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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SPARKS ON BIGMOUTH: A bonus mini-cast
This studio ain’t big enough for the both of them… SPARKS brothers Ron and Russell Mael visit the Bigmouth bunker where they talk to Andrew Harrison and Eamonn Forde about their 45 years as pop’s least predictable duo. How did new album ‘Hippopotamus’ ...
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Podcast #66: Sky Arts on acid house, Elvis and ...
This week on the pop culture podcast for thinking layabouts: Would pop have turned out different if Elvis had never met Col. Tom Parker? Can Sky Arts bring a new angle to the genesis of house music? Is The War On Drugs’ new album any good? Special gues...
59 min
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Podcast #65: Summer LP round-up with Beatles, J...
The smart pop culture podcast is on its hols for a couple of weeks, so tide yourself over with some of our most fun music talk from the summer. Our guests look at new talents Jane Weaver and Noga Erez plus reissues of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s’ and ‘OK Computer’ ...
36 min
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Podcast #64: Arcade Fire, Black Grape, The Fall...
This week on the pop culture podcast for thinking time wasters… Are ARCADE FIRE suffering from a profundity overdose? The BLACK GRAPE album that nobody expected. And have THE FALL made their LP again, or something different? Special guests JUDE ROGERS ...
59 min
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Podcast #63: Game Of Thrones S7, Goldie, more s...
Winter is here… well, that's the British summer for you. Special guests JAMIE EAST of Thronecast/Virgin Radio and ANNA FIELDING of Emerald Street/Stylist join Matt and Andrew to talk about the penultimate series of television’s most brutal fantasy...
57 min
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Podcast #62: Summer tunes special – 99 problems...
On this week’s sun-baked special, guests JULIA RAESIDE and MICHAEL HANN join Andrew and Matt with ideas of what to play (and read) on your summer hols. Who will choose latin electro, who thinks metal goes well with Ambre Solaire, and will customs see o...
57 min
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Podcast #61: Spider-Man Homecoming, goths, Morr...
Special guests KATIE PUCKRIK from the telly and novelist-journo-metal-fiend JASON ARNOPP join us for an epic-length pop culture natterfest. This week: Katie’s adventures in smells, Jason’s making a movie with Ron Howard, Peter Capaldi’s exit report as ...
69 min
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Podcast #60: Prince’s Purple Rain, GLOW, Public...
It’s Wales vs Northern Ireland on the smart pop culture podcast this week, as we welcome special guests SaIi Hughes and Eamonn Forde. We look on in awe as the vaults of unreleased Prince tunes creak open, Sali reconnects with her Welsh roots on Public ...
48 min
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Podcast #59: Live at Glastonbury Special
In a possibly unwise podcasting experiment, Andrew talks to friends of Bigmouth old and new in the shadow of the Pyramid Stage. Who was great this year? Who wasn’t? What does “charging the robot” mean and which song titles will the participants get wro...
51 min
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Podcast #58: Radiohead’s ‘OK Computer’ revisite...
What’s in the new version of ‘OK Computer’ and is it still the greatest album of all time, ever in history? Is the new album by leather-lunged LGBT belter Beth Ditto any good, and how about the latest cinematic incarnation of Winston Churchill? We sort...
47 min
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Podcast #57: Billy Bragg’s skiffle book, space ...
Billy Bragg’s new book reckons that skiffle was the original punk DIY explosion – is he right? Can you enjoy an album by a desperately ill star who has to be coaxed through the recording? And why did cosmic synth music sell so well in health food shops...
48 min
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Podcast #56: ‘Handmaid’s Tale’, Noga Erez, Ciga...
They’ve made us an Offred we can’t refuse… On the smart pop culture podcast this week, we review C4’s ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, look at new albums by Israeli sound-mangler Noga Erez and ambient pop newcomers Cigarettes After Sex, and ask why political pop...
49 min
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Podcast #55: Twin Peaks returns, Sgt. Pepper de...
This week on the smart pop culture talk show: Is Twin Peaks the weirdness we need right now? What’s in the ‘Sgt. Pepper’ tape cupboard for non-Beatlemaniacs? And can Saint Etienne’s ‘Home Counties’ mythologise the last mysterious region of England? Spe...
