He Showers In The Dark
ill-advised by Bill Nighy
EYEPOD Studios
5.0 • 642 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
It's the Season finale! In this episode Bill attempts to answer questions on ear worms, feeling at home in foreign lands, handshake etiquette and school reunions.
The episode's playlist is called ‘Songs That, Like, Hound Me...’ and includes:
- ‘The Kids are Alright’ by The Who
- ‘You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go’ by Bob Dlyan
- ‘Guilty’ by Randy Newman
- ‘When You Awake’ by The Band
- ‘I Heard It Through The Grapevine’ by Marvin Gaye
- ‘Take Some Time Out for Love’ by The Isley Brothers
- ‘I Threw It All Away’ by Bob Dylan
- ‘Any Major Dude Will Tell You’ by Steely Dan
- ‘Nancy with the Laughing Face’ by Frank Sinatra
- ‘It Happened in Monterey’ by Frank Sinatra
You can find the playlist on Spotify HERE
And Apple Music HERE
The book of the episode is ‘The Fire Next Time’ by James Baldwin
Thank you for all your questions and contributions over the last season.
Bill will be back with Season 3 in September. You can still squander time with Bill this summer in The Back Room on Patreon. It's important to sign up online on Patreon first to avoid the Apple fees in their app. You can download it later in the app.
Members will have early access to bonus episodes, ad free listening, new features, merchandise, events and Bill will be reading some of his favourite books week by week. Plus, over the next few weeks Bill will be pulling names out of a hat and the winners will receive one of the recommended books from the last 2 seasons, dedicated and signed by Bill.
Keep your questions and contributions coming in for Season 3 - you can email us at contactus@ill-advisedbybillnighy.com or message us via Instagram @illadvisedbybillnighy
Stay loose
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, depending on where you are on the planet. |
| 0:05.4 | This is Bill Nye at Illadvised by Bill Nye, and I'm here to answer questions without actually making things worse. |
| 0:14.1 | It's a refuge here for the clumsy and the awkward, and if you're socially adept and enjoy healthy relationships, there's nothing for you here. |
| 0:21.8 | If you enjoy long, leisurely, four or five course lunches in the Mediterranean countryside |
| 0:29.2 | at the edge of the sea with intelligent and engaging people around you, there's nothing |
| 0:35.2 | for you here. |
| 0:38.9 | This is a podcast for people who shower in the dark. |
| 0:43.1 | I actually did shower in the dark, but I'm over that now. |
| 0:48.1 | But there was a period where I would turn the lights out |
| 0:50.4 | because I didn't want any further information about my body. |
| 0:54.4 | And the information wasn't getting any better, so why risk it? |
| 0:58.8 | And I was interviewed in New York by New York Magazine. |
| 1:04.6 | And the guy was talking about embarrassing things about stuff that I couldn't quite. |
| 1:10.3 | And he was a perfectly nice person, but he was referring to me in a way that I wasn't familiar with. |
| 1:14.6 | In other words, he was saying nice things about me, which I found obviously un forgivable. |
| 1:18.6 | And then I, so I told him, I said, listen, you're talking to somebody who showers in the dark. |
| 1:24.6 | And the headline was, he showers in the dark. So, you know, be careful what you say to |
| 1:31.6 | journalists. So this is our season finale. But don't panic. Should you feel inclined to panic? |
| 1:41.4 | Because you can hear us all summer if you get to the back room. |
| 1:47.5 | The backroom is what we call the bonus feature which you can subscribe to. |
| 1:52.7 | And thank you to everyone who has already subscribed because it's just marvelous that you've all made it back there. |
| 2:00.3 | And we're working on all kinds of |
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