The Adam Buxton Podcast
The Adam Buxton Podcast is a podcast in which the English comedian Adam Buxton interviews friends and celebrities.[1] The first episode was released on 15 September 2015.[2] Recurring guests include Buxton's comedy partner Joe Cornish of Adam and Joe and the filmmakers Louis Theroux and Garth Jennings.
| The Adam Buxton Podcast | |
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| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Adam Buxton |
| Genre | Talk |
| Created by | Adam Buxton |
| Production | |
| Production | Adam Buxton, Séamus Murphy-Mitchell |
| Publication | |
| Original release | 15 September 2015 – present |
| Website | https://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts |
Format
Most episodes begin with an introduction from Buxton as he walks through the Norfolk countryside with his dog Rosie, followed by a previously recorded conversation with the episode's guest.[3] Interviews cover personal and cultural topics, punctuated with musical interludes from Buxton.[4] Christmas episodes feature an appearance from Joe Cornish, with whom Buxton once formed the comedy duo Adam and Joe.[5]
Buxton described the podcast as "a confection ... a heavily stylised greatest hits of a conversation".[5] He told Wired that podcasts can "accommodate the rhythms and meanderings of a real conversation in a way that few other mediums are suited to do", unlike the tightly edited interviews and conversations on broadcast radio and television.[6]
Reception
The Guardian described Buxton's interviews as "a masterclass in softly-softly interviewing", and named episode 29, an interview with the documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux, one of the "ultimate podcast episodes".[7] The Irish Times wrote that "Buxton's interviews are gentle, funny, compassionate, interested – it's almost as if you could learn how to be a better conversationalist just from listening to him".[4] GQ wrote that Buxton "can be funny, flippant and throwaway, while also revealing a deeply personal emotional honesty and vulnerability".[8]
Awards
| Year | Award | Awarding body | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Best Online Talk Show, Comedy | The Online Radio Awards | Won[9] |
| 2017 | Internet Award | Chortle | Won[10] |
| 2017 | Podcast Champion | British Podcast Awards | Won[11] |
Episodes

| Episode | Release Date | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 September 2015 | Louis Theroux |
| 2 | 23 September 2015 | Lianne La Havas |
| 3 | 30 September 2015 | Dr Buckles' Cold Safari |
| 4 | 7 October 2015 | Jon Ronson |
| 5 | 14 October 2015 | Rob Brydon |
| 6 | 21 October 2015 | Garth Jennings |
| 7 | 29 October 2015 | Scroobius Pip |
| 8 | 11 November 2015 | Rob Delaney |
| 9 | 19 November 2015 | Caitlin Moran |
| 10 | 27 November 2015 | Louis Theroux |
| 11 | 23 December 2015 | Joe Cornish |
| 12 | 25 December 2015 | Adam & Joe Christmas Podcast |
| 13 | 8 March 2016 | David Bowie tribute |
| 14 | 24 March 2016 | David Bowie tribute II |
| 15 | 6 April 2016 | Kathy Burke |
| 16 | 13 April 2016 | Garth Jennings |
| 17 | 21 April 2016 | Richard Herring |
| 18 | 28 April 2016 | Sara Pascoe |
| 19 | 6 May 2016 | Doc Brown |
| 20 | 27 May 2016 | Iain Lee |
| 21 | 3 June 2016 | Marc Riley |
| 22 | 12 June 2016 | Jonny Greenwood |
| 22b | 19 June 2016 | Jonny Greenwood |
| 23 | 23 June 2016 | John Robins |
| 24 | 8 July 2016 | Richard Ayoade |
| 25 | 9 July 2016 | Richard Ayoade |
| 26 | 21 July 2016 | Sally Wainwright |
| 27 | 11 August 2016 | Bill Hader |
| 28 | 1 September 2016 | Michael Palin |
| 29 | 12 September 2016 | Louis Theroux |
| 30 | 21 September 2016 | Michaela Coel |
| 31 | 12 October 2016 | Panti |
| 32 | 25 October 2016 | Tash Demetriou |
| 33 | 13 November 2016 | Matt Berry |
