Lauren Laverne

Plus more pop gloriousness in House Music, this week's Watchlist and the Maths of Life.

Edward Norton drops by to talk about his latest cop drama, Motherless Brooklyn and the brilliant George The Poet joins me to chat about Chapter 2 of his hit series, Have You Heard George’s Podcast? Elsewhere we have The Maths of Life with Professor Sophie Scott; she gets into the maths of conversation and talks to us about this and that…quite literally Rhianna Dhillon gives us her top picks in This Week’s Watchlist from BBC One’s new drama, Gold Digger to the return of The Crown on Netflix. Finally, there’s more House Music – the everyday objects that will not cease playing pop hits.

Underworld’s Karl Hyde joins me to talk about their latest project, the Drift Series 1. It concluded their 52-week Drift multimedia project that began in November 2018 where they released music, film, and text pieces every Thursday. Karl also tells us his favourite ever ‘Born Slippy’ moment. Ahead of their upcoming 20th Anniversary Felt Mountain tour, Alison Goldfrapp drops by to chat about the iconic album, 20 years on. Plus, Dr Hannah Fry brings us The Maths of Life, Rhianna Dhillon gives us her viewing picks in This Week’s Watchlist, and there’s more House Music – the everyday objects that will not cease playing pop hits.

This week on the podcast, actor and director Emilio Estevez talks about his new film The Public, a drama set in a Cincinnati library that escalates quickly. Nicole Avant chats about The Black Godfather, which she has produced for Netflix about her father, legendary music executive Clarence Avant. And the ever-delightful Noel Fielding drops by to talk about being a jester in the court of Bake Off, his love of The Incredible String Band, and spending ten hours a day covered in oil paint. Plus, Dr Hannah Fry brings us The Maths of Life, Rhianna Dhillon gives us her viewing picks in This Week’s Watchlist, and there’s more House Music – the everyday objects that will not cease playing pop hits.

This week on the podcast, star of screen and stage, Wendell Pierce joins me to chat about his second run as Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. Astrophysicist, author and broadcaster Neil deGrasse Tyson joins us to talk about his new book Letters from an Astrophysicist. And Dawn O’Porter drops by to chat about her sixth book ‘So Lucky’, fresh from her launch party the night before! Plus, Professor Sophie Scott brings us The Maths of Life and Rhianna Dhillon gives us her picks for what to watch in This Week’s Watchlist.