EP.255 - DAVID BYRNE

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

Adam Buxton

Comedy

4.8 • 20.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Adam talks with American musician, author, director and co-founder of Talking Heads, David Byrne, about Reasons To Be Cheerful, biking in London and New York, outsider music, his new album Who Is The Sky, songwriting, music videos, dancing and memories.

List of the song clips used in the introduction on Adam's website HERE

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on June 10th, 2025

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for additional editing

Podcast illustration by Helen Green

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2 EVENTS AT MANNINGTON BOOK BASH: I LOVE YOU, BYEE WAFFLE & NIGEL PLANER INTERVIEW, 27th September, 2025

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ADAM AT THE LONDON BOOK FESTIVAL @ ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL, 26 October, 2025

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