101 Part Time Jobs hosted by Giles Bidder Podcast
1) Olga Koch - "I'm doing a PhD as a backup plan to comedy"
Russian-British comedian Olga Koch on her tech jobs, doing standup over Zoom to a silent, faceless crowd, and why she's doing a PhD as a backup to her (very successful) comedy career. Her new show Fat...Show More
2) Matt Caughthran (Mariachi El Bronx / The Bronx) and the barrel of mould
Matt Caughthran and Mariachi El / The Bronx are true lifers. A white knuckle ride through ten albums, outliving the deaths, adversities and adventure that comes with being in an all-weather touring ba...Show More
3) Cardinals - "I'm a wanted man in Cork City"
Ahead of their hearty debut album Masquerade, Euan and Aaron joined us at the Social to talk grifting through jobs in Cork, our shared love for So Young Records and magazine, and solving the backpack ...Show More
4) Nation of Language on New York coffee, hockey and the family tour
Just announced as Death Cab For Cutie tour support across the USA, Nation of Language's Ian and Aidan join to talk coffee, childminding and being a hockey family band. Get in touch giles@mightymoonme...Show More
5) Vona Vella - "Covering Jason Mraz as a wedding band... that was a low point"
Introducing you to my favourite latest discovery... Vona Vella. It's got the Jeff Buckley layered washy groove, it's sonically great with hiss and scratches in the right place - maybe even some Built ...Show More
6) Dead Dads Club - "Ronnie Wood... thank you for the shoes"
When Chilli Jesson's first band Palma Violets ground to a halt, he found himself behind a bar trying to sign his name in Guinness foam for adoring fans. Dead Dads Club was soon dreamed up, and after a...Show More
7) Witch Fever - "We did two months in arenas... now we're broke!"
A damning indictment on what it's like for medium to large scale touring experiences, Amy Walpole and Alex Thompson tell us about their challenging last year, and the determination and resilience that...Show More
8) Radio Free Alice - "Teach guitar? I barely know how to play it"
At The Windmill in Brixton, Noah and Jules are putting themselves down of course - but that's part of the charm with the dynamic but stripped-back lexicon of Radio Free Alice. They tell us how the Aus...Show More
9) Peaches - "Kids should send their parents to gay camps"
Discussing her former double life as a kids' music teacher and what self-empowerment means today, Peaches is here ahead of her first album in 10 years, No Lube So Rude. Get yourself some top class...Show More
10) Kingfishr - "What's happened to us doesnt happen to anyone"
Behind a number one album, number one single and two sold out arena shows at 3Arena in Dublin are three mates who finished college and made a go of playing all the shows they could. Thanks to a compan...Show More