''The Adam Buxton Podcast'' is a

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in which the English comedian

Adam Buxton Adam Offord Buxton (born 7 June 1969) is an English actor, comedian, podcaster and writer. With the filmmaker Joe Cornish, he is part of the comedy duo Adam and Joe. They presented the Channel 4 television series '' The Adam and Joe Show'' (19 ...

interviews friends and celebrities. The first episode was released on 15 September 2015. Recurring guests include Buxton's comedy partner

Joe Cornish Joseph Murray Cornish (born 20 December 1968) is an English comedian and filmmaker. With his long-time comedy partner, Adam Buxton, he forms the comedy duo Adam and Joe. In 2011, Cornish released his directorial debut ''Attack the Block''. He ...

of Adam and Joe, the filmmakers

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and

Garth Jennings Garth Jennings (born 9 July 1972) is an English director, screenwriter and actor. Films he has directed include ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', ''Son of Rambow'', ''Sing'', and ''Sing 2''. He co-founded the production company Hammer ...

and the comedian Tash Demetriou.

Format

Most episodes begin with an introduction from Buxton as he walks through the

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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 an appearance from

, with whom Buxton once formed the comedy duo Adam and Joe. Buxton described the podcast as "a confection ... a heavily stylised greatest hits of a conversation". He told ''

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'' 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.

Reception

The '' Guardian'' described Buxton's interviews as "a masterclass in softly-softly interviewing", and named episode 29, an interview with the documentary filmmaker

, one of the "ultimate podcast episodes". The ''

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'' 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

Episodes

References

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