101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder
101 Part Time Jobs is the interviews podcast that unearths the graft and resilience of artists in an uncertain time for music. Get AD FREE episodes: www.patreon.com/101parttimejobs
Giles Bidder interviews guests about the gumption and work ethic that drives them to create, defying the odds of an ever-changing industry to ensure that the show can go on.
Guests have included IDLES, KNEECAP, Blossoms, Denzel Curry, Self Esteem, Tim Heidecker, The Last Dinner Party, Lauren Mayberry, Crowded House, English Teacher & many more.
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 561
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Jim James (My Morning Jacket) - "It's been a lot of therapy"
Even as a teenager, Jim James knew music was number one. Here he is on learning to love himself through all the strange emotions that being in a perpetually 'on' band gives you, and My Morning Jacket…
00:39:40 |
Tue 25 Mar 2025
Bob Mould - "They put me in a room with Hulk Hogan"
Battle axe songwriter Bob Mould comes on today, with stories from working in pro wrestling, how the chords might not have changed but the feelings have, running a big bear club night and the energy o…
00:44:13 |
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Allan Mustafa (MC Grindah, Kurupt FM) - "The stuff I’d go through to not work, I might as well have just worked"
The wayward teen turned co-creator of one of the greatest comedy series on TV, Allan Mustafa walks us from Brentford to Hollywood (/ the BBC and other major streaming platforms). Shows that he's writ…
00:46:36 |
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Youth Lagoon - "Are you gonna learn from the scratches or ignore them?"
On music, money, baseball and intrusive thoughts, it's a deep chat with Trevor Powers aka Youth Lagoon. Rarely Do I Dream is an impeccable record, I implore you to listen to it. Catch him on tour in …
00:55:43 |
Thu 13 Mar 2025
Hamilton Leithauser - "I interned at Inner Ear Studios while Fugazi recorded"
When Hamilton Leithauser played in London a few weeks ago, I thought: "This guy has a story about everything." Turns out he tells stories about his songs every night but that doesn't make it any less…
00:36:45 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Alabaster DePlume at Total Refreshment Centre
At his east London base Total Refreshment Centre, Alabaster DePlume discusses his philosopy on