101 Part Time Jobs is the interviews podcast that unearths the graft and resilience in a demanding time for artists. Giles Bidder interviews guests about the gumption and work ethic that drives them to create, defying the odds of an ever-changing industry to ensure that the show can go on. Guests have included IDLES, KNEECAP, Blossoms, Denzel Curry, Self Esteem, Tim Heidecker, The Last Dinner Party, Lauren Mayberry, Crowded House, English Teacher & many more.
Latest episodes
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17 min
Stop & Chat: Sadurn
Go and listen to Sadurn's new album The Underworld for some sad magic. Genevieve and Jon join us on early days in Philadelphia DIY circles, the perfect job and accidentally destroy…
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29 min
Bella Poarch - "It was joining the military or running away from home"
Before Bella Poarch released her satisfyingly shapeshifting alt-pop album Picnic at the Cemetery, she had joined the navy as a way to escape her strict childhood. She tells us abou…
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15 min
Stop & Chat: Friko
There's an out of reach desperation in Friko's new record Something Worth Waiting For. Niko Kapetan talks about being a lifer songwriter, odd jobs replenishing vending machines and…
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42 min
The Avalanches - "It's been a battle to come back"
Robbie and Tony dive into their rise, fall and rise again. After the initial deserved hype of their 2000 debut Since I Left You, the Australian spent 16 years getting their second…
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23 min
Stop & Chat: Strawberry Guy
Alex's new album Give Me A Dream is an absolute gem, you should definitely be listening to it on 23 October. He tells us about doing a comedy bit with Paul McCartney, before snubbi…
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51 min
Dan Tiernan - "I've had my phone nicked on the same day three years in a row"
With a new show about the healing power of crystals, comic Dan Tiernan takes us through his short-lived time as a magician, how his dyspraxia (and ADHD) meant he wasn't the most su…
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30 min
Jack Shep - "SNL UK meant I left football coaching"
SNL UK's Jack Shep on how he got his break on Big Boys, but went to the wrong place on his first day on set, working on weekends, behind the bar and his football job he left earlie…
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24 min
Stop & Chat: Love Spells
Taegen C'aion Harris has released a killer groovy record in Love Is The Law, but before their sparkling career they were homeless in Houston, working at a tanning salon and getting…
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27 min
End of the Road Festival: Molly McGuinness and big long sun
On Friday morning at this year's End of the Road festival, we heard from comedian Molly McGuinness and excellent band big long sun (stylised as such!) about working at CeX, TopMan…
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26 min
Stop & Chat: Polhawan
Another incredible new find out on Breakfast Records (Getdown Services, Mumble Tide, The Cindys) is Polhawan. Tim tells us about working with young people in music, the summer they…
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51 min
Johnny Marr - "I wrote songs to solve my problems"
Sign up to our newsletter to win a Johnny Marr signed The Age of Everything LP : https://www.101ptj.fyi/ The world's most influential guitarist joins today on wearing eyeliner to h…
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24 min
Stop & Chat: Sorcha Richardson
Sorcha Richardson's Draw The Outline is an album you need on your radar. She tells about early years discovering her voice, working at record labels, a chance advert sync and her s…
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37 min
C.O.F.F.I.N. - "Don't underestimate your ability to have an affect"
While over for their London documentary screening, the Manly-Australia band joined on starting as teenagers and booking local shows, developing an understanding on how to operate a…
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23 min
Stop & Chat: corto.alto
Liam Shortall, who's just released his mind melting new record Some Small Fortune, joins on going to music university at 16, playing in wedding bands and his parents running his me…
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45 min
Interpol - "There's a magic that happens between us"
Interpol's Paul Banks and Daniel Kessler on the alchemy behind the band, making the tectonically powerful new record This Mirror Weighs A Ton with established pop producer Andrew W…
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27 min
Stop & Chat: Le Ren
If you're into timeless Americana folk, you gotta listen to Le Ren's new album Don't Be Funny Without Me - out tomorrow. Lauren joins us on playing to her 90-year-olds grandparents…
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41 min
Brian Fallon - "I'm happy for the first time ever"
Brian Fallon is back, baby. Not Bad For New Jersey, out 10 September, is his best batch of songs in years. He wears the same cologne as Blink 182's Travis Barker. He's down with th…
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46 min
The Tubs - "My songs do a hatchet job on myself"
If you don't yet know The Tubs - get quick now on the train the jangletown. Owen Williams joins on how he confronts intrusive thoughts with songwriting, the hundreds of hours he's…
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27 min
Stop & Chat: Man/Woman/Chainsaw
MWC have released an excellent and likely enduring debut record with Cannonball. Vera and one of the two Billys join us on being lockdown teenagers, being a six-piece band and work…
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25 min
Powerplant - "The suffering is the joy"
Theo Zhykharyev joins on doubling down on Powerplant and becoming an admin email demon, how he can't go back to his home country of Ukraine, living in a guardianship and the secret…