Introducing Young Again

Grounded with Louis Theroux

BBC

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8 • 8.6K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Doherty became famous in the 2000s with The Libertines, the band he formed and fronted alongside fellow singer and guitarist Carl Barât. He became notorious as his own drug addictions led to break ups with the band and numerous arrests. He reflects on a childhood spent moving around the world following his father's postings in the British Army, the beginnings of The Libertines, the lows of addiction, and the family life he now lives in France. Here's a short clip from the episode.

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0:43.7	Hello, it's Krista Young here, just dropping into this feed to let you know that my BBC Radio 4 podcast, Young again, is back with more conversations with the people who fascinate me. I'll be asking my guests
0:57.0	what advice they wish they could give their younger self. Here's a little taster of my conversation
1:02.3	with the rock star Pique Doherty. Hello, I'm Kirstie Young. Welcome to Young again, the podcast that asks fascinating people, what advice would you give your younger self? Today, I am joined by a rock star whose passion for poetry fueled his songwriting, whilst his passion for drugs fueled his tabloid fame. Over a quarter of a century after he started the Libertines,
1:28.2	the band remained together, rock and roll survivors, with new records and live shows
1:33.3	proving as popular as ever. On this edition of Young Again, I am speaking to Pete Doherty. Welcome.
1:39.2	Hello. It's very nice to see you. Lovely to see you. I see it. I think you look well.
1:44.3	Yeah, I'm okay.
1:45.3	I'm all right.
1:46.3	The premise of the program is for you to, well, for us to have a conversation and at points in that conversation, for us to look back and say what advice would you give yourself, given what you know now, given the wisdom you have now.
1:58.7	I'm imagining that you are somebody who's been given
2:01.3	quite a lot of advice by other people over the years. How are you at taking advice?
2:05.1	I think I'm generally open-minded, you know, conversationally, anecdotally, I welcome advice.
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