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Everything We Do is Music: Elizabeth Alker in conversation with Huw Stephens
September 25, 2026 · 32 minThe worlds of pop and rock owe a much greater debt to the classical canon than we realise. A direct and fascinating lineage draws from the experimentalism of Pierre Henry to The Beatles’ Tomorrow Never Knows, from Stockhausen to Donna…
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Josie Long & Stewart Lee
September 25, 2026 · 31 minTwo of our comedy heroes putting the world to rights? Oh, go on then. Stew and Josie talk political activism in comedy, and pessimism of the intellect vs optimism of the will. How does one engage revolutionary optimism, and when did…
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How to Kill a Language: Sophia Smith Galer in conversation
September 23, 2026 · 40 minPower, resistance, and the race to save our world. By the end of this century half of the world's 7000 languages will be gone. Killed by war, climate breakdown, migration, nationalism, or neglect - and losing with it the vital knowledge…
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Horsegirl, My New Band Believe, Dermot Henry, Casual Smart, Dolly Trolley & Repair Cafe Wales
September 22, 2026 · 28 minCameron Picton is the former black midi guitarist and bassist and his new project, My New Band Believe, has hit upon a sound that could have taken multiple albums to establish. The debut album released in April is urgent and jangly, almost…
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Bless Me Father: Kevin Rowland (Dexys Midnight Runners) in conversation with Sophie Williams
September 20, 2026 · 34 minIn his astonishing and subversive memoir, Bless Me Father, Kevin Rowland lays bare his unvarnished life story for the very first time. From the juvenile courts of his troubled teenage years to the early days of the New Romantic scene in…
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tall child, Cyn Cwsg, Kiosk
September 20, 2026 · 17 minGreen Man Rising winner tall child — aka London-based Nigerian-Indian songwriter Zha Gandhi and their band — melds intense, stormy emotion and grungy riffs with sweet melody and happy-go-lucky indie jangle, to irresistible effect. The name…
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International Velvet: Neil Collins in conversation | Richard Russell of XL Recordings in conversation
September 18, 2026 · 36 minTwo tremendous talks to set your mind whirring. “Every day when I wake up, I thank the Lord I’m Welsh…” If the story of Wales in the ‘90s was a movie plot, it would all seem so far-fetched. Thankfully, it was all true. Featuring fresh…
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The Beta Band & Pictish Trail
September 15, 2026 · 14 minThey say "never meet your heroes," but here at the Green Man Podcast we can't pass up an opportunity to make dreams come true. So when Johnny Lynch aka Pictish Trail told us he's a HUGE fan of The Beta Band (his words, "probably the most…