| 34 | 25 December 2016 | Joe Cornish |
| 35 | 23 March 2017 | Steve Coogan |
| 36 | 30 March 2017 | Claudia O'Doherty |
| 37 | 6 April 2017 | Brian Eno |
| 38 | 6 April 2017 | Brian Eno |
| 39 | 13 April 2017 | Julian Barratt and Garth Jennings |
| 40 | 20 April 2017 | Zadie Smith |
| 41 | 27 April 2017 | Marc Maron |
| 42 | 4 May 2017 | Bridget Christie and Steve Mason |
| 43 | 11 May 2017 | Nick Kroll |
| 44 | 18 May 2017 | Adam Curtis |
| 45 | 26 May 2017 | Edgar Wright |
| 46 | 2 June 2017 | Sharon Horgan |
| 47 | 17 June 2017 | Spoon |
| 48 | 14 September 2017 | Dougie Payne |
| 49 | 24 September 2017 | Louis Theroux |
| 50 | 29 September 2017 | Mae Martin |
| 51 | 6 October 2017 | Johnny Marr |
| 52 | 12 October 2017 | Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton |
| 53 | 21 October 2017 | Miranda Sawyer |
| 54 | 26 October 2017 | Bill Burr |
| 55 | 3 November 2017 | Simon Amstell |
| 56 | 11 November 2017 | Kathy Burke |
| 57 | 18 November 2017 | Hassan Akkad |
| 58 | 26 November 2017 | Josh Homme and Matt Berry |
| 59 | 26 November 2017 | Tim Pope |
| 60 | 9 December 2017 | Thomas Dolby |
| 61 | 16 December 2017 | Romesh Ranganathan |
| 62 | 25 December 2017 | Joe Cornish |
| 63A | 9 February 2018 | Paul Thomas Anderson |
| 63B | 9 February 2018 | Jonny Greenwood |
| 64 | 16 February 2018 | Greta Gerwig |
| 65 | 23 February 2018 | Diane Morgan |
| 66 | 2 March 2018 | Michael Lewis |
| 67 | 10 March 2018 | Aisling Bea |
| 68 | 16 March 2018 | Jon Ronson |
| 69 | 23 March 2018 | Lolly Adefope |
| 70 | 31 March 2018 | Garth Jennings and Wes Anderson |
| 71 | 7 April 2018 | Jayde Adams |
| 72 | 14 April 2018 | Fenton Bailey |
| 73 | 21 April 2018 | Cariad Lloyd |
| 74 | 28 April 2018 | Bob Mortimer |
| 75 | 5 May 2018 | Eleanor Friedberger |
| 76 | 13 May 2018 | Charlie Brooker |
| 77 | 7 June 2018 | Tim Key |
| 78 | 18 August 2018 | Laura Davis and Mac DeMarco |
| 79 | 12 October 2018 | David Sedaris |
| 80 | 20 October 2018 | Desiree Burch |
| 81 | 27 October 2018 | Louis Theroux |
| 82 | 3 November 2018 | Tash Demetriou |
| 83 | 12 November 2018 | Simon Pegg |
| 84 | 17 November 2018 | Roisin Conaty |
| 85 | 26 November 2018 | Michael Scott Moore |
| 86 | 3 December 2018 | Mona Chalabi |
| 87 | 10 December 2018 | Nish Kumar |
| 88 | 25 December 2018 | Joe Cornish |
| 89 | 19 April 2019 | David Mitchell |
| 90 | 26 April 2019 | Ruby Wax |
| 91 | 4 May 2019 | Marlon James |
| 92 | 11 May 2019 | James Acaster |
| 93 | 18 May 2019 | Charlotte Gainsbourg |
| 94 | 25 May 2019 | Nina Stibbe |
| 95 | 2 June 2019 | John Grant |
| 96 | 8 June 2019 | Charlotte Church |
| 97 | 15 June 2019 | Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse |
| 98 | 29 June 2019 | Maya Foa |
| 99 | 7 July 2019 | Frank Skinner |
| 100 | 13 July 2019 | Joe Cornish and Louis Theroux |
| 101 | 21 July 2019 | Sara Pascoe and Richard Ayoade |
| 102 | 4 October 2019 | Philip Pullman |
| 103 | 12 October 2019 | Emily Dean |
| 104 | 14 October 2019 | Chris Morris |
| 105 | 18 October 2019 | Chris Morris |
| 106 | 25 October 2019 | Shoshana Zuboff |
| 107 | 1 November 2019 | Guz Khan |
| 108 | 8 November 2019 | Michael Kiwanuka |
| 109 | 16 November 2019 | Dawn O'Porter |
| 110 | 22 November 2019 | Derren Brown |
| 111 | 26 November 2019 | Nicky Wire |
| 112 | 2 December 2019 | Diana Fleischman |
| 113 | 7 December 2019 | Jeff Goldblum |
| 114 | 14 December 2019 | Billy Connolly |
| 115 | 25 December 2019 | Joe Cornish |
| 116 | 26 March 2020 | Xand van Tulleken |
| 117 | 31 March 2020 | Daisy Haggard |
| 118 | 5 April 2020 | Malcolm Gladwell |
| 119 | 16 April 2020 | Romesh Ranganathan |
| 120 | 26 April 2020 | Tash Demetriou |
| 121 | 3 May 2020 | Louis Theroux |
| 122 | 10 May 2020 | Laura Marling |
| 123 | 17 May 2020 | Nile Rodgers |
| 124 | 26 May 2020 | Sara Barron |
