EP.68 - JON RONSON

THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

Adam Buxton

Comedy

4.8 • 20.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2018

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Adam talks with Welsh journalist, screenwriter and film maker Jon Ronson (‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’, ‘The Psychopath Test’, ‘The Men Who Stare At Goats’, co writer of the films ‘Frank’ & ‘Okja’) about, amongst other things, his recent audio series ’The Butterfly Effect’ in which Jon meets people affected in a variety of surprising ways by the spread of free internet pornography.

As Jon himself says of ‘The Butterfly Effect’: “It's sad, funny, moving and totally unlike some other nonfiction stories about porn - because it isn't judgmental or salacious. It's human and sweet and strange and lovely.”

But are there times when being judgmental serves a useful purpose, even if it’s annoying, hurtful or in the context of pornography, hypocritical? That isn’t just a random rhetorical question - it does actually get discussed in the podcast.

Jon also tells Adam about meeting British columnist and provocateur Katie Hopkins, considers the case for declaring Donald Trump mentally ill and shares a few podcast recommendations.

Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Jack Bushell for additional editing.

Music & jingles by Adam Buxton

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0:00.0	This is a paid advertisement for BetterHelp Therapy Online.
0:03.3	Thought I'd bring my guitar along for the walk today was yes I noticed. Can I play you a song I just wrote?
0:10.9	Yeah great.
0:12.9	Sometimes I feel in the worst person in the world selfish and boring and everybody knows it.
0:20.9	I'm sick and tired of living in my head it's like a stinky ear from sewer and I really want to dance it.
0:28.9	Yeah I liked party pom pom. Why don't you do another one like that?
0:32.9	I'm bearing my soul.
0:34.9	Well that's very vulnerable of you but if that's really the way you feel about yourself.
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1:17.9	Alright thanks Rosie. Let's get back on the road. Alright Mr Hendrix.
1:36.9	I took my microphone and found some human folk. Then I recorded all the noises while we spoke.
1:45.9	My name is Adam Baxter and I'm a man. I want you to enjoy this. That's the plan.
1:55.9	Hey how you doing listeners? Adam Baxter here.
2:01.9	I am observing what looks to me like a seagull flying over the field out here in the Norfolk countryside, UK.
2:16.9	And it's gone now. It's gone over towards the rooks. They're not known for their cordual easygoing camaraderie the rooks.
2:27.9	Not around these parts anyway but hey look I don't want to get into a fight with the rooks.
2:32.9	I'm sure there are perfectly delightful community when you get to know them.
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