Podcasts by The Lauren Laverne Podcast

Tom Allen&Mae Martin from 2020-03-13T13:31

Comedian Tom Allen drops by to talk about his involvement in this year’s Sport Relief. Mae Martin joins us to talk about her new Channel 4 show, Feel Good. A six-part semi-autobiographical comed...

Simon Pegg and Sleater-Kinney from 2020-02-28T11:58

Simon Pegg joins to talk about his new film Lost Transmissions and Sleater-Kinney drops by to talk about the legacy of Riot Grrrl, playing live for 25 years, and working with St Vincent on their...

Elisabeth Moss and Steve Coogan from 2020-02-21T12:43

Mark Radcliffe in for Lauren Laverne this week.

Steve Coogan drops by to chat about his brand new film Greed, directed by frequent collaborator Michael Winterbottom, and Elisabeth Moss joi...

Tim Burgess from 2020-02-14T12:11

Tim Burgess drops by to chat about his new album I Love The New Sky, his joy at signing to Bella Union and reflects on nearly 30 years of the Charlatans.

In the Maths of Life, Dr Hannah Fr...

Marian Keyes and Johnny Flynn from 2020-02-07T11:59

On the podcast this week, actor and musician Johnny Flynn drops by to talk about his role in the latest adaptation of the Jane Austen classic, Emma.

Ireland's bestselling living author, Ma...

Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton from 2020-01-31T11:36

On the podcast this week, Reece Shearsmith & Steve Pemberton join me to talk about the return of BBC Two’s black comedy, Inside No.9

In the Maths of Life, Dr Hannah Fry gets very mind ...

Pet Shop Boys from 2020-01-24T11:51

To mark the release of their 14th studio album, Hotspot - Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe drops by to talk new music, and their forthcoming Dreamworld Greatest Hits Live tour.

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Daniel Radcliffe and Alan Cumming from 2020-01-17T11:45

This week on the podcast, Daniel Radcliffe and Alan Cumming drop by to chat about their starring roles in Samuel Beckett’s Endgame and Rough For Theatre II – which begins at the Old Vic at the e...

Robert Carlyle from 2020-01-10T13:12

This week on the podcast, Robert Carlyle drops by to talk about his new drama series COBRA, which despite Robert’s suspicions is not about a snake. In the Maths of Life, Dr Hannah Fry explains h...

Mackenzie Crook and Tim Key from 2019-12-20T13:06

This week on the podcast, Mackenzie Crook drops by to chat about writing, directing and starring as Worzel Gummidge in the new BBC One adaptation, airing this Christmas.

Tim Key brings jo...

Sir Lenny Henry and Stewart Copeland from 2019-12-13T13:15

Plus House Music, this week's Watchlist and the Maths of Life.

Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Simon Raymonde of Bella Union from 2019-12-06T12:03

Multi award winning actor and writer Phoebe Waller-Bridge drops by to chat about new book, Fleabag - The Scriptures, which is the ultimate companion to the hit BBC series. She also tells us what...

Kevin Parker and David Morrissey from 2019-11-29T11:12

Plus more pop gloriousness in House Music, this week's Watchlist and the Maths of Life.

Edward Norton and George The Poet from 2019-11-22T12:03

Edward Norton drops by to talk about his latest cop drama, Motherless Brooklyn and the brilliant George The Poet joins me to chat about Chapter 2 of his hit series, Have You Heard George’s Podca...

Karl Hyde and Alison Goldfrapp from 2019-11-15T14:02

Underworld’s Karl Hyde joins me to talk about their latest project, the Drift Series 1. It concluded their 52-week Drift multimedia project that began in November 2018 where they released music,...

Emilio Estevez, Nicole Avant and Noel Fielding from 2019-11-08T13:08

This week on the podcast, actor and director Emilio Estevez talks about his new film The Public, a drama set in a Cincinnati library that escalates quickly.

Nicole Avant chats about The Bl...

Wendell Pierce, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Dawn O’Porter from 2019-11-01T11:55

This week on the podcast, star of screen and stage, Wendell Pierce joins me to chat about his second run as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman.

Astrophysicist, author and ...

Jane Krakowski and Ken Loach from 2019-10-25T10:56

This week on the podcast, Jane Krakowski, who you’ll probably know from 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, dropped by to chat with Stuart about her new comedy series Dickinson - the Emily Di...

Zadie Smith and Ross Noble from 2019-10-18T12:22

This week on the podcast, novelist and essayist Zadie Smith joins us to chat about her new book of short stories Grand Union.

Comedian Ross Noble drops by to chat about his new stand-up to...

Paul Rudd, Aisling Bea, Sienna Miller and Kate Tempest from 2019-10-11T13:07

This week on the podcast, Paul Rudd and Aisling Bea join us to talk about their new Netflix series Living With Yourself.

Kate Tempest drops by to chat about her upcoming UK tour. Sienna M...

Renee Zellweger, Norman Jay MBE and Sophie Dahl from 2019-10-04T12:22

This week on the podcast, Renee Zellweger joins us to chat about playing Judy Garland in the new biopic, Judy which is out this week.

