Adam talks with legendary German filmmaker, writer and actor Werner Herzog about AI poetry, email etiquette, why LA is like ancient Rome, the Japanese soldier who hid in the jungle believing the 2nd World War was still happening for 29 years, the value of therapy and whether trauma and conflict are best dealt with or buried, what his problem is with David Blaine and why someone needs to send Werner into orbit. Conversation recorded remotely on 8th December 2023 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing. Podcast artwork by Helen Green Music and jingles by Adam Buxton, except pan-pipe clip from Aguirre, L'Acrime di Rei by Popul Vuh ADAM BUXTON PODCAST TOUR 2024 RELATED LINKS ADAM BUXTON ON GET SHIRTY PODCAST - 2024 (HARDMAN AND HEMMING WEBSITE) HERZOG ON THE VILENESS OF THE AMAZON JUNGLE (From Burden Of Dreams) - 1982 (YOUTUBE) THE WHITE DIAMOND Directed by Werner Herzog - 2004 (YOUTUBE) LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY Directed by Werner Herzog - 1997 (YOUTUBE) LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY - NAPALM THROAT SINGING SCENE - 1997 (YOUTUBE) A scene from Little Dieter featuring music from Russian Tuvan throat singer Kogar-ol Ondar LESSONS OF DARKNESS Directed by Werner Herzog - 1992 (YOUTUBE) Retreating from Kuwait after the first Gulf War, the Iraqi army sets fire to the country's oil fields. In this documentary, filmmaker Werner Herzog films the raging flames while narrating from the perspective of a confused alien visitor, musing on the strangeness of the landscape. WERNER HERZOG IS VOICING A POETRY COLLECTION WRITTEN ENTIRELY BY AN AI - 2023 (DAZED) HERZOG ON THE HENRY ROLLINS SHOW (plus Frank Black singing 'I Burn Today') - 2006 (YOUTUBE) TEENAGERS' MATHS AND READING SKILLS ARE DROPPING SHARPLY (ACCORDING TO 2022 'PISA' TEST) - 2023 (WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM) DOMITABLE MYTH: THREE DEPICTIONS OF JAPANESE HOLDOUT SOLDIER by A.E.Hunt - 2023 (INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Hey, Adam, here with a shout out for a new podcast series that I'm acting in.
It's called up in Smoke.
It's a dark supernatural drama told in the style of a factual, true crime investigative podcast, written and directed by Guy Larson and Cambria Bailey Jones.
Up in Smoke.
The first two episodes are available now from your favorite podcast bin.
I added one more podcast to the giant podcast bin.
Now you have plucked that podcast out and started listening.
I took my microphone and found some human folk.
Then I recorded all the noises while we spoke.
My name is Adam Buxton.
I'm a man.
I want you to enjoy this.
That's the plan.
Hey, how you doing, podcats?
This is Adam Buxton here reporting to you from a windy hill in Norfolk County.
I hope things are going okay in your corner of the world.
My best dog friend Rosie just scampered past me.
She is doing very well, let me tell you.
She had a rough 2023, you know, she had a couple of operations early on, and it took her a while to properly recover, I think.
But in the last few months, she's been coming out for walks far more enthusiastically than she has been.