A Tea with Amelia Dimoldenberg of Chicken Shop Date

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Lemonada Media

Society & Culture, Film Interviews, Tv & Film

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2024

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

What’s the difference between an interview and a first date? For the past decade, Amelia Dimoldenberg has been walking that fine line on her hit YouTube series, Chicken Shop Date. The premise is in the title: filmed at various chicken establishments across London, the show features a series of funny (sometimes awkward) ‘dates’ with everyone from Paul Mescal to Billie Eilish.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of her beloved series, Amelia and Sam have a cup of tea to discuss her recent sit-down with Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds (5:00), her upbringing in London (7:20), and how Mary-Kate and Ashley inspired the young creative ambitions (11:10) that lead to Chicken Shop Date (17:17). We also highlight a few pivotal episodes of the show with rapper Ghetts (24:50), actor Daniel Kaluuya (32:10), and documentarian Louis Theroux (32:52).

On the back-half, we unpack Dimoldenberg’s comedy influences—from Amy Poehler in Parks and Recreation to Zach Galifianakis’ Between Two Ferns (36:34), how she continues to expand her reach as an independent creator (43:00), why the ‘anti-interview’ genre has come into vogue (49:12), and what she hopes for in the decade to come (1:02:12).

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0:00.0	On death sex and money, we feature interviews with you, our community of
0:05.0	listeners getting honest about uncomfortable things.
0:08.0	I developed an illness where it isn't safe for me to drive.
0:12.0	A friend once said to me, sex is like air. You don't think
0:15.6	about it until you're not getting enough. This is a similar sort of thing if you
0:20.2	just replace sex with driving.
0:23.0	Listen to death sex and money wherever you get podcasts. Pushkin. This is talk easy. I'm standing for host Amelia de Moldember. You probably know Amelia from her beloved
1:16.5	YouTube series, Chicken Shop Date. In the spirit of Between Two Ferns, Hot Ones, and Nathan
1:22.3	for You, the show is part interview, part comedy skit, and part awkward first date.
1:28.0	All set, of course, inside various chicken shops across London.
1:31.7	In the beginning, the program was pretty music focused
1:34.3	featuring sit-downs with grudge and hip-hop artists like Gets, Fews and A.J. Tracy
1:40.4	But in recent years Amelia has expanded. Her recent guests include Ryan Reynolds,
1:45.6	Hugh Jackman, Paul Mescal, Jennifer Lawrence, Cher, and Billy Eilish. If you haven't seen the show
1:51.3	before, he was a little bit from her date with Billy.
1:54.0	You have a song ocean eyes. I do. But I would say you have very flirtatious eyes.
1:59.0	Yeah? Yeah. I think it's because they're so big.
2:02.0	Thank you. What about them do you think?'s because they're so big. Thank you.
2:03.0	What about them do you think?
2:04.0	Just because they're big?
2:05.0	I think it's because they're big,
2:06.0	but then they also come with a smile.
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