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Latest episodes

• 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…

• 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…