The Adam Buxton Podcast is a podcast in which the English comedian Adam Buxton interviews guests. The first episode was released in 2015. Recurring guests include the comedian Natasia Demetriou and the filmmakers Joe Cornish, Louis Theroux, Richard Ayoade and Garth Jennings.
Background With Joe Cornish, Buxton presented the 1990s television series The Adam and Joe Show, followed by the BBC Radio 6 Music series Adam and Joe. When Cornish released his first feature film, Attack the Block (2011), Buxton worried his own career was declining. After listening to American podcasts including This American Life and WTF with Marc Maron, he decided to create a British longform interview podcast. He released the first episode in September 2015.
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. Interviews cover personal and cultural topics, punctuated with musical interludes from Buxton. Christmas episodes feature Cornish.
Buxton described the podcast as "a confection ... a heavily stylised greatest hits of a conversation". 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 of broadcast radio and television. In 2025, Buxton said he would stop recording the podcast when Rosie dies.
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". 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". GQ wrote that Buxton "can be funny, flippant and throwaway, while also revealing a deeply personal emotional honesty and vulnerability".
Awards Year Award Awarding body Result 2016 Best Online Talk Show, Comedy The Online Radio Awards 2017 Internet Award Chortle 2017 Podcast Champion British Podcast Awards
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 and 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 Natasia 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 Cornish63A9 February 2018Paul Thomas Anderson63B9 February 2018Jonny Greenwood6416 February 2018Greta Gerwig6523 February 2018Diane Morgan662 March 2018Michael Lewis6710 March 2018Aisling Bea6816 March 2018Jon Ronson6923 March 2018Lolly Adefope7031 March 2018Garth Jennings and Wes Anderson717 April 2018Jayde Adams7214 April 2018Fenton Bailey7321 April 2018Cariad Lloyd7428 April 2018Bob Mortimer755 May 2018Eleanor Friedberger 7613 May 2018Charlie Brooker777 June 2018Tim Key7818 August 2018Laura Davis and Mac DeMarco7912 October 2018David Sedaris8020 October 2018Desiree Burch8127 October 2018Louis Theroux823 November 2018Natasia Demetriou8312 November 2018Simon Pegg8417 November 2018Roisin Conaty8526 November 2018Michael Scott Moore863 December 2018Mona Chalabi8710 December 2018Nish Kumar8825 December 2018Joe Cornish8919 April 2019David Mitchell9026 April 2019Ruby Wax914 May 2019Marlon James9211 May 2019James Acaster9318 May 2019Charlotte Gainsbourg9425 May 2019Nina Stibbe952 June 2019John Grant968 June 2019Charlotte Church9715 June 2019Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse9829 June 2019Maya Foa997 July 2019Frank Skinner10013 July 2019Joe Cornish and Louis Theroux10121 July 2019Sara Pascoe and Richard Ayoade1024 October 2019Philip Pullman10312 October 2019Emily Dean10414 October 2019Chris Morris10518 October 2019Chris Morris10625 October 2019Shoshana Zuboff1071 November 2019Guz Khan1088 November 2019Michael Kiwanuka10916 November 2019Dawn O'Porter11022 November 2019Derren Brown11126 November 2019Nicky Wire1122 December 2019Diana Fleischman1137 December 2019Jeff Goldblum11414 December 2019Billy Connolly11525 December 2019Joe Cornish11626 March 2020Xand van Tulleken11731 March 2020Daisy Haggard1185 April 2020Malcolm Gladwell11916 April 2020Romesh Ranganathan12026 April 2020Natasia Demetriou1213 May 2020Louis Theroux12210 May 2020Laura Marling12317 May 2020Nile Rodgers12426 May 2020Sara Barron12526 May 2020George the Poet12630 June 2020Joe Cornish12713 July 2020Holly Walsh12819 July 2020Ed O'Brien12927 July 2020Helen Lewis1305 August 2020Zadie Smith13126 September 2020Caitlin Moran1323 October 2020Robbie Williams1339 October 2020Raven Smith13412 October 2020Sleaford Mods13517 October 2020Ellie White13625 October 2020Blindboy Boatclub13731 October 2020Nina Conti1385 November 2020Miles Jupp1399 November 2020Fran Healy14014 November 2020Candice Carty-Williams14122 November 2020Joe Lycett14230 November 2020Benjamin Zephaniah1436 December 2020Rachel Bloom14411 December 