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  • James Acaster on skateboarding

    October 23, 2026 · 34 min

    Comedian, experimental musician and traitor, James Acaster joins this week's episode of Talk The Line to share his fascination with skateboarding. This week James releases Star. A Verse and a Chorus – the debut from his new (but not…

  • La Roux on Frasier

    October 16, 2026 · 42 min

    It’s tossed salad and scrambled eggs time on Talk The Line this week as Elly Jackson - better known as La Roux - joins host Emmeline Armitage to explore her Frasier fandom.Jackson drops Old Flames, the fourth La Roux studio album - and her…

  • Stargazer host Iona Bielby on James McNeill Whistler

    October 9, 2026 · 34 min

    A rising force in the new era of interviewing, Iona Bielby is host of Stargazer, where her musical guests lie down side-by-side inside a homemade blanket fort decorated with fairy lights and paper-cut stars for candid and unscripted…

  • Skinshape on foraging

    October 2, 2026 · 33 min

    Under the name Skinshape, the incredibly prolific British songwriter, producer and former Palace bandmember William Dorey has crafted a sonic universe of sun-dappled, lo-fi dreamscapes across ten records but for this episode of Talk the…

  • Ellur on the Brontes

    September 25, 2026 · 38 min

    Halifax-born singer/songwriter Ella McNamara – better known as Ellur – reveals her fascination with fellow West Yorkshire writers and poets Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte. Ellur tours the UK throughout October with Antony Szmierek and…

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  • Baby Queen on South African birds

    September 18, 2026 · 31 min

    Singer and songwriter Bella Latham's childhood and adolescence in South Africa is the jumping off point for her discussion with host Emmeline Armitage for this episode of Talk The Line as Latham guides us through her memories of  avian…

  • Mykki Blanco on cafe culture

    September 11, 2026 · 29 min

    In Talk The Line, our resident artist and curious interviewer Emmeline Armitage speaks to brilliant people about their unusual fascinations and obsessions that sometimes lie far away from their day job as musicians, directors, comedians…

  • Hayden Thorpe on Orford Ness

    September 4, 2026 · 37 min

    In Talk The Line, our resident artist and curious interviewer Emmeline Armitage speaks to brilliant people about their unusual fascinations and obsessions that sometimes lie far away from their day job as musicians, directors, comedians…

  • Karan Kandhari on ancient Greece

    August 28, 2026 · 34 min

    In Talk The Line, our resident artist and curious interviewer Emmeline Armitage speaks to brilliant people about their unusual fascinations and obsessions that sometimes lie far away from their day job as musicians, directors, comedians…

  • TALK THE LINE returns

    August 24, 2026 · 1 min

    Back after a few years on hiatus, Talk The Line is back this week for its third season! A podcast about the beautiful detours that make a creative life interesting, our resident artist and curious interviewer Emmeline Armitage speaks to…

  • Beverly Glenn-Copeland on singing the day

    April 30, 2021 · 21 min

    Beverly Glenn-Copeland talks to Jen Long about how singing the day helps him through the pandemic. The reissue of Glenn-Copeland's 1986 masterpiece, Keyboard Fantasies is out now via Transgressive, marking the 35th anniversary of its…

  • Dodie on knitting

    April 23, 2021 · 24 min

    Dodie talks to Jen Long about how knitting helped her through the lockdowns. Her debut album Build A Problem is released on 7 May 2021.

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About the show

A deep dive into the beautiful detours that make a creative life interesting. Our resident artist and curious interviewer Emmeline speaks to brilliant people about their unusual fascinations and obsessions. Expect intimate discussions about everything from Roller Derby to Rachmaninoff with your beloved (or new favourite) musicians, writers, directors and change-makers.