Norman Jay MBE drops by to chat about his new memoir, ...

HAIM and Katy Brand from 2019-09-27T12:04

This week on the podcast, HAIM joins us to chat about their latest single Summer Girl and striking an unlikely friendship with filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.

Katy Brand also drops by to c...

Kid Creole from 2019-09-20T10:20

On the podcast this week, Kid Creole chats about his musical influences growing up, being a firm fixture at Studio 54 and working with both of his sons on his brand new single, Checkin' My Colon...

Mark Strong, Eno Williams of Ibibio Sound Machine and Oliver Jeffers from 2019-09-13T12:53

This week on the podcast, Mark Strong drops by to chat about new Sky One drama Temple

Eno Williams of Ibibio Sound Machine joins me to talk about latest album Doko Mien and the band's fort...

Iggy Pop, Little Simz and Ashley Walters from 2019-09-06T11:20

This week on the podcast, Iggy pop talks about his brand new album and why he chose to name it 'Free' Little Simz and Ashley Walters drop by to chat about the hotly anticipated return of Top B...

Anna Calvi, Sara Pascoe and Peter Webber from 2019-08-30T11:14

Mercury Prize-nominated Anna Calvi joins me to talk about scoring the latest series of Peaky Blinders.

Director Peter Webber tells us about his latest film, the reggae documentary Inna De ...

This Week's Watchlist and The Maths of Life from 2019-08-23T12:45

Rhianna Dhillon reviews Kathy Burke’s new TV show ‘All Woman’, the Seth Rogen comedy ‘Good Boys’ and Netflix docudrama ‘The Family’.

In the Maths of Life, Dr. Hannah Fry explains how you c...

This Week’s Watchlist and The Maths of Life from 2019-08-16T11:56

On the podcast this week, Rhianna Dhillon reviews Channel 4 comedy This Way Up, new Tarantino film Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, and the new series of female wrestling drama, Glow on Netflix. Listen

Soulwax from 2019-08-09T11:11

David and Stephen Dewaele of Soulwax, chat about their Despacio soundsystem at the Nile Rodgers curated Meltdown Festival.

Rhianna Dhillon reviews new film Animals, which looks into the co...

Chrissie Hynde from 2019-08-02T12:38

Chrissie Hynde chats to Mark Radcliffe about her new album ‘Valve Bone Woe’.

Plus Rhianna Dhillon reviews channel 4’s Female Led Anthology series 'I Am… Nicola, Kirsty, Hannah', the new H...

DJ Shadow and The Maths Of Life from 2019-07-26T13:41

DJ Shadow chats to Nemone about his new collaboration with De La Soul and his new album. Plus Dr Hannah Fry explains the algorithms that decide what we like and why some singers are more success...

John Malkovich from 2019-07-19T11:40

On the podcast this week, Rhianna Dhillon reviews dark comedy A Simple Favour on Netflix, the fifth and final series of Poldark on BBC and documentary The Brink.

There’s the Maths of Life ...

Gruff Rhys and David Nicholls from 2019-07-12T11:08

Rhianna Dhillon reviews the psychological thriller Midsommar , new BBC wildlife show Serengeti and the return of Stranger Things on Netflix. Gruff Rhys joins us to talk about his brand new album...

Live from Glastonbury special from 2019-07-05T11:03

Last weekend we were live from Worthy Farm, and went on a big walk across the site, picking up some friends along the way. We were joined by Slowthai, Kate Tempest, Johnny Marr and Sharon Van E...

Brittany Howard and Fatboy Slim from 2019-06-28T09:30

On the podcast, Brittany Howard chats about her new single, 'History Repeats' and forthcoming album, 'Jamie'. Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim drops by to talk about his new project, 'Ibiza: The Sile...

Karen O and Michael Kiwanuka from 2019-06-21T12:42

On the podcast, Richard Curtis and Himesh Patel talk about their new film Yesterday, which is set in a world where the Beatles next existed. Karen O drops by to chat about her latest collaborati...

Matt Berry from 2019-06-14T10:44

On the podcast this week, Matt Berry joins to talk about his new Victorian police comedy, Year of the Rabbit.

In This Week’s Watchlist, Rhianna Dhillon chats about the hotly anticipated re...

The Maths of Life and This Week’s Watchlist from 2019-06-07T11:32

Professor Sophie Scott looks into how we're affected by smell, and asks the profound question - how do we know where we are?

In This Week’s Watchlist, Rhianna Dhillon reviews high school ...

Live From Worthy Farm from 2019-05-31T16:10

This week we were invited down by Michael and Emily Eavis to see how things are going ahead of this year’s Glastonbury, which is returning after a fallow year in 2018.

Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend from 2019-05-24T16:26

Ezra Koenig of Vampire Weekend joins for a chat to talk about latest album, Father of the Bride. Rhianna Dhillon reviews the nineties rave film Beats, dystopian drama Years & Years and Netfl...

Bill Nighy and Jarvis Cocker from 2019-05-17T10:41

Bill Nighy chats about his new film Sometimes Always Never, which is also the directional debut of Carl Hunter from The Farm. Jarvis Cocker chats about his his brand new track Must I Evolve, whi...

