Adam Buxton podcast and billy bragg

I haven’t listened to his podcast for a little while but in one of the last episodes I heard he mentioned something along the lines of cis-het and it didn’t sound like a parody.

He is good mates with Louis Theroux (he of the one-sided BBC trans kids documentary).

I like AB (and BB historically but feeling a bit weird about him these days)

Yeah, AB is privileged but he's quite aware of it. I think he's a bit fascinated with cancel culture (and many of these stem from trans witch hunts) so skirts close to these themes now and again. I don't think he's got any agenda other then that.

I remember he spoke with Isabella allende about trans-something on the show (but she dealt with it very pragmatically) and he stuttered a bit about his position on the subject. It didn't sound massively authentic but I am going off memory. I can imagine his private conversations about cancel culture are very different to his public ones.

Of course, I don't listen to every episode. To release Bragg and Contrapoints back-to-back suggests politics at play, which has never been AB's style. Odd if they both took the opportunity to bash JKR. Why would he want to go there?

Westminster not Eton. I like the AB podcast generally and think it's fair enough for him to talk to all kinds of people, but equally fair enough to not listen to it.

He's funny and extremely clever with music, but he's also a very privileged, Eton educated, middle aged man. Sometimes that aspect of his personality clouds enjoyment of his talents.

His latest has just been released and it's with Contrapoints. Why would he do that straight after Bragg? Can't be a coincidence.

AB sometimes records interviews months in advance, so perhaps recent events are not covered?

To be fair, not everyone will have caught up with the change in Billy Bragg’s status from “lefty right-on person” to “anti-woman campaigner”.

I think there are many on here who used to like him and thought he was a decent guy. If you aren’t looking at transactivism through the Mumsnet lens, you might not be aware.

I was also disappointed to see he was interviewing Bragg. Ordinarily I like Buxton’s stuff but giving a no doubt cosy supportive chat to a misogynist is a terrible letdown.