesting people. The rambly conversations are sometimes funny, sometimes more serious with funny bits. Adam records the intros and outros for most episodes while walking with his dog friend Rosie in the East Anglian countryside where he lives with his wife and three children. 

Adam has appeared in films such as ‘Hot Fuzz’, ‘Stardust’ and ‘Son Of Rambow’ as well as a variety of TV shows in the UK. Since 2007 he has hosted ‘BUG’, a live show that combines music videos and comedy that became a TV series on Sky Atlantic in 2012. From time to time he also does live shows featuring just his own material. Along with lifelong friend Joe Cornish he also is one half of award winning TV, radio and podcast duo Adam & Joe who have worked together since 1995. 

You can find many of the insanely catchy jingles Adam makes for the podcast as well as amazing bonus material, beautiful merchandise and a selection of his incredibly funny and brilliant YouTube videos on the free Adam Buxton app.

Adam is writing this himself using the third person.

EP.68 - JON RONSON

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