Adam Buxton's Successpod

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Join Adam Buxton on his comedy quest for modern podcasting relevance. (WARNING: Contains strong language, adult themes, sketches, songs and waffle.) In a podcast landscape of influencers, achievement metrics, looksmaxxing and visual optimisation, does Adam Buxton have what it takes to be a ‘success’ in the modern world? Listen as Adam wrestles with his mid-life crisis, grapples with his existential anxiety and stares resolutely into his naval, all via the medium of sketches, songs, conversations with his funny (and annoyingly successful) friends. And yes, in between, he has conversations with his dog. Do you want to know the secret for succeeding at success? Do you stuff your ears with podcasts and audiobooks to block out annoying thoughts? Are you angry with the kids for borrowing your relevance and not putting it back? Welcome to Successpod. Episode 1: 'THE COLD JAWS OF IRRELEVANCE' WITH ROMESH RANGANATHAN Adam Buxton gets advice for staying relevant in the modern podcast world from comedian Romesh Ranganathan. How important is physical appearance in an increasingly visual podcast industry? How does the algorithm work? Why has Adam never written a song about farts before? Expect answers to these important questions plus podcast parodies, insights on success from Yandrew and valuable perspective from Rosie the dog. Episode 2: 'OK DOOMER' WITH LOUIS THEROUX Louis Theroux joins Adam to discuss whether he needs to get more 'doomy' to compete in the modern podcast landscape. Plus, Yandrew ranks the existential threats, Adam's favourite political podcast pundits explain how Trump works, we hear the only podcast that young people make, and we discover what AI thinks of Adam's sketch about AIs making podcasts for other AIs. Episode 3: 'THE MUSIC OF CREATIVITY' WITH SAM CAMPBELL Adam meets comedian Sam Cambell to explore creativity and its relationship with success, but Sam accuses Buxton of being a ‘mad old king’, then starts waffling about goal keepers, Beatles, name-dropping, and TV quiz show, ‘The Wheel’. Meanwhile, Yandrew meets a French creativity guru, we hear Adam's favourite new music biopic, and when Sam commands Adam to write a classic song, Adam obeys. Episode 4: 'INTO THE MYSTIC' WITH JESS KNAPPETT As Adam continues to gaze deep within his navel, actor Jessica Knappett encourages him to be more open-minded about the metaphysical and paranormal world if he wants to be 'cool'. Meanwhile we hear Adam's favourite pretentious foodie podcast, Noel Coward at Glastonbury, a state-of-the-art sci-fi audiobook, a song about leaves from The Wise Old Tree and we discover whether Adam's gut problems are interfering with his psychic powers. Episode 5: 'R U OK?' WITH KATHY BURKE Actor Kathy Burke wonders why Adam has chosen her to discuss the valuable podcasting commodity of 'wellness' as part of his quest to appear relevant. Plus, Yandrew nearly reveals the five foods that will definitely make you live longer, Adam tries on-line therapy, and sings a song about a very special version of golf. Episode 6: 'WISDOM NUGGETS' WITH GUZ KHAN Adam is still hungry for podcast wisdom so he calls on comedian Guz Khan to dispense some gnomic nuggets and establish whether there's more to life than conspiracy theories, being the richest man in the world, and having a giant house. Plus Yandrew hears 'The Parable Of The Stinky Money', Adam and Rosie check out some streaming platform videos, and there's (blue) tits at the bedroom window. Available in Dolby Atmos on Audible. Review: Utterly Top-Hole, Though Lacks a Certain Gravitas - "Utter dross served up by a sniggering, middle aged public schoolboy". Or is it? We spoke to a selection of younger public schoolboys to get their opinion, preferring the voice of youth to a random desertcart reviewer. Jonty Ffawkes-Cameron, Lower 6th, Timperley Grammar: I stumbled across this audio-emission during prep, having successfully bribed young Henderson to act as a lookout for old Humphreys the Housemaster. One must find ways to alleviate the sheer, unadulterated drudgery of Latin verbs. I must confess, the presenters are rather decent chaps. They speak with an acceptable level of modulation, though their vowels occasionally betray a lower establishment education, which is a bit of a pity, especially the rough girl, Rosie. Mummy would likely find their syntax rather vulgar, but one cannot expect everyone to have spent their formative years at Timps. The content itself is quite amusing, in a dreadfully middle-class sort of way. They discussed the geopolitical economy of the late Roman Republic, yet completely failed to mention my great-uncle Barnaby’s definitive three-volume text on the matter. An extraordinary oversight. I nearly choked on my tuck-shop crumpet. Furthermore, the duration is far too brief. It barely lasts the length of a decent fagging session. If they could incorporate fewer pedestrian advertisements for mattress companies and perhaps more commentary on the Eton Wall Game, it would be much improved. All in all, a jolly good effort. It receives three out of five crests from me. Now, if you’ll excuse me, the captain of boats is threatening to give me a thorough thrashing if I am late for Latin verse. Well, there we go folks, YOU decide! Review: Utter dross - Utter dross served up by a sniggering, middle aged public schoolboy.