EP.261 - AYOADE BAMGBOYE
THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
Adam Buxton
4.8 • 21.2K Ratings
🗓️ 8 October 2025
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Adam talks with Nigerian writer/performer Ayoade Bamgboye about winning the 2025 Best Newcomer award at the Edinburgh Fringe, what determines her accent switching, her conservative upbringing, subsequent radicalisation and why she no longer wants her audiences to feel bad. And at Castle Buckles, an unseasonably warm day brings creepy guests.
Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 25 September 2025
AYOADE BAMGBOYE - SWINGS AND ROUNDABOUTS @ SOHO THEATRE - 2025/2026
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, how you doing, Podcats? It's Adam Buxton here. I just thought I'd change things up for the intro today. |
| 0:06.2 | Don't worry, we'll have the intro theme and get back to normal in a little bit, but I thought I would let you in on a unusual, houral experience here at Castle Buckles. |
| 0:20.0 | The last few days out here have been quite cold. I've been |
| 0:23.6 | wearing long trousers. That's how bad it's been. But today is suddenly much warmer. In fact, |
| 0:30.6 | the sun is out and it's streaming through the windows here in the barn, right next to my nutty room |
| 0:36.9 | where I work. And I don't know if you |
| 0:39.2 | can hear an ambient noise. What do you think that is? Maybe if I amplify the sound a little bit, |
| 0:51.5 | you'll get a better idea of what we're dealing with here. |
| 1:15.3 | Yes. It is flies. It is hundreds of flies. It's really like the portal to hell here in the barn out in Norfolk today. |
| 1:20.9 | I mean, it's the nice part of the portal to hell because the sun is shining. It's a beautiful day. |
| 1:29.1 | But the temperature has provoked a sudden mass population increase for the fly community. |
| 1:34.5 | What are they going to do for their time here on Earth? |
| 1:37.7 | Maybe I should open the door and let them out so they can at least explore the outside world |
| 1:40.3 | rather than just bumping up against the window of the barn. |
| 1:44.0 | The Buckles Barn spider posse are licking their lips |
| 1:50.0 | because soon it is going to be feasting time. |
| 1:54.1 | In the circle of life. |
| 1:56.8 | I'll tell you what, I'm going to just open the door here. |
| 2:02.4 | Fly, fly, my pretties. |
| 2:05.3 | Go and explore Norfolk. |
| 2:07.9 | See what's happening with the delays on the A-11. |
| 2:11.0 | Enjoy yourselves. |
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