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by Robin Allender

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Episode 26: Jake Crawford (unpeople)

October 9, 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

This month I'm talking to Jake Crawford, singer and guitarist with the fantastic alternative metal band unpeople. unpeople's debut album, we are unpeople, is released today (9 October 2026), so please check it out! It's a brilliantly…
Episode 25: Anwen Crawford

September 17, 2026 · 1 hr 0 min

This month on The Allender Calendar I'm talking to the writer and visual artist Anwen Crawford. I met Anwen when she guested on The Clientele Podcast a few years ago and we stayed in touch. Anwen has such a precise and vivid way of…
Episode 24: Simon Reynolds

August 17, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min

This month on The Allender Calendar I'm delighted to be joined by the music journalist Simon Reynolds to discuss his new book Still in a Dream: Shoegaze, Slackers and the Reinvention of Rock, 1984–1994. Simon has previously written about…
Episode 23 (Part 2): Cass McCombs's Wit's End with William Doyle

July 16, 2026 · 1 hr 7 min

In part two of my interview with William Doyle about Cass McCombs's Wit's End, we go through the album song-by-song. We even get the guitars out to play along. If you want to support the podcast, you can buy me a coffee…
Episode 23 (Part 1): Cass McCombs's Wit's End with William Doyle

July 16, 2026 · 50 min

This month on The Allender Calendar, it's a two-part special as I (Robin Allender) talk to the musician William Doyle about Cass McCombs's beautifully morbid 2011 album, Wit's End. In the first part, we discuss Cass's extraordinary lyrics…

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Episode 22: Guillermo Stitch's The Coast of Everything with David Collard

June 16, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

Happy Bloomsday! This month I'm delighted to welcome back writer and top-tier Joycean David Collard to celebrate the publication (on 16 June, no less) of Guillermo Stitch's dazzling new novel The Coast of Everything. Guillermo Stitch's…
Episode 21: John Robins

May 8, 2026 · 1 hr 22 min

This month on The Allender Calendar I’m talking to comedian, broadcaster, and very good friend John Robins about his book Thirst: Twelve Drinks That Changed My Life. It's a beautifully written account of alcoholism and recovery – candid…
Episode 20: Simon Love

April 20, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

This month on the pod I'm joined by London-based Cardiff-born musician Simon Love! Simon is a superb songwriter with excellent pop smarts, an innate feeling for hooks, and a gift for Ray Davies-esque scene-setting. His lyrics are often…
Episode 19: Julia Jacklin's Crushing with Celya AB

March 16, 2026 · 1 hr 4 min

This month on The Allender Calendar I'm talking to the fantastic stand-up comedian Celya AB about Crushing, the 2019 album by Julia Jacklin. We had a great chat about music in general, and vulnerability in performance, specifically…
Episode 18: Wendy Erskine

February 16, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

This month on The Allender Calendar I chat to the Northern Irish writer Wendy Erskine about her 2025 novel The Benefactors. The novel's central incident is the sexual assault of a teenage girl, Misty, at a party. The novel follows Misty…
Episode 17: Ben Pester

January 16, 2026 · 1 hr 11 min

This month on The Allender Calendar, I'm chatting to the author Ben Pester about his debut novel The Expansion Project. Part corporate satire, part Lynchian dreamscape, The Expansion Project explores loss, parenthood, grief, and the ways…
Episode 16: Pierre Novellie

December 18, 2025 · 1 hr 9 min

This month on The Allender Calendar I'm joined by the comedian Pierre Novellie to discuss his 2024 book Why Can't I Just Enjoy Things?: A Comedian's Guide to Autism. It's a brilliant, and very funny, book which taught me so much about the…

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About the show

A monthly podcast in which Robin Allender talks to writers, musicians and performers about their work and inspirations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.