Adam talks with British writer, actor and comedian Jonny Sweet about class, shame, not feeling at home in your own skin and other themes in his debut novel The Kellerby Code, as well as how promoting a book encourages authors to make up a load of bullshit about the themes in their books. Adam and Jonny also swap news of ailments and an unsettling Shiatsu experience, and in the outro, Adam talks in a queasily sincere way about what the late Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson meant to him.

Conversations recorded in London on 12th November, 2024 and 29th April, 2025

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

Podcast illustration by Helen Green

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Adam talks with English author, actor and frontperson of seminal ska band The Selecter, Pauline Black about the early days of Two Tone, her experiences growing up feeling out of place as part of an adoptive family in Essex and how she came to be reunited with her biological mother.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in Coventry on 8th May, 2025

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

Podcast illustration by Helen Green

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Adam talks with British-Guyanese hip hop musician Loyle Carner about Mums, Dads, being a parent, kids' music, bear attacks, managing ADHD, unwelcome thoughts and the value (vs the potential danger) of hope.

Conversation recorded face-to-face in London on 12th May, 2025

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

Podcast illustration by Helen Green

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