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THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

EP.266 - DEVENDRA BANHART

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

Adam Buxton

Comedy

4.821.2K Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Adam talks with American-Venezuelan singer-songwriter and visual artist, Devendra Banhart, about podcast jingles, the wisdom of cats, dead Dads, therapy, the place that religion has in Adam and Devendra's lives, songs that make you cry and The Greatest Night In Pop. Plus, two specially recorded versions of Devendra's songs, Fireflies and The Body Breaks, and Adam reports on his trip to see Radiohead play in London.

Conversation recorded remotely on 19 July 2024

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support

Podcast illustration by Helen Green

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RELATED LINKS

DEVENDRA BANHART - CHARGER (LA BESTIA LIVE SESSION) - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

DEVENDRA BANHART - THE SEVENTIES (OFFICIAL VISUALISER) - 2005 (YOUTUBE)

WHAT'S IN MY BAG - DEVENDRA BANHART - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP (TRAILER) - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

RANDY CRAWFORD - ONE DAY I'LL FY AWAY - 1980 (YOUTUBE)

THE MAVERICKS - DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY - 1998 (YOUTUBE)

LIONEL RITCHIE - ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT) - 1983 (YOUTUBE)

ALDOUS HARDING TINY DESK - 2017 (YOUTUBE)

POLLY HARVEY TINY DESK - 2023 (YOUTUBE)

CA7RIEL & PACO AMOROSO TINY DESK - 2024 (YOUTUBE)

ALDOUS HARDING KEXP - 2020 (YOUTUBE)


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0:00.0

I added one more podcast to the giant podcast bin.

0:05.0

Now you have plucked that podcast out and started listening.

0:09.0

I took my microphone and found some human folk.

0:14.0

Then I recorded all the noises while we spoke.

0:18.0

My name is Adam Buxtonxton i'm a man i want you to enjoy this that's the plan

0:31.8

hey how are you doing podcasts it's adam buxton here what the f that's the sound of a motor car and indeed

0:44.0

all the other sounds you can hear are the sounds of the city london town to be precise i'm staying

0:52.2

here for a couple of days doing Doing a bit of work. I had an audition yesterday.

0:58.2

Definitely going to get that. Going to see a pop concert tonight. Radiohead. Have you heard of Radiohead?

1:05.9

They're playing at the O2. And I'm going to go along with my family. Looking forward to that.

1:14.0

Rosie is back in Norfolk, and she's doing well, and sends lots of love.

1:20.6

I thought I would step outside to record this intro,

1:24.6

rather than just sitting in the room where I'm staying in East London.

1:29.1

But you may be able to hear that it's raining.

1:32.6

It's pretty cold here towards the end of November 2025.

1:38.3

I found a small park to make me feel as if I'm in the countryside.

1:44.9

This is Alan Gardens, right next to Brick Lane in East London.

1:50.3

And it's a small patch of green with an elevated train line that you can probably hear

1:56.7

ahead of me.

1:59.4

Wall's covered in graffiti everywhere you look around this part of town,

2:03.7

but it's good graffiti.

2:05.6

Anyway, it's not Clement,

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