This week Albert Hammond Jr talks about the genesis of his album 'Francis Trouble'.

Find out what pseudonym Cate Blanchett went under as a child. She chats with Jack Black about their new film 'The House with a Clock in Its Walls'.

The Beta Band's classic 1998 compilation album The Three EP's has turned 20. An anniversary edition is out and founder member John Mclean speaks about the group's genesis.

Budget Crisp Friday rounds off the week, the day after Young Tom left the fold to find his fortune in London.

But that's not all, Mark and Stu salivate over Pavlovian responses and the intriguingly titled 'Rump Of Steel Skin' by Parliament was on The Chain.

Budget Crisp Friday

The best of Radcliffe and Maconie; Intelligent music, conversation and a variety of guests. From BBC 6 Music

It's the Radcliffe and Maconie podcast. This will be the last edition with Mark for a little while, as he'll explain towards the end of this episode. Don't worry, he'll be back soon enough.
 
Within this audio compilation you'll hear a chat with author John Niven who's just bought out a novel called 'Kill 'Em All'
 
Jez Kerr and Martin Moscrop of A Certain Ratio have a career spanning compilation 'acr:set' and you'll hear about their early years and how Tony Wilson helped them.
 
Annelotte de Graaf of Amber Arcades speaks about the significance of the title of their album 'European Heartbreak'.
 
And Romesh Ranganathan has a new book called 'Straight Outta Crawley: Memoirs of a Distinctly Average Human Being'. You'll hear about his love of hip hop and how he first got into it.

There are also a bunch of spooky tales...

The Haunted Studio

Welcome once more to our weekly roundup of Radcliffe and Maconie highlights.

Hear the best bits from our show which was live School of Fine Arts in the University of Leeds. The event was part of 6 Music's Road to BBC Music Day, where the station decamped and went to four different Art Schools around the country. Stuart was joined by all sorts of Leeds-music related guests including Green Gartside and Neil Howson of Age Of Chance. He also spoke to recent Leeds graduate La Rissa who let him know what the current scene is like.

Also during the week, Conner Youngblood popped into our Salford studio. He creates dreamy music and plays around 30 instruments on his album 'Cheyenne'.

There are a few reports about the strange things people do on trains, and an excellent Chain caller.

Plus you'll hear Shana Cleveland and Marian Li Pino of La Luz talking about the group's move from Seattle to LA.

Road To BBC Music Day

Susan Cadogan, Jason Pierce of Spiritualized, Orbital, and Adrian Edmondson

Detective Ted Snudge

Dave Gorman speaks about his stand-up show With Great PowerPoint Comes Great Responsibility. LA singer Julia Holter has an exclusive announcement. Shirley Manson of Garbage drops by to talk about their world tour. Plus there are musings upon finding cash and the boys ask two burning questions: when is someone no longer young? And should the opinions of David Crosby be taken seriously?

Budget Crisp Friday

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