THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST

EP.153 - KAZUO ISHIGURO

Adam talks with British writer Kazuo Ishiguro (Remains Of the Day, Never Let Me Go, The Buried Giant, Klara and the Sun) about sci-fi, artificial intelligence, the nature of emotions and whether an AI Rosie would be as good as the real thing.Recorded remotely on 7th December, 2020Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and Matt Lamont for conversation editing. Podcast artwork by <a href="https://helengreenillustration.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Helen Green</a>RELATED LINKS<a href="https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/get-involved/day-of-reflection" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DONATE TO MARIE CURIE</a><a href="https://www.waterstones.com/book/klara-and-the-sun/kazuo-ishiguro/9780571366217" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">KLARA AND THE SUN by KAZUO ISHIGURO</a> - 2021 (WATERSTONES)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BcJCybfdKg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">KAZUO ISHIGURO, NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE - OFFICIAL INTERVIEW</a> (2017, YOUTUBE)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1P6c3yomp0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">KAZUO ISHIGURO ON REMAINS OF THE DAY</a> - 2017 (YOUTUBE)<a href="https://youtu.be/dZ8JvAJXHM0?t=463" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">THE REMAINS OF THE DAY - DELETED SCENE</a> (YOUTUBE)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuYsVCrpf80" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">THE BURIED GIANT (INTERVIEW AND Q&amp;A)</a> - 2015 (YOUTUBE)<a href="https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Three-Body-Problem-Audiobook/B01577HN7S?source_code=M2M30DFT1BkSH11221601A7&amp;&amp;ipRedirectOverride=true&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA4rGCBhAQEiwAelVti8yhsj0Mddxc87JY3EMQmoJq0Kg16hqlgDQ117l5bNzwlCTmuPXH8xoC2m4QAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">THE THREE BODY PROBLEM by LIU CIXIN</a> -2008 (AUDIOBOOK)<a href="/B01577HN7S?source_code=M2M30DFT1BkSH112216" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FRAN LEBOWITZ - PRETEND IT'S A CITY (TRAILER</a>) - 2020 (YOUTUBE)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjq7Gl_hhPY" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">THE TERROR (TRAILER</a>) - 2018 (YOUTUBE) Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

British comedian Adam Buxton talks with interesting people. The rambly conversations are sometimes funny, sometimes more serious with funny bits. Adam makes the jingles and records the intros and outros for most episodes while walking with his dog friend Rosie in the East Anglian countryside where he lives with his wife and three children.Adam has appeared in films such as Hot Fuzz, Stardust and Son Of Rambow as well as a variety of TV shows in the UK. Since 2007 he has hosted BUG, a live show that combines music videos and comedy that became a TV series on Sky Atlantic in 2012. From time to time he also does live shows featuring just his own material. Along with lifelong friend Joe Cornish, he also is one half of the award-winning TV, radio and podcast duo Adam and Joe.You can find many of the jingles Adam makes for the podcast as well as bonus material and a selection of Adam's YouTube videos on his website: adam-buxton.co.ukYes, Adam is writing this himself using the third person. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.