Adam talks with British comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actor Dame Meera Syal about memoir writing, growing up part of the only brown family in a 1960s Midlands village, what the British Empire's legacy of colonialism meant to Meera's family, and then to her when she was handed some of the Empire's top awards, the problematic Peter Sellers song that gave Goodness Gracious Me its title, what the Simpsons should have done about Apu, and how Meera found herself in a Death Cafe.

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE (mainly after the interview when Adam sings a song about jaw exercise).

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SUCCESSPOD - 2026 (listen for free with a trial or subscription on Audible)

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 26 May, 2026

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RELATED LINKS

MEERA SYAL 2026 TOUR - September 2026 (Fane)

KUMARS AT NUMBER 42 - YouTube Playlist

MEERA SYAL - WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE - 2004 (YouTube)

GARETH GATES & THE KUMARS - SPIRIT IN THE SKY - 2003 (YouTube)

DEATH CAFE (Death cafe website)

PETER SELLERS AND SOPHIA LOREN - GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME - 1960 (YouTube)

ROWAN ATKINSON, PIXIE LOTT, NICK MOHAMMED - GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME - 2013 (YouTube)

PETER SELLERS AND SOPHIA LOREN - BANGERS AND MASH - 1961 (YouTube)

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Adam answers questions from the podcats about how he selects guests, whether he'd interview Elon Musk, misheard lyrics to the Like And Subscribe jingle, where the Entertainer jingle comes from, getting kids into music, the best gifts he's received and given and whether his hugs are 'creepy' or not.

Recorded face-to-face with Diggory in London on 18 June, 2026

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ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ Roundhouse, London, 5 August, 2026 (Roundhouse)

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THE ADAM AND JOE 30th ANNIVERSARY LIVE SHOW PRE SALE (Wednesday 29th & Thursday 30th July)

THE ADAM AND JOE 30th ANNIVERSARY LIVE SHOW GENERAL SALE (10am, Friday 31st July)

SEND IN PATREON JINGLES AND QUESTIONS 

ADAM'S MUSIC FOR CHILDREN PLAYLIST (Spotify)

BACKBEAT LEATHER GUITAR STRAPS

COLLAPSIBLE STOOL (Dunelm)

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Adam walks along London's Regent's Canal with British comedian, artist, writer and actor Rob Auton and talks about Rob's creative process, winning a best joke award at the Edinburgh Fringe for a joke he no longer tells, his upbringing as the son of a plumber and a baker and how his background informs his appreciation for the everyday, infinite universes, the value of taking artistic risks, and reading out reviews for his live shows while they're being written. 

Conversation recorded face-to-face walking by Regent’s Canal between Shoreditch, King’s Cross and Camden on 17 October, 2024.

CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE

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RELATED LINKS

ROB AUTON WEBSITE - Tour dates etc.

THE FIRST DARK IMAGE OF BACON'S DEATH - 2008 (The Guardian)

ADAM ON WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAKE - 2026 (YouTube)

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Adam talks with broadcaster and author Sara Cox about hair raising childhood farm injuries, being a Daddy's girl, cringey memories of The Girlie Show, whether she feels she needs to watch what she says at the Big British Castle, the challenges of parenting teenagers in the digital age and the physical toll exacted upon her by Pudsey Bear.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 10 June, 2026

Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support.

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PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY BRIEFING ON CLIMATE Information about where to see the film and how to organise a screening.

Sign Chris Packham's petition HERE

“The UK faces growing risks from climate and nature breakdown – from extreme weather to economic disruption and national security threats. Yet the public has never been given a clear national briefing on the scale of these risks. Government should hold an emergency briefing from leading experts. These risks could have serious consequences across UK society, with threats to health and food supply – which could become irreversible without urgent action. Many people are unclear how these risks may affect them, and information in the public domain is often misleading. A credible national briefing from independent experts would give people clear, trusted guidance on what these risks mean in practice, and what we can do – both together and individually – to prepare and respond.” Chris Packham.

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ Roundhouse, London, 5 August, 2026 (Roundhouse)

THE TRUTH OF US by Sara Cox - 2026 (Hachette)

THE TEEN COMMANDMENTS PODCAST (YouTube)

THE TEEN COMMANDMENTS PODCAST (Apple Podcasts)

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Adam talks with British/American journalist, podcaster, and old friend Louis Theroux about Adam's Audible series Successpod (on which Louis was one of the producers) as well as great singers who can't sing, what Rosie is really thinking, enlightenment, the Manosphere and what men want from women. 

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 11 June, 2026

Thanks to Diggory Waite and Claire Broughton at Hattrick and Séamus Murphy Mitchell for production support.

