Adam talks with Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan about the dangers of comedy being misunderstood, Ireland, hairless and erectile dysfunction. We also talked about parents and the way relationships with dead loved ones keep changing - PLEASE NOTE: the subject of suicide comes up in that part of the conversation.

COPING WHEN SOMEONE DIES BY SUICIDE (CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CENTRE)
https://www.cruse.org.uk/get-help/traumatic-bereavement/coping-when-someone-dies-suicide

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode
Podcast artwork by Helen Green https://helengreenillustration.com/

RELATED LINKS

TOMMY TIERNAN PODCAST AND TOUR LINKS (ON TOMMY'S WEBSITE)
https://www.tommedian.com/

TOMMY INTERVIEWS THE IMAM OF THE ISLAMIC CENTRE IN IRELAND (FACEBOOK)
https://www.facebook.com/IrishMuslimCouncil/videos/this-is-the-interview-that-got-ireland-talking-about-islam-last-week-and-had-a-h/792450147609222/

TOMMY TIERNAN INTERVIEWS STEPHEN REA - 2021 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGSKa1qUpco

TOMMY TIERNAN INTERVIEWS SINÉAD O'CONNOR - 2020 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G9YPvsG_c4

TOMMY TIERNAN FIRST STAND UP SPECIAL - 2002 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylF-cNIQZlo

TOMMY TIERNAN ON BEING RACIST WITH THE TRAVELLERS - 2016 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EThkE3QIk4c

FUCK OFF IF YOU CAN'T TAKE A JOKE (ARTICLE ON HOT PRESS WEBSITE by NIALL STOKES ABOUT TOMMY TIERNAN 2009 SCANDAL)
https://www.hotpress.com/opinion/fuck-off-if-you-cant-take-a-joke-5848091

THE WINSTONS - AMEN BROTHER - 1969 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxZuq57_bYM

THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY (OPIOID EPIDEMIC DOCUMENTARY) TRAILER - 2021 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkU75sBdjdU

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION (NHS WEBSITE)
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/erection-problems-erectile-dysfunction/

EP.159 - TOMMY TIERNAN

Adam talks with American comedian, actor and writer Sarah Silverman about acid trips, adapting to changing times, defunding the police, farts, public toilet cleaning compulsions, Sarah's time writing on American comedy show Saturday Night Live in 1993, the striking voice messages left by listeners to her podcast and other important business.

This conversation was recorded in April 2021

CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode

Podcast artwork by Helen Green https://helengreenillustration.com/

RELATED LINKS

THE VIP (VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE) PODCAST (ACAST)
https://shows.acast.com/the-vip-pod

GEAR4MUSIC (FOR MUSIC AND PODCASTING GEAR)
https://www.gear4music.com/

SARAH SILVERMAN PODCAST (ART19)
https://art19.com/shows/the-sarah-silverman-podcast

THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROGRAMME SE01E01 - OFFICER JAY (YOUTUBE) 
https://www.cc.com/episodes/uyb9sg/the-sarah-silverman-program-officer-jay-season-1-ep-1

SARAH SILVERMAN - GIVE THE JEW GIRL TOYS - 2005 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gRGMOhslq0

IN CONVERSATION WITH SARAH SILVERMAN - 2015 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pc21w4wK-g

ON LINE STREAMED EVENT REVIEW BY BRIAN LOGAN - 2021 (GUARDIAN)
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/mar/07/sarah-silverman-review-livestream

SARAH SILVERMAN IS CANCELLED - 2019 (REASON WEBSITE)
https://reason.com/2019/08/14/sarah-silverman-has-been-canceled/

TINY TIM - LIVING IN THE SUNLIGHT (VIDEO FOR ADAM BUXTON'S BUG - DIRECTED BY THE LAYZELL BROTHERS) - 2012 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TECgVKdpogU

EP.160 - SARAH SILVERMAN

Adam talks with British comedy writer Georgia Pritchett about writing on the hit TV show Succession, turning anxieties into characters and other important business.

