EP.164 - COLSON WHITEHEAD
THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
Adam Buxton
4.8 • 20.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Adam talks with American writer Colson Whitehead, whose novels The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys made him only the fourth writer to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction twice, about writing routines, anxiety management and the challenges of trying to look on the positive side of life, literary influences, music, getting stoned and watching 'Platoon', his new heist novel Harlem Shuffle and one of the many memorable parts from The Underground Railroad.
This conversation was recorded remotely on 1st of July 2021
Thanks to Matt Lamont for conversation editing and Séamus Murphy-Mitchell and Becca Ptaszynski for production support.
Podcast artwork by Helen Green
RELATED LINKS
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD WAS NO FANTASY (by FERGUS M BORDEWICH) - 2021 (WALL STREET JOURNAL)
GUARDIAN INTERVIEW WITH COLSON WHITEHEAD (by SEAN O'HAGAN) - 2020 (GUARDIAN WEBSITE)
REVIEW OF HARLEM SHUFFLE by COLSON WHITEHEAD - 2021 (KIRKUS WEBSITE)
HOW BARRY JENKINS AND COLSON WHITEHEAD MADE THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (by HUNTER HARRIS) - 2021 (TOWN AND COUNTRY)
TOURING TRUMP'S AMERICA ON COLSON WHITEHEAD'S UNDERGROUND RAILROAD (by RAJEEV BALASUBRAMANYAN) - 2016 (THE RUMPUS WEBSITE)
YES, MALE WRITERS CAN WRITE FANTASTIC FEMALE CHARACTERS - 2020 (BANG2WRITE WEBSITE)
EASY RIDERS, RAGING BULLS by PETER BISKIND - 1999 (WATERSTONES)
SPOTIFY PLAYLIST BY FOUR TET (KIERAN HEBDEN) - 2016 - PRESENT (SPOTIFY)
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| 0:00.0 | I added one more podcast to giant podcast bin |
| 0:05.0 | Now you have blocked that podcast out and started listening |
| 0:10.0 | I took my microphone and found some human folk |
| 0:14.0 | Then I recorded all the noises while we spoke |
| 0:19.0 | My name is Adam Buster and I'm a man |
| 0:24.0 | I want you to enjoy this, that's the plan |
| 0:31.0 | Hey, how you doing podcasts? Adam Buster here |
| 0:36.0 | I am back in Norfolk and looking out over the fields |
| 0:41.0 | at another great, great sunset |
| 0:46.0 | October, when it behaves itself |
| 0:49.0 | October and isn't absolutely just chucking all the rain at you |
| 0:53.0 | You get some very high quality sunsets |
| 0:57.0 | Especially out here |
| 0:59.0 | Hey, I've got a new segment for you |
| 1:01.0 | Have a listen, you have to identify what this is |
| 1:08.0 | Did you get it? |
| 1:10.0 | It's an orange segment |
| 1:13.0 | Oh my gosh, this is amazing stuff right out of the gate |
| 1:18.0 | And I'm just going to eat it |
| 1:20.0 | I know some of you don't like the sound of eating |
| 1:23.0 | So I will eat it away from the mic |
| 1:25.0 | I'm eating my orange |
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