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This petition aims to get the government to hold credible national briefings from independent experts to give people clear, trusted guidance on what the risks from climate and nature breakdown mean in practice, and what we can do - both together and individually - to prepare and respond. More info HERE.

PEOPLE'S EMERGENCY BRIEFING FILM AND TALK WITH ADAM BUXTON & PATRICK BARKHAM @ NORWICH ARTS CENTRE, 28 June, 2026

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ Roundhouse, London, 5 August, 2026 (Roundhouse)

RELATED LINKS

THE WAY THINGS GO (DER LAUF DER DINGE) by Peter Fischli and David Weiss - 1987 (Vimeo)

MARTIAL ARTS ROBOTS DAZZLE AT THE 2026 SPRING GALA FESTIVAL - 2026 (YouTube)

PYTHAGORA SWITCH IDENTS COMPILATION - 2002 to present (YouTube)

Video idents and "Pythagorean Devices" (Rube Goldberg-style machine segments) from Japanese children's educational television program Pythagoras Switch (ピタゴラスイッチ).

ANDREW TATE'S EMPIRE OF ABUSE by Heidi Blake - 6 June, 2026 (The New Yorker)

THE MEN WHO WANT WOMEN TO BE QUIET by Helen Lewis - 14 May, 2026 (Atlantic)

SÉAMUS MURPHY-MITCHELL WINS EMMY - 2024 (Irish Film and Television Network)

JIMINY GLICK INTERVIEWS ARTIE LANG from The Martin Short Show - 1999 (YouTube)

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Adam talks with English actor, comedian, writer and director Kathy Burke about her memoir A Mind Of My Own, including her relationship with her Dad, Punk, being a Two Tone skinhead, the comments that stoked Kathy's anxiety over her appearance and the kind words of Clash frontman Joe Strummer, the genesis of Kathy's character Perry, meeting Peter Cooke, frustrations on the set of Straight To Hell, plus thoughts on comfy trainers, painful bras and getting older.

CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 5 June, 2026

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SUCCESSPOD - 2026 (Audible)

ADAM BUXTON BAND @ Hoxton Hall, London, 23 & 24 June, 2026 (Eventim)

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ Roundhouse, London, 5 August, 2026 (Roundhouse)

RELATED LINKS

CARE Directed by Alexander Zeldin, starring Linda Bassett - current run ends 11 July 2026 (The Young Vic)

KATHY ON ACTING AND BEAUTY - 1989 (YouTube)

JONATHAN ROSS - THE LAST RESORT featuring Kathy as Tina Bishop, a young Vic Reeves drawing portraits of guests (Keith Allen, Lysette Anthony, Roland Gift, and a heavily sedated Malcom McLaren) - 1988 (YouTube)

THE NYAH FEARTIES - Bludgeon Man on The Tube - 1986 (YouTube)

THE PROCLAIMERS - THROW THE R AWAY Debut performance on The Tube - 1987 (YouTube)

STRAIGHT TO HELL Directed by Alex Cox (Trailer) - 1987 (YouTube)

KATHY IN THE SID AND NANCY BEHIND THE SCENES FEATURETTE - 1986 (YouTube)

KATHY COMEDY AWARDS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH for Gimme Gimme Gimme - 2002 (YouTube)

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Adam talks with British comedian Harry Enfield about cringey behaviour as adolescents, coincidental similarities between their Dads, why Chrissie Hynde called Harry 'sperm of the devil', whether satire actually makes any difference, King Charles' reaction to TV comedy show The Windsors in which Harry played Charles and why Paul McCartney has seen Harry's genitals.

There's also a brief taste of Adam's new comedy series SUCCESSPOD - 2026 (Audible)

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 6 April, 2026

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UPCOMING SHOWS

ADAM BUXTON BAND @ Hoxton Hall, London, 23 & 24 June, 2026 (Eventim)

BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ The Lightroom, London, 17 June, 2-4 July, 2026 (Lightroom)

LATITUDE 2026 Line Up and day splits (Adam Buxton Band on Friday 24 July, 2026)

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ Roundhouse, London, 5 August, 2026 (Roundhouse)

RELATED LINKS

HARRY ENFIELD & NO CHUMS TOUR 2026

DESERT ISLAND DISCS with Harry Enfield - 1997 (BBC)

HARRY ENFIELD AND NO CHUMS Review of Harry's 2026 live show - 2026 (Guardian)

REVISIONIST HISTORY - THE SATIRE PARADOX - 2016 (Pushkin website)

