Bigmouth
Clever talk about pop culture.
Bigmouth is pop culture talk for discerning grown-ups. Music, TV, movies, books or something else entirely – we’ll enthuse, argue, squabble and pick over the bones of what’s happening in the world of the stuff we love.
Presented by WORD magazine veterans Andrew Harrison (ex-editor of Q, Select and Mixmag) and Siân “Stan” Pattenden, a graduate of the Smash Hits and Select Mag Schools of Excellence.
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Podcast #21 - Mercury Prize Preview Special
On this week’s smart pop culture podcast, the Mercury Prize: will it be Bowie, Kano, Radiohead, Bat For Lashes…? In a special edition our guests, writers Sîan Pattenden and Eamonn Forde of The Guardian, talk through the list and give our verdict on thi...
48 min
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Ep #20: ‘The Ramones’ turns 40, BBC zombie sitc...
This week on the smart pop culture podcast: Gabba gabba oh God, is it really 40 years of The Ramones? Did the BBC remake or ruin ‘Porridge' and ‘Are You Being Served?’ And should we nationalise pop music? Special guests are Andrew Male of Mojo and...
55 min
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Ep #19: Aliens at 30, Frank Ocean, The Get Down
On this week‘s smart pop culture podcast: Happy 30th Chestburstday to James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’ – plus Frank Ocean’s new album, ‘The Get Down’ on Netflix and our fantasy festival picks. Special guests this week are Luke Turner of The Quietus and Joe Mug...
50 min
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Ep #18 - Obama’s playlists, Gary Numan movie, a...
On this week's smart pop culture podcast: Obama's summer mixtape, the return of De La Soul, a surprisingly moving Gary Numan documentary, and more. Special guests are Esquire Magazine's Johnny Davis and Dorian Lynskey of The Guardian.
51 min
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Ep #17 - Music review special with Bat For Lash...
We're skiving off on our hols – so here’s some of our favourite music discussion from the last few months: Alexis Petridis and Sylvia Patterson on ABC, Michael Hogan and Hannah Verdier on Bat For Lashes, Kate Mossman on The Monkees… and the obliga...
45 min
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Ep #16 – Stranger Things, Wild Beasts’ sexy new...
On the thinking person’s pop culture podcast this week: Netflix’s fantastic ‘Stranger Things’, Wild Beasts’ new album, and has music gone ME-ME-ME mental in our new age of narcissistic pop? Special guests Laura Snapes and Michael Hann join Andrew and M...
48 min
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Ep #15 - Age Of Bowie book, superhero trailer t...
On this week’s smart pop culture podcast: Paul Morley’s book ‘The Age Of Bowie’… Luke Cage, Wonder Woman and the Marvel/DC trailer tsunami… Star Trek: Beyond… classic British psych rock, and more. Special guests are Dan ‘Harry Hill’ Maier and Michael ‘...
51 min
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Ep #14: Pink Floyd vs Mary Beard, Alan Vega, gr...
This week on the smart pop culture podcast, special guests Laura Barton of The Guardian and Robin Turner of Caught By The River join Matt and Andrew. On the agenda: Laura goes up Pompeii with David Gilmour and Mary Beard, the legacy of Alan Vega, the j...
48 min
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Ep #13: Top Of The Pops from beyond the grave, ...
Can it really be ten years since the very last Top Of The Pops? Could it ever come back? We ask this week's special guests Simon Price and David Stubbs – and get their tales from life at their alma mater, the Melody Maker paper. Also, is The Avala...
49 min
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Ep #12 - Caroline Aherne, Judge Dredd uncensore...
On this week’s smart pop culture podcast: #CarolineAherne remembered, #MirandaSawyer on her new book #OutOfTime about the changing nature of middle age, #EamonnForde on Apple buying streaming minnow Tidal, and we rediscover a classic #JudgeDredd com...
46 min
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Ep #11 - Game Of Thrones S6 wrap-up, Glasto was...
Andrew Collins and Sarah Bee join Andrew and Matt in the studio to discuss the sixth season of #GameOfThrones and wonder who'll be left standing when the epic finally draws to a close in two seasons' time. Andrew reports back from #Glastonbu...
50 min
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Bigmouth Ep #10 - Bat For Lashes, great TV you'...
This week top TV journos Hannah Verdier and Michael Hogan join the smart pop culture podcast to tell us – literally – what we're missing. Also, Bat For Lashes' new album 'The Bride', the attack on the #Radiohead playback in Istanbul...
51 min
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Bigmouth Ep #9 - Grace Jones, Glastonbury squab...
This week on the smart pop culture podcast, Andrew and Matt are joined by music writers Justin Quirk and Sîan Pattenden. Our topics: why are no musicians engaging with the Euro Referendum? Is Grace Jones the best pop star ever? And why do people get an...
46 min
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Bigmouth #8 - Ali and hip hop, C87 indie and T...
Is Muhammad Ali the grandfather of hip hop? How did we get from winsome C86 indie to today’s lairy guitar pop? And are our dads reponsible for our musical taste? Special guests Laura Snapes and Ted Kessler – author of new book ‘My Old Man’ – join Andr...
45 min
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Bigmouth Ep #7 - The Monkees, Top Gear and Moby...
This week on the smart pop culture podcast: Should UKIP and Donald Trump stop pinching beloved songs for their campaigns? Are Moby’s autobiography and the first Monkees album in 20 years any good? The new ‘Top Gear’: decent refurb or candidate for the ...
50 min
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Bigmouth #6 - EoDM, The Return of ABC, Dexys &...
This week on the smart pop culture podcast: Should Eagles Of Death Metal be kicked off festivals because of their singer’s politics? Comeback albums from Dexys, ABC and S’Express. And legendary Smash Hits writer Sylvia Patterson talks us through ‘I’m N...
47 min
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Bigmouth Ep #5 - Retro Special: 90's music, Tra...
Special guests Dev Sherlock of music blog digest The Hype Machine and music writer Arwa Haider join Andrew and Matt for another edition of the smart pop culture podcast. This week: What’s set off this sudden 90s revival, with the returns of Richard Ash...
47 min
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Bigmouth Ep #4 - Dylan, Lush and Mercury Prize ...
On the show this week Eamonn Forde and James Medd join Andrew & Matt in the studio to discuss the 50th anniversary of #blondeonblonde, review the return of Lush, 'the shoegazing ABBA', and peer into Eamonn's big bag of terrible showb...
46 min
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Bigmouth Ep #3 - Radiohead, Paul McCartney and ...
This week we talk #radiohead, #beatles, a new @paulmccartney book and the bands you should like but don't. With @michaelmoran and #pauldunoyer.
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Bigmouth Ep #2 - Captain America Civil War, Pri...
Bigmouth talks #CaptainAmericaCivilWar, #prince #jonathanpie and #GameOfThrones with @JoeMuggs and @Sarahcrbee
60 min
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Bigmouth Ep #1 - Game Of Thrones, Record Store ...
Andrew Collins & Jude Rogers join Andrew Harrison in the studio to discuss #GameOfThrones, #RSD2016, the enduring appeal of #sandydenny, and career ending LP's
51 min