2020Paul McCartney14525 December 2020Joe Cornish14631 January 2021Stewart Lee1477 February 2021Elizabeth Day14814 February 2021Tony Law14921 February 2021Róisín Murphy15028 February 2021Louis Theroux1513 March 2021Torvill and Dean1528 March 2021Rose Matafeo15315 March 2021Kazuo Ishiguro15428 March 2021Tom Allen1555 April 2021Laurie Anderson15614 April 2021Lee Mack15720 August 2021Eric André and Phoebe Bridgers15829 August 2021Isabel Allende1594 September 2021Tommy Tiernan16012 September 2021Sarah Silverman16120 September 2021Georgia Pritchett16226 September 2021Jim Moir (AKA Vic Reeves)1635 October 2021Lauren Pattinson and Sam Lee16410 October 2021Colson Whitehead16519 October 2021David Sedaris16625 October 2021Darren Harriott1672 November 2021Julia Davis1689 November 2021Patrick Radden Keefe16918 November 2021Katy Wix17026 November 2021Kayvan Novak1717 December 2021Fran Lebowitz17225 December 2021Joe Cornish17317 April 2022Marian Keyes17425 April 2022Alex Horne17526 April 2022Tim Key17604 May 2022Phil Wang and Spoon17711 May 2022Lazy Susan (Celeste Dring and Freya Parker)17819 May 2022Sanjeev Bhaskar17927 May 2022Natalie Palamides18010 June 2022Jarvis Cocker18119 June 2022Yola18227 June 2022John Higgs1834 July 2022Natasia Demetriou18417 July 2022Louis Theroux18512 August 2022Mariana Mazzucato18617 August 2022Belle and Sebastian1879 September 2022Anil Seth1882 October 2022Graham Norton1899 October 2022Samira Ahmed19016 October 2022Ian McEwan19123 October 2022Lorna Tucker1921 November 2022Richard E. Grant1939 November 2022Maeve Higgins19415 November 2022Richard Dawson19521 November 2022Ravi and Gbenga Adelekan19629 November 2022Michelle de Swarte1976 December 2022Paddy Considine19813 December 2022Nihal Arthanayake19920 December 2022Gary Younge20025 December 2022Joe Cornish20113 May 2023Tom Hanks20225 June 2023Louis Theroux20316 September 2023Natasia Demetriou20424 September 2023Jesse Armstrong20524 September 2023Sam Bain2061 October 2023Daisy May Cooper2079 October 2023Billy Bragg20816 October 2023Natalie Wynn20922 October 2023Bridget Christie21026 October 2023Javid Abdelmoneim21131 October 2023Guz Khan2126 November 2023Kirsty Young21314 November 2023Will Sharpe21421 November 2023Miki Berenyi21527 November 2023Daudi Matsiko2165 December 2023Joe Lycett21724 December 2023Adam and Joe live at Royal Festival Hall2186 February 2024Werner Herzog21914 February 2024Ayishat Akanbi22018 February 2024Fred Armisen22126 February 2024Tim Heidecker2224 March 2024George Monbiot22310 March 2024Jessica Knappett22429 March 2024Fenton Bailey22520 September 2024Miriam Margolyes22628 September 2024Sam Campbell2275 October 2024Helen Lewis22813 October 2024Dr. John Cooper Clark22920 October 2024Garth Jennings and Laura Marling live23023 October 2024Colm Tóibín2313 November 2024Kerry Godliman23211 November 2024Patric Gagne23322 November 2024Marina Hyde 23420 November 2024Natasia Demetriou live2358 December 2024Kim Deal 23616 December 2024Kiell Smith-Bynoe 23722 December 2024Dame Mary Beard 23825 December 2024Adam and Joe live at Royal Festival Hall 23925 January 2025Rob Burley 24028 March 2025David Letterman2415 April 2025CMAT24211 April 2025Richard Ayoade24319 April 2025Kate Mossman24427 April 2025Louis Theroux and Richard Dawson live at Eventim Apollo 202424511 May 2025Kate Nash24617 May 2025Jo Brand24725 May 2025Tim Key and Tom Basden2482 June 2025Loyle Carner24911 June 2025Pauline Black25018 June 2025Jonny Sweet25122 June 2025Declan McKenna25229 June 2025Guz Khan live at Albert Hall, Manchester, 202425310 July 2025Squid25425 July 2025Jessica Knappett with music from Daudi Matsiko25529 August 2025David Byrne2565 September 2025Colin Greenwood2578 September 2025Benedict Cumberbatch25815 September 2025Emma Sidi25922 September 2025Eric Idle26030 September 2025Natalie Roberts2618 October 2025Ayoade Bamgboye26224 October 2025John Foxx2631 November 2025Zadie Smith2649 November 2025David O'Doherty (live)26517 November 2025Lucy Walker26625 November 2025Devendra Banhart2671 December 2025Richard Ayoade and Frank Black (live)26825 December 2025Adam and Joe Christmas Special26920 April 2026Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn (AKA Gorillaz)2701 May 2026Rebecca Lucy Taylor (AKA Self Esteem)
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