EP.271 - JOSH JOHNSON
THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST
Adam Buxton
4.8 • 21.2K Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Adam talks with American stand up comedian and Daily Show correspondent Josh Johnson about not drinking alcohol, growing up in Louisiana, alligator gumbo, David Blaine, pranksters, responding to tragic and shocking current events in his stand up sets, and what tourists dislike most about the UK. And in the outro, Adam talks about his recent live shows with the band and a moment of Beatles communion in Liverpool.
Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 23 January, 2026
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Podcast illustration by Helen Green
THE ADAM BUXTON BAND MAY 2026 TOUR
ADAM BUXTON & MIRANDA SAWYER @ CHARLESTON FESTIVAL 14 May 2026, 9pm
BUG BOWIE SPECIAL @ THE LIGHTROOM 17 June, 2-4 July, 2026
ADAM BUXTON PODCAST LIVE WITH MAWAAN RIZWAAN @ ROUNDHOUSE, 5 August, 2026
RELATED LINKS
JOSH JOHNSON - DRAKE VS KENDRICK EXPLAINED TO WHITE PEOPLE - 2024 (YOUTUBE)
JOSH JOHNSON LIVE @ SOHO THEATRE, WALTHAMSTOW - 2025 (YOUTUBE)
JOSH JOHNSON - THE FAILURE, FEAR AND FRENZY AROUND LUIGI MANGIONE - 2024 (YOUTUBE)
JOSH JOHNSON - IT'S LITERALLY ICE VS. GOOD - 2026 (YOUTUBE)
JOSH JOHNSON - CATFISHING THE KKK - 2017 (YOUTUBE)
JOSH JOHNSON PODCASTS (JOSH JOHSNON WEBSITE)
DAVID BLAINE AND EAMONN HOLMES ON GMTV - 2001 (YOUTUBE)
ADAM & GAZ COOMBES - I BELIEVE IN FATHER CHRISTMAS - 2014 (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. |
| 0:10.0 | 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 Buxton |
| 0:21.9 | I'm a man |
| 0:23.7 | I want you to enjoy this |
| 0:26.9 | That's the plan |
| 0:27.8 | Hey |
| 0:31.5 | How are you doing podcasts |
| 0:34.2 | It's Adam Buxton here |
| 0:35.5 | I'm out in the fields of Norfolk with my best dog friend Rosie. Rosie is pausing to do some important business. How's things, Rosie? I am doing important business. Yes, sorry to interrupt. She's very well. It's quite a cold blustery day out here in the early part of May, 2026. |
| 1:02.0 | And it's actually really quite cold. I shouldn't have worn shorts. |
| 1:08.0 | I don't know what I was thinking. Well, I was thinking that it was |
| 1:10.0 | summertime after yesterday. Yesterday it was beautiful. Anyway, now it's freezing. I'm wearing shorts |
| 1:17.9 | and it was a mistake. Hey, thank you so much to everyone who came out to the first few |
| 1:24.8 | Adam Buxton band live shows. It's been a rock and roll dream come true. |
| 1:31.2 | Not just for me, I dare say, but for the audience as well, who I think have probably never seen |
| 1:36.8 | that level of musicianship on a live stage before. We had wonderful support from Anna B. Savage. |
| 1:47.0 | Wow, she was fantastic. Really nice to see her performing and get to chat to her a little bit. Wonderful to meet some of you as well after the |
| 1:53.5 | shows for in-depth micro-discussions, signatures and creepy hugs at the merch table. |
| 2:04.1 | Yes, I know we're missing a trick, not doing an unabsorbent tea towel. |
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