Thanks to Becca Ptaszynksi for her work on this episode and to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green https://helengreenillustration.com/

RELATED LINKS

MY MESS IS A BIT OF A LIFE: ADVENTURES IN ANXIETY by GEORGIA PRITCHETT - 2021 (WATERSTONES)
https://www.waterstones.com/book/my-mess-is-a-bit-of-a-life/georgia-pritchett/9780571365883

GEORGIA PRITCHETT ON SWEARING, SUCCESSION AND ANXIETY - 2021 (INDEPENDENT WEBSITE)
https://inews.co.uk/culture/georgia-pritchett-succession-series-three-trailer-release-date-my-mess-is-a-bit-of-a-life-1091686

SUCCESION - INSIDE EPISODE 5 - I WENT TO MARKET - 2018 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8F3-HzAQKUg

NORM MACDONALD LAST STAND UP ON LETTERMAN - 2015 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFjEvl43zYY

EP.161 - GEORGIA PRITCHETT

Adam talks with British comedian Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves) about breakfast, bad language, encounters with music legends, art and the politics of Dada

Recorded face to face (at a respectful and safe distance of course) on September 10th, 2021

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support.
Podcast artwork by Helen Green https://helengreenillustration.com/

ADAM BUXTON RAMBLES - 2021 BOOK TOUR DATES
https://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/events

RELATED LINKS

VIC REEVES ART
https://vicreeves.tv/

THE SMELL OF REEVES AND MORTIMER - COUNTRYFILE -1995 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Pm0ziZ-DzY

REEVES AND MORTIMER BBC DOCUMENTARY (OMNIBUS) - 1997 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctUv33JwA7I

VIC AND BOB'S AFTERNOON DELIGHTS - PHOTOSHOOT - 2011 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fp-LTffUbG8

VIC AND BOB WITH TOM JONES - 2000 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro4SiaHZhCE

VIC REEVES AND THE WONDERSTUFF - DIZZY - 1992 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOlG92rb2Zg

EMF, VIC REEVES AND BOB MORTIMER - I'M A BELIEVER - 1995 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJs9M9eaqIk

DADA AND SURREALISM - EUROPE AFTER THE RAIN - 1978 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdBaS8fgwNs
This documentary examines the work of the leading exponents of Dada and Surrealism, from the First World War through the 1920s and 1930s.

MEANING ALWAYS FOLLOWS FORM - ARTICLE by CAROL RUMENS ON HUGO BALL'S POEM 'GADJI BERI BIMBA' - 2009 (THE GUARDIAN)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2009/aug/31/hugo-ball-gadji-beri-bimba

15 SURPRISING BENEFITS OF PLAYING VIDEO GAMES - 2017 (MENTAL FLOSS)
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/65008/15-surprising-benefits-playing-video-games

EP.162 - JIM MOIR (AKA VIC REEVES)

Adam talks with British comedian Lauren Pattison and there's singing from folk singer/traditional music specialist Sam Lee.
Conversations with Lauren and Sam recorded remotely in April 2021 

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support

Podcast artwork by Helen Green https://helengreenillustration.com/

HELP PREVENT HOMELESSNESS - PLEASE DONATE TO ST MUNGOS
https://www.mungos.org/

LAUREN PATTISON RELATED LINKS

LAUREN PATTISON - LADY MUCK (COMEDY SPECIAL) - 2017 (AMAZON)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Lauren-Pattison-Lady-Stuart-Laws/dp/B07M5DFGYC

CONVERSATIONS AGAINST LIVING MISERABLY PODCAST - 2019 - 2020 (ACAST)
https://play.acast.com/s/livingmiserably

THE MOST GOOGLED QUESTIONS ON GOOGLE PODCAST - 2020 (ANCHOR)
https://anchor.fm/mckenna1954

SAM LEE RELATED LINKS

SAM LEE WEBSITE
https://samleesong.co.uk/

SAM LEE - THE MOON SHINES BRIGHT FEAT. LIZ FRASER (LIVE AT RAK STUDIOS) WITH BERNARD BUTLER - 2019 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxKyfPR5nls

SAM LEE INTERVIEW - 2020 (EVENING STANDARD)
https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/music/sam-lee-interview-a4329256.html

SINGING WITH NIGHTINGALES (SAM LEE AND THE NEST COLLECTIVE) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=pr3CVt5paTM

4 HOURS OF NIGHTINGALE SONG (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyivcPUAz78

NATHAN EVANS - WELLERMAN (TIK TOK SEA SHANTY) - 2021 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLiNQhQr4G4

EP.163 - LAUREN PATTISON AND SAM LEE

Adam talks with American writer Colson Whitehead, whose novels The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys made him only the fourth writer to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice, about writing routines, anxiety management and the challenges of trying to look on the positive side of life, literary influences, music, getting stoned and watching 'Platoon', his new heist novel Harlem Shuffle and one of the many memorable parts from The Underground Railroad.

This conversation was recorded remotely on the 1st of July 2021.

Thanks to Matt Lamont for conversation editing and Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Becca Ptaszynski for production support.
Podcast artwork by Helen Green https://helengreenillustration.com/

RELATED LINKS

THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD WAS NO FANTASY (by FERGUS M BORDEWICH) - 2021 (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-underground-railroad-was-no-fantasy-11622825048

GUARDIAN INTERVIEW WITH COLSON WHITEHEAD (by SEAN O'HAGAN) - 2020 (GUARDIAN WEBSITE)
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jun/21/colson-whitehead-we-invent-all-sorts-of-different-reasons-to-hate-people

REVIEW OF HARLEM SHUFFLE by COLSON WHITEHEAD - 2021 (KIRKUS WEBSITE)
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/colson-whitehead/harlem-shuffle/

HOW BARRY JENKINS AND COLSON WHITEHEAD MADE THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (by HUNTER HARRIS) - 2021 (TOWN AND COUNTRY)
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a36108498/underground-railroad-series-amazon-barry-jenkins-colson-whitehead-interview/

TOURING TRUMP'S AMERICA ON COLSON WHITEHEAD'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (by RAJEEV BALASUBRAMANYAN) - 2016 (THE RUMPUS WEBSITE)
https://therumpus.net/2016/11/touring-trumps-america-on-colson-whiteheads-underground-railroad/

YES, MALE WRITERS CAN WRITE FANTASTIC FEMALE CHARACTERS - 2020 (BANG2WRITE WEBSITE)
https://bang2write.com/2020/09/yes-male-writers-can-write-fantastic-female-characters.html

EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS by PETER BISKIND - 1999 (WATERSTONES)
https://www.waterstones.com/book/easy-riders-raging-bulls/peter-biskind/9780747544210

SPOTIFY PLAYLIST BY FOUR TET (KIERAN HEBDEN) - 2016 - PRESENT (SPOTIFY)
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2uzbATYxs9V8YQi5lf89WG?si=9d84eb08840a4d83

EP.164 - COLSON WHITEHEAD

Adam talks with American writer and humorist David Sedaris about foul mouthed children, dead dads, killer cows, giving offence, surprising defecation techniques, and why David might not dislike dogs as much as he thought he did.

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND DISCUSSION OF TOPICS SOME PEOPLE MAY FIND OFFENSIVE 

This conversation was recorded remotely on the 28th August, 2021
Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Becca Ptaszynski for production support.

Podcast artwork by Helen Green https://helengreenillustration.com/

RELATED LINKS

HAPPY GO LUCKY (A NEW PIECE BY DAVID SEDARIS) - 2021 (THE NEW YORKER) 
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/09/happy-go-lucky

CARNIVAL OF SNACKERY - DIARIES VOLUME TWO by DAVID SEDARIS - 2021 (WATERSTONES)
https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-carnival-of-snackery/david-sedaris/9781408707852

GROWING UP SEDARIS (THE AGENDA WITH STEVE PAIKIN) - 2018 (YOUTUBE)
Some good insightful moments in this interview with Canadian journalist Steve Paikin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uei7w46kAvU

DAVID SEDARIS ON DREW BARRYMORE'S CHAT SHOW - 2020 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR8fg3dbPO4

MASTERCLASS WEBSITE (INCLUDING DAVID SEDARIS INTERVIEW)
https://www.masterclass.com

EP.165 - DAVID SEDARIS

Adam talks with British comedian Darren Harriott about tech gripes and childhood gadgets before talk turns to Darren's childhood in the West Midlands, the events that lead to him leaving behind gang life and his relationship with his troubled father.

Recroded remotely on May 26th, 2021

PLEASE BE AWARE - THIS EPISODE CONTAINS DISCUSSION OF SUICIDE

COPING WHEN SOMEONE DIES BY SUICIDE (CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CENTRE)
https://www.cruse.org.uk/get-help/traumatic-bereavement/coping-when-someone-dies-suicide

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for his work on this episode
Podcast artwork by Helen Green https://helengreenillustration.com/

JET NOISE EXPLAINED - 2021 (EASTERN DAILY PRESS)
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/jets-from-raf-lakenheath-over-norwich-8439654

RELATED LINKS

DARREN HARRIOTT ON BEING FROM THE BLACK COUNTRY (STAND UP FOR LIVE COMEDY) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWuTS1hqHRQ

DARREN HARRIOTT ON GENDER (FROM LIVE AT THE APOLLO) - 2018 (FACEBOOK)
https://www.facebook.com/DarrenHarriottComedy/videos/darren-harriott-on-gender/393875264359365/

DARREN HARRIOTT: BLACK LABEL - 2019 (RADIO 4)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006lsx

DARREN HARRIOTT ON INSTAGRAM
https://www.instagram.com/darrenharriott/?hl=en

DARREN HARRIOTT ON TWITTER
https://twitter.com/DarrenHarriott?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

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