SINKING GIGGLING INTO THE SEA Jonathan Coe on satire - 2013 (London Review of Books)

THE LOVE BOX IN YOUR LIVING ROOM Harry and Paul's Adam Curtis spoof/story of Britain's evolution over the last century through the life of the BBC - 2022 (BBC i-Player)

HARRY AND PAUL'S STORY OF THE TWOS - 2014 (YouTube)

WHERE'S THE BLOKE Harry and Paul with Catherine Shepherd - 2011 (YouTube)

THE WRITER AND THE LANDLADY (Complete) Harry and Paul (YouTube)

SAW YOU COMING Ruddy Hell! It's Harry And Paul - 2008 (YouTube)

THE SURGEONS  Harry and Paul Compilation (YouTube)

RICKY GERVAIS Harry and Paul (YouTube)

THE SELF RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS Harry Enfield and Chums - 1994 (YouTube)

ANGRY COUPLE IN CAR Harry Enfield And Chums - 1994 (YouTube)

THE PALACE OF RIGHTEOUS JUSTICE Harry Enfield's Television Programme - 1990 (YouTube)

HARRY ENFIELD'S NORBERT SMITH - A LIFE - 1989 (YouTube)

FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE Channel 4, including Stavros and Loadsamoney - 1988 (YouTube)

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Adam talks with American journalist Patrick Radden Keefe about his book London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth, the challenges presented by parenting adolescents, the seductive power of movies like The Wolf Of Wall Street and Patrick's own efforts to resist the glamorising effect of TV and film during production of the TV adaptation of his book about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, Say Nothing, and Adam's own ludicrous taste of the criminal life in his early adolescence. There's also chat about why David Byrne's live show was the best live music show Adam has ever seen and whether it's OK to stand up at a seated music show.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in Bath on 7 May, 2026

LONDON FALLING by Patrick Radden Keefe - 2026 (Waterstones)

CLARIFICATION RE. STATINS vs GLP-1s

Responding to Adam's comments about statins at the end of the conversation with Patrick, this was sent in by Dr Mit Shah, MBBS BSc (Hons) PhD, Consultant Cardiologist in Preventive Cardiology, Harefield Hospital:

I’m a consultant cardiologist specialising in lipid disorders and preventive cardiology. While both GLP-1 drugs and statins can reduce cardiovascular risk, they work through very different mechanisms and treat different underlying problems. Statins are specifically used to lower LDL cholesterol, whereas GLP-1 drugs mainly work through the blood glucose and weight-loss pathway, with only modest effects on cholesterol.

Statins have become somewhat unfairly maligned through widespread misinformation and exaggerated claims about side effects, despite very strong clinical evidence for benefit. In fact, researchers have even performed randomised trials demonstrating a significant “nocebo effect”, where patients experience expected side effects even when taking placebo tablets due to their preconceived expectations and worries. 

Daily, I see patients with severe (sometimes genetic) cholesterol disorders who have a critical need for statin therapy, but who are understandably hesitant because of what they’ve heard online. I worry that the idea that GLP-1s could simply replace statins may unintentionally add to that confusion.

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ADAM BUXTON BAND @ Hoxton Hall, London, 23 & 24 June, 2026 (Eventim)

BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ The Lightroom, London, 17 June, 2-4 July, 2026 (Lightroom)

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ Roundhouse, London, 5 April, 2026 (Roundhouse)

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Adam talks with comedian, actor and writer Bridget Christie in front of a live audience at the Bristol Beacon about the joys of jogging, enlightenment in middle age, why Ken Dodd is not creepy, the rewards of being single, and what happens when teenagers start leaving home. Plus live music from UK-based sound artist, composer and field recordist Alice Boyd.

Thanks to Crosstown promotions and the live podcast crew especially Richard Walsh, Mike Thompson, Ben Saunders, Analisa Lembo, Séamus Murphy Mitchell and Frank Buxton.

Conversation and music recorded on 24 May, 2024

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THE ADAM BUXTON BAND MAY 2026 TOUR 

BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM 17 June, 2-4 July, 2026 

ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ The Roundhouse, 5 April, 2026

RETURN OF THE WHITE TAILED EAGLE by Alice Boyd - 2025 (YouTube)

ALICE BOYD - SHIFTING SOUNDSCAPES - 2024 (BBC Sounds)

ALICE BOYD LIVE IN WARSAW - 2026 (YouTube)

KEN DODD AND BESSIE BRADDOCK STATUE photo by David Rostance (flickr)

A LOOK INSIDE BOWIE - YOU ARE NOT ALONE @ The Lightroom (Instagram)

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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

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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)

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