EP.125 - GEORGE THE POET AT LONDON PODCAST FESTIVAL 2019
THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
Adam Buxton
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🗓️ 26 May 2020
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Adam talks with British poet, rapper and podcaster George Mpanga, aka George The Poet. Recorded in front of a live audience at The London podcast Festival, September 13th, 2019.
Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing.
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| 0:00.0 | This is a paid advertisement for BetterHelp Therapy Online. |
| 0:03.3 | Thought I'd bring my guitar along for the walk today was yes I noticed. Can I play you a song I just wrote? |
| 0:10.9 | Yeah great. |
| 0:12.9 | Sometimes I feel in the worst person in the world selfish and boring and everybody knows it. |
| 0:20.9 | I'm sick and tired of living in my head it's like a stinky ear from sewer and I really want to dance it. |
| 0:28.9 | Yeah I liked party pom pom. Why don't you do another one like that? |
| 0:32.9 | I'm bearing my soul. |
| 0:34.9 | Well that's very vulnerable of you but if that's really the way you feel about yourself. |
| 0:39.9 | Can I suggest you talk to someone? Are you being serious? Yeah I am. This is an advert for BetterHelp Therapy Online. |
| 0:46.9 | Yes I know with over a thousand therapists in the UK already better help can provide access to professionals with a wide variety of expertise in mental health. |
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| 1:01.9 | And not even writing a brilliant song and playing it to your dog friend helps. |
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| 1:17.9 | Alright thanks Rosie. Let's get back on the road. Alright Mr Hendrix. |
| 1:36.9 | I took my microphone and found some human folk. Then I recorded all the noises while we spoke. |
| 1:45.9 | My name is Adam Baxter and I'm a man. I want you to enjoy this. That's the plan. |
| 1:58.9 | Hey how you doing pod cats Adam Baxter here. |
| 2:02.9 | Welcome to the second of two live episodes recorded at the London Podcast Festival in September 2018. |
| 2:11.9 | The previous one was with American comedian now living in the UK Sarah Baron. |
| 2:16.9 | And today's episode number 125 is with George Empanger who goes by the stage name George the Poet. |
| 2:25.9 | George Vax. George aged 29 as I speak is a London born spoken word performer of Ugandan heritage. |
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