Wu-Tang Clan, Jessie Buckley, Joe Boyd from 2019-05-10T11:48

RZA and Cappadonna from Wu-Tang Clan chat about their upcoming Gods of Rap tour with Public Enemy and De La Soul.

Jessie Buckley, star of Wild Rose tells us all about that film, plus her n...

Stephen Graham from 2019-05-03T10:59

In the Maths of Life, Prof. Sophie Scott looks into why we can’t tickle ourselves, and why we laugh in the first place. On This Week’s Watchlist, Rhianna Dhillon reviews new Beyoncé documentary ...

Eddie Piller of Acid Jazz Records from 2019-04-26T10:44

In the Maths of Life, Prof. Sophie Scott looks into nonverbal communication in faces and emotion, and asks why men and women sound different. Eddie Piller of Acid Jazz Records joins for a very s...

Anne Hathaway from 2019-04-19T12:33

Anne Hathaway chats about her new film The Hustle, the remake of the Dirty Rotten Scoundrel classic. In This Week’s Watchlist, Rhianna Dhillon reviews Unicorn Store and Wild Rose, as well as loo...

This Week’s Watchlist, 6 Musings and House Music from 2019-04-12T11:21

In This Week’s Watchlist, Rhianna Dhillon reviews the new film Happy As Lazzaro, action drama Hanna, and the latest Joe Lycett vehicle, Joe Lycett's Got Your Back. We get in the Record Store Day...

This Week’s Watchlist and Maths of Life from 2019-04-05T10:30

Rhianna Dhillon reviews the Vincent van Gogh biopic At Eternity's Gate, BBC Two series Pose which is all about ball culture in eighties New York, and the return of Jane the Virgin on Netflix. In...

Jessica Hynes from 2019-03-29T11:20

Rhianna Dhillon reviews new film Minding the Gap, period drama Victoria on TV, and the new series of Queer Eye. In The Maths of Life Dr Hannah Fry brings you one weird tip about pub tables, and ...

Vicky McClure and Martin Compston from 2019-03-22T11:17

In This Week's Watchlist Julia Raeside previews the new horror film Us, written and directed by Jordan Peele – she also reviews the new series of The OA and comedy, Home. In The Maths of Life, D...

Lupita Nyong'o and Simon Amstell from 2019-03-15T11:59

Rhianna Dhillon reviews new film ‘Captain Marvel’, Ricky Gervais’ latest Netflix endeavour ‘After Life’ and the return of ‘Derry Girls’. In The Maths of Life Dr Hannah Fry gets into big money ma...

Stephen Merchant&Nick Frost, Tim Key, The Cinematic Orchestra and Little Simz from 2019-03-01T13:11

Rhianna Dhillon reviews the best in TV and streaming in ‘This Week’s Watchlist’. In ‘The Maths Of Life’ Dr Hannah Fry tells us how we can use game theory to keep the kids in line, and Tim Key ge...

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Keira Knightley from 2019-02-22T11:21

Rhianna Dhillon reviews Joe Cornish's latest film ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ Netflix's ‘The Umbrella Academy’ and the new TV show ‘Traitors’. Dr Hannah Fry tells us how to win massively in mono...

Maths of Life and This Week’s Watchlist from 2019-02-15T11:12

On This Week's Watchlist, Rhianna Dhillon brings us the lowdown on last week’s BAFTA Awards and she reviews the new David Bowie Documentary ‘Finding Fame, Netflix’s Big Mouth Valentine Special’ ...

Spike Lee, Ellen Page, Tracey Thorn and Joe Cornish from 2019-02-08T13:20

On this week’s podcast, Rhianna Dhillon will be telling you what’s worth watching across all the media, and Dr Hannah Fry gets into pedometers on cows in The Maths Of Life. Director and friend o...

Rosamund Pike&Jamie Dornan, Neneh Cherry, Billy Zane from 2019-02-01T12:12

Dr Hannah Fry talks internet fakery and tells us why machines that sound like music make us laugh, Rhianna Dillion tells us what we should be watching - from the ‘Fyre Festival’ documentary to n...

Dr Hannah Fry and the Watchlist with Rhianna Dhillon from 2019-01-25T11:16

Dr Hannah Fry breaks down romance through numbers, and tells us the maths behind your dating website profile picture. Plus, Rhianna Dhillon tells us exactly what we should be watching on streami...

Dr Hannah Fry and Films&TV with Rhianna Dhillon from 2019-01-18T14:53

Dr Hannah Fry talks all things nerds and geeks and give the ultimate rock paper scissors strategy. Rhianna Dhillion reviews Keira Knightley’s performance in the film Colette, and latest TV adapt...

Sharon Horgan&Rob Delaney, Steve Coogan and Dr Hannah Fry from 2019-01-11T12:13

This week Dr Hannah Fry gets into why your favourite chocolate is shrinking, and the unexpected history of golden syrup. Sharon Horgan & Rob Delaney chat about the new series of their hit sh...