The Last Line

In this episode of The Last Line, James speaks to singer/songwriter Tom Williams. Tom has appeared on the show before back in Episode 4 and now joins James over the internet to discuss life in self-isolation after the UK was put into lockdown the day before.

Tom is a singer/songwriter that came to prominence with the band Tom Williams & The Boat who released three albums between 2010 and 2014. After taking a break from band duties Tom released two solo acoustic albums, New House & New Guitar before releasing All Change in 2017 which was chosen as one of the Top Ten albums of that year by BBC 6Music. Tom released his latest studio album, What Did You Want To Be? in 2019 whose tour culminated in a rip-roaring concert at London's Scala, about which James made a documentary that you can find a link to below.

https://www.lastlinefilms.com/tom-williams-scala

During this period of self-isolation Tom has been uploading daily videos entitled Morning Coffee to his social media channels, you can find a link below to join in on Tom's positive waffle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5BFl44r7nQ

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In this episode of The Last Line, James speaks to motoring journalist, Top Gear & Grand Tour script editor, Sniff Petrol founder and one half of Smith & Sniff, Richard Porter. Richard is the author of the book 'And On That Bombshell: Inside the Madness and Genius of Top Gear' which offers a behind the scenes insight into the production of the show over the course of its thirteen year run. This year he also released the book How to be Formula One Champion which includes advice on the practical elements of being a formula one driver including the art of champagne spraying and how to wear a massive watch.

In Part Two of their conversation James and Richard discuss some of the controversies that surrounded Top Gear, the brilliant opening to the first episode of The Grand Tour and the response in The Grand Tour office when it was announced that Jeremy Clarkson would be the new host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

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In this episode of The Last Line, James speaks to motoring journalist, Top Gear & Grand Tour script editor, Sniff Petrol founder and one half of Smith & Sniff, Richard Porter. Richard is the author of the book 'And On That Bombshell: Inside the Madness and Genius of Top Gear' which offers a behind the scenes insight into the production of the show over the course of its thirteen year run. This year he also released the book How to be Formula One Champion which includes advice on the practical elements of being a formula one driver including the art of champagne spraying and how to wear a massive watch.

The conversation between James and Richard lasted for nearly three hours so it has been split into two parts. Part Two will follow later in the week. In Part One they talk everything from the dread of being entrusted with footage, the story of the Dacia Sandero, BBC budgets and Richard's frustrations with people criticising Top Gear for being too scripted.

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In the latest episode of The Last Line, James talks to comedian and podcast host Stuart Goldsmith. Stuart is a stand up comedian and former street performer who in 2012 started The Comedian's Comedian podcast in which he interviews comedians about the craft of writing and performing stand up comedy. At the time of writing this podcast description, The Comedian's Comedian has 319 episodes and the list of guests is mind-boggling. Generally if you can think of a stand up comedian they've probably been on Stuart's podcast at some point.

As Stuart is one of the podcasting titans (a title he resists accepting in this conversation) it was a good opportunity to get some podcasting advice as well as talking about stand up comedy, anxiety, therapy and why you must always have a backup recorder running when doing a podcast.

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On this episode of The Last Line, James chats with wildlife filmmaker and presenter Gordon Buchanan. Gordon began his career as a camera assistant to for survival cameraman Nick Gordon and has since gone on to produce variety of wildlife documentaries for the BBC including The Polar Bear Family & Me which famously saw Gordon sitting inside a transparent cube while a polar bear tried to gain entry. Gordon has recently returned from Russia where he has been filming a new programme that is expected to air around Christmas time about the re-introduction to the wild of lynx that have been kept as pets or captured by huntsman.

During their conversation, James and Gordon talk about his new project, the impact of climate change on the natural world and what we as a society must do to prevent it and the ethical questions of wildlife filmmaking.

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In this episode of The Last Line James chats to science writer, skeptical investigator and conspiracy debunker Mick West. He is the creator of the websites Contrail Science and Metabunk which endeavour to provide scientific evidence to debunk pseudoscientific claims such as chemtrails, UFOs and conspiracy theories. In 2018, Mick released the book Escaping the Rabbit Hole. How to Debunk Conspiracy Theories Using Facts, Logic and Respect and in 2019 started his podcast Tales From The Rabbit Hole in which he interviews those involved, or once involved, in conspiracy culture.

During their conversation James and Mick discuss contrails, anti-vaccine conspiracies, the Flat Earth theory and many more but with a view to discuss how people may get sucked into these conspiracies and the ways of thinking once inside the rabbit hole.

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In this episode of The Last Line, James chats to actor and comedian Alex Lowe. Alex has appeared in numerous television and film projects and is well known for his short but memorable appearance in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights as psychic Clinton Baptiste. Alex continues to play the character of Clinton to this day and his podcast Clinton Baptiste's Paranormal Podcast is in its second series. Alex is also the creator and voice behind another legendary comedy character, Barry from Watford who can often be heard as a caller on the radio programmes of Steve Wright and Iain Lee and also in the Angelos and Barry Show alongside Angelos Epithemiou. 

During their conversation James and Alex talk about the weird world of stand up comedy, life as a child actor, Clinton Baptiste, Barry from Watford, the trials and tribulations of being a self employed artist and what happens when you don't hit the record button at the start of a podcast. Plus, listen out for a special appearance from Barry himself!

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In this episode of The Last Line, James talks to one of the most prolific actors in film and television, Stephen Tobolowsky. Stephen has appeared in over 200 films with his IMDb page listing (at the time of writing this description) 256 acting credits in film and television including such projects as Groundhog Day, Memento, Spaceballs, Great Balls of Fire, Freaky Friday, One Day At A Time, The Goldbergs, Silicon Valley, Heroes and many many more. Stephen is also known for his podcast, The Tobolowsky Files, each episode telling a different story from Stephen's career or varied and interesting life. 

During their conversation, James and Stephen talk about working with Christopher Nolan on Memento, being honest as an actor, Stephen's Jewish faith and how The Tobolowsky Files started after a near death experience with a horse on the side of an active volcano. 

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In this episode of The Last Line, James talks to mountaineer Jake Meyer about his summit of K2 a year ago. K2 is often referred to as 'The Savage Mountain' as it is generally considered to be one of the most dangerous mountains to climb. It is the second highest behind Mount Everest and is the mountain with the highest fatality to summit rate, about one person dies for every four that reach the summit. Jake reached the summit last year after two unsuccessful attempts and he tells the story of the attempts and summits on the show.

In 2005, at the age of 21, Jake became the youngest Briton to have ever summited Everest and also the youngest Briton and the youngest man in the world to complete The Seven Summits Challenge (climbing the highest mountains of each of the seven continents). He is also a member of the Army Reserves and has spent time serving in Afghanistan.

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In this episode of The Last Line, James talks to political scientist and Professor at the University of Strathclyde, Sir John Curtice. Sir John is a Senior Research Fellow at The National Centre of Social Research and is particularly interested in electoral behaviour and researching political and social attitudes. He serves as President of the British Polling Council, vice-chair of the Economic and Social Data's Advisory Committee and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Elections, the Executive Committee of the British Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, and the Policy Advisory Committee of the Institute for Public Policy Research. Sir John is also regularly involved in the BBC's election coverage for which he has picked up a strong following on social media.

During my conversation with Sir John we discussed the recent Conservative Leader's Debate on television as well as Brexit and the attitudes of the voting public towards it.

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