| 125 | 26 May 2020 | George the Poet |
| 126 | 30 June 2020 | Joe Cornish |
| 127 | 13 July 2020 | Holly Walsh |
| 128 | 19 July 2020 | Ed O'Brien |
| 129 | 27 July 2020 | Helen Lewis |
| 130 | 5 August 2020 | Zadie Smith |
| 131 | 26 September 2020 | Caitlin Moran |
| 132 | 3 October 2020 | Robbie Williams |
| 133 | 9 October 2020 | Raven Smith |
| 134 | 12 October 2020 | Sleaford Mods |
| 135 | 17 October 2020 | Ellie White |
| 136 | 25 October 2020 | Blindboy Boatclub |
| 137 | 31 October 2020 | Nina Conti |
| 138 | 5 November 2020 | Miles Jupp |
| 139 | 9 November 2020 | Fran Healy |
| 140 | 14 November 2020 | Candice Carty-Williams |
| 141 | 22 November 2020 | Joe Lycett |
| 142 | 30 November 2020 | Benjamin Zephaniah |
| 143 | 6 December 2020 | Rachel Bloom |
| 144 | 11 December 2020 | Paul McCartney |
| 145 | 25 December 2020 | Joe Cornish |
| 146 | 31 January 2021 | Stewart Lee |
| 147 | 7 February 2021 | Elizabeth Day |
| 148 | 14 February 2021 | Tony Law |
| 149 | 21 February 2021 | Róisín Murphy |
| 150 | 28 February 2021 | Louis Theroux |
| 151 | 3 March 2021 | Torvill and Dean |
| 152 | 8 March 2021 | Rose Matafeo |
| 153 | 15 March 2021 | Kazuo Ishiguro |
| 154 | 28 March 2021 | Tom Allen |
| 155 | 5 April 2021 | Laurie Anderson |
| 156 | 14 April 2021 | Lee Mack |
| 157 | 20 August 2021 | Eric André and Phoebe Bridgers |
| 158 | 29 August 2021 | Isabel Allende |
| 159 | 4 September 2021 | Tommy Tiernan |
| 160 | 12 September 2021 | Sarah Silverman |
| 161 | 20 September 2021 | Georgia Pritchett |
| 162 | 26 September 2021 | Jim Moir (AKA) Vic Reeves |
| 163 | 5 October 2021 | Lauren Pattinson and Sam Lee |
| 164 | 10 October 2021 | Colson Whitehead |
| 165 | 19 October 2021 | Dave Sedaris |
| 166 | 25 October 2021 | Darren Harriott |
| 167 | 2 November 2021 | Julia Davis |
| 168 | 9 November 2021 | Patrick Radden Keefe |
| 169 | 18 November 2021 | Katy Wix |
| 170 | 26 November 2021 | Kayvan Novak |
| 171 | 7 December 2021 | Fran Lebowitz |
| 172 | 25 December 2021 | Joe Cornish |
| 173 | 17 April 2022 | Marian Keyes |
| 174 | 25 April 2022 | Alex Horne |
References
- Verdier, Hannah (22 October 2015). "The Adam Buxton Podcast review – from Toy Story 3 to catching Prince's towel, a gentle grilling for director Garth Jennings". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- "ADAM BUXTON - 'THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST' British iTunes Chart Performance". iTunesChart.net. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
- "Comedian Adam Buxton's adorable video of dog bouncing through Norwich field goes viral". Eastern Daily Press. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Griffin, Sarah (10 November 2018). "Podcasts: Adam Buxton". The Irish Times. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Hogan, Michael (9 May 2021). "Adam Buxton: "We're in the sad sandwich of life, but it has a surprising zing of pickle"". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Rundle, Michael. "Adam Buxton tells WIRED why he's returned to podcasting". Wired UK. ISSN 1357-0978. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- Verdier, Hannah (20 March 2021). "From Adam Buxton to Griefcast: what are the ultimate podcast episodes?". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Henderson, Paul. "Adam Buxton: 'I made the least popular Radiohead video ever. And I don't care'". British GQ. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "The Online Radio Awards Winner - The Adam Buxton Podcast". The Online Radio Awards. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- "Who won the Chortle Awards 2017". Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- "Adam Buxton gets Podcast Champion award". 30 April 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018.