44 min
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Podcast #54: Are rock stars over? Radiophonic W...
Is the Age of the Rock Star finished? David Hepworth’s new book reckons so. We argue the toss with this week’s special guests DJ Justin Robertson and actor-comedian Wendy Wason. Plus: the first Radiophonic Workshop album in 32 years, BBC4’s new epic do...
46 min
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Podcast #53: Paul Weller, Jane Weaver, C4’s Chi...
On this week’s show Rebecca Nicholson and Stevie Chick join Andrew and Matt to talk about new albums from Paul Weller and Jane Weaver, and check out All 4’s dance music documentary ‘I Was There When House Took Over The World’. Plus Michael Moran stops ...
48 min
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Podcast #52: The year so far with The xx, Storm...
A special round-up of 2017’s best releases so far: Sleaford Mods, Stormzy, The xx, Run The Jewels and Flaming Lips. Special guests Zoë Howe, Andrew Male, Mark Hooper, Siân Pattenden and Andy Miller weigh in. Click to listen. And don't forget you c...
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Podcast #51: Blondie, Gorillaz, ‘Guardians Of T...
Is Blondie’s new album ‘Pollinator’ a top buzz and is Deborah Harry still queen bee? Can Gorillaz exorcise Damon’s demons? And is Marvel’s soft-rock space opera fit for a second outing? Special guests Travis Elborough and Polly Birkbeck, plus special c...
50 min
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Podcast #50: ‘Doctor Who’ series 10, Sky’s ‘Gue...
It’s our first birthday! Special guests are best-selling author and ‘Doctor Who’ geek Jenny Colgan (writer of ‘Who’ spin-offs and beach romances) plus our grime and dubstep correspondent Joe Muggs. Is Bill a good fit for the Tardis? Is Idris Elba too t...
44 min
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Podcast #49: Father John Misty, Jack Whitehall'...
This week on the smart people’s pop culture podcast… Father John Misty – genius, dick, or a bit of both? Will comedian Simon Amstell’s sci-fi vegan mockumentary ‘Carnage’ put Andrew off his sausage sandwich? And why can’t we stop watching toff porn lik...
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Podcast #48: One flew over David Tennant’s nest...
This week on the smart pop culture podcast: David Tennant plays “acid Marxist” psychotherapist RD Laing in ‘Mad To Be Normal’. Marvel Comics’ have a Gerald Ratner moment regarding non-white-male superheroes. Future Islands’ oddball synthpop. And, is it...
45 min
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Podcast #47: Art! Sex! Music! Cosey Fanni Tutti...
This week: Our special guests Jude Rogers of The Guardian and Ian Gittins tackle ART SEX MUSIC – the astonishing new autobiography of Throbbing Gristle's Cosey Fanni Tutti – plus new albums from Goldfrapp and British Sea Power and more. Click to l...
42 min
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Podcast #46: ‘Free Fire’ movie, Jesus And Mary ...
Special guests Michael Hogan (Guardian and Telegraph) and Siân Pattenden join Andrew and Matt to look at Ben Wheatley’s gun-crazy new movie ‘Free Fire’, the first new Jesus And Mary Chain album in 19 years, and BBC2’s dark comedy series ‘Inside No.9’....
47 min
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Podcast #45: Bee Gees, Marvel’s Iron Fist, Anoh...
We expose our chest hair to salute the glory of The BEE GEES – who made their first British recordings exactly 50 years ago – and step warily into the dojo with MARVEL’S IRON FIST, new on Netflix. Plus guests Peter Paphides and The Guardian's Mich...
44 min
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Podcast #44: Laura Marling, BBC4 on the 90s, Th...
Dude, where's my country? Guests Laura Barton (The Guardian, R4) and Andrew Mueller (Monocle, Melody Maker) join Andrew and Matt to dissect Laura Marling’s new album, marvel at the baffling success of The Shires, and look at the last episode of BB...
42 min
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Podcast #43: Sleaford Mods, Stormzy, BBC4 Scien...
Who's got the best handle on Modern Britain Today: the duo that Noel Gallagher compared to Viz Comic's Brown Bottle or grime don Stormzy? Can computers predict hit songs? And what are the most boring conversation topics in all pop? Special gu...
45 min