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THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

EP.130 - ZADIE SMITH

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

Adam Buxton

Comedy

4.821.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Adam talks with British writer Zadie Smith.

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and to Matt Lamont for additional editing. Podcast artwork by Helen Green https://helengreenillustration.com/

RELATED LINKS

ZADIE SMITH - INTIMATIONS (2020, WATERSTONES)

INTIMATIONS (AUDIOBOOK READ BY ZADIE) (ON AUDIBLE)

ZADIE SMITH ON SHAME, RAGE AND WRITING (2018, YOUTUBE)

ZADIE SMITH INTERVIEWED BY SYNNE RIFBJERG (2017, YOUTUBE)

BOBBY SHMURDA'S PAROLE HEARING (COMPLEX WEBSITE, 2020)

NEW ADAM BUXTON WEBSITE

ADAM BUXTON'S RAMBLE BOOK (AUDIOBOOK) (2020, AUDIBLE)

PRE-ORDER SIGNED HARDBACK COPIES OF RAMBLE BOOK AT WATERSTONES (2020)


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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.

0:53.9

Yeah there you go. How many times do I have to tell you they can provide human contact when you're struggling and when you don't feel you can talk to anyone else?

1:01.9

And not even writing a brilliant song and playing it to your dog friend helps.

1:06.9

And do listen to this podcast. Still get 10% off their first month at BetterHelp.com slash boxed in.

1:12.9

Oh yes they do do. At betterhelp.com slash boxed in.

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.

1:56.9

Hey how you doing pod cats? This is Adam Baxter here. Nice to be with you again.

2:05.9

I'm out for a walk with my dog friend. My dog friend is up ahead. Her name is Rosie. She's a wippie poodle cross.

2:14.9

And my wife thinks we should have her in our bed. But I think that's disgusting.

2:20.9

No disrespect to Rosie is implied. Her breath is stinky. She sheds quite a bit of hair.

2:27.9

And Rosie is a bit of a handful too. Okay. Imparise some for you.

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