S1 EP5: Nick Cave on his remarkable career, religion and dealing with grief

The Louis Theroux Podcast

Spotify Studios

Comedy, Society & Culture, Arts

4.3 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 3 July 2023

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Louis sits down in the Spotify studio with musician, writer and poet Nick Cave. Nick tells Louis all about his remarkable life and career, including being a member of the “most violent band in the world”, his relationship with God and being high on Top Of The Pops with Kylie Minogue. Warnings: Some strong language and discussions of sensitive themes, including drug use, violence and death. Links: Faith, Hope and Carnage by Nick Cave https://www.amazon.co.uk/Faith-Hope-Carnage-Nick-Cave/dp/1838857680/ref=asc_df_1838857680/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=641789777959&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7392167829579645064&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1006886&hvtargid=pla-1846328033232&psc=1&th=1&psc=1 The Death of Bunny Monroe by Nick Cave https://www.amazon.co.uk/Death-Bunny-Munro-Canons/dp/1782115331 The Birthday Party - ‘Junkyard’ The Birthday Party, "Junkyard" GG Allin The late GG Allin has violent and disturbing mood swings - DVLH (Rare documentary footage) Kylie Minogue & Nick Cave – ‘Where the Wild Roses Grow’ (Live Top Of The Pops) Kylie Minogue & Nick Cave - Where the Wild Roses Grow (Live Top Of The Pops 1995) Kylie Minogue & Nick Cave – ‘Where the Wild Roses Grow’ (Live Top Of The Pops) Nick Cave and Kylie Minogue on Top Of The Pops Jesus by A.N Wilson https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jesus-N-Wilson/dp/0712606971/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29KGTJJJ4YTZN&keywords=A.n+Wilson+biography+of+jesus&qid=1687183752&s=books&sprefix=a.n+wilson+biography+of+jesus%2Cstripbooks%2C69&sr=1-1 The Red Hand Files https://www.theredhandfiles.com/ Blonde BLONDE | From Writer and Director Andrew Dominik | Official Trailer | Netflix Dahmer DAHMER Trailer (2022) Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Murder Ballads https://open.spotify.com/album/4EMI48u2Fn6srocaXjuAcJ?si=AAcpIaWeSzWffLMX8On1Xw Go The F**k To Sleep – book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Go-F-Sleep-Adam-Mansbach/dp/0857862650 Partridge’s Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English - book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Partridges-Concise-Dictionary-Unconventional-English/dp/0026053500/ref=sr_1_1?crid=201ZDOQ771V6E&keywords=dictionary+of+slang+and+unconventional+english&qid=1687184223&s=books&sprefix=dictionary+of+slang+and+unconventional+english%2Cstripbooks%2C66&sr=1-1 The Johnny Cash Show Johnny Cash, June Carter Cash - Jackson (The Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show) Johnny Cash - ‘Folsom Prison Blues’ https://open.spotify.com/track/0LTSNmOLBt25GMjHlxp9OR?si=09c48ccf9dc34dc2 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - ‘Red Right Hand’ Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Red Right Hand (Official Video) The Enneagram Personality Test - The Enneagram Personality Test Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - ‘Jubilee Street’ https://open.spotify.com/track/7rbw06Ngndbs8X4iPdepES?si=8fc5e05a1999454b Jimi Hendrix - ‘Hey Joe’ https://open.spotify.com/track/0NWPxcsf5vdjdiFUI8NgkP?si=cc43c3094ec5413e Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - ‘Ghosteen’ https://open.spotify.com/track/6tEFvxPkn2FRDmTPuu2GZV?si=9b0f84d7a43a426d Credits: Producer: Paul Kobrak Assistant Producer: Maan Al-Yasiri Production Manager: Francesca Bassett Music: Miguel D’Oliveira Show notes compiled by Shaloma Ellis Executive Producer: Arron Fellows A Mindhouse Production exclusively for Spotify www.mindhouse.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, hello.
0:01.8	It all sounds weird.
0:15.0	Hi, Louis Theroux here. How are you doing?
0:19.2	Welcome to my podcast, exclusively on Spotify, and called
0:23.8	appropriately enough, the Louis Theroux podcast. Today we have a very special guest called
0:33.2	Nick Cave, the amazing, the one and only, legendary, I overused that word.
0:38.5	But in this case, it's deserved.
0:40.1	Musician, screenwriter, film scorer, novelist, agony, uncle, hierophant.
0:46.0	That means a person, especially a priest, who interprets sacred mysteries or esoteric principles.
0:52.9	He has a new book out called Faith, Hope and Carnage,
0:57.4	co-authored with Sean O'Hagan. In fact, it takes the form of a number of conversations
1:02.4	that Sean and Nick have together, reflecting on art, life, artistry, loss. Nick lost his son Arthur in 2015. Arthur was just 15 years old.
1:15.7	Unbelievably and tragically he lost a second son, Jethro, in 2022. So bereavement is among the subjects under discussion.
1:26.3	And moving out of grief, well, he's going to put it better than that.
1:30.4	He also has a website called the Red Hand Files
1:33.0	where he answers letters, questions from fans and people in general
1:40.4	who are looking for guidance on any matter,
1:42.8	sometimes deeply intimate questions
1:44.8	about life and other times more trivial and lighthearted questions.
1:49.7	I was a little bit intimidated to speak to Nick. I don't know if that comes across or not.
1:55.5	His catalogue is so immense and the esteem in which he's held is so high I wanted to bring my A game so you can be the
2:03.5	judge of whether or not I succeeded. We recorded it face to face at the Spotify Studios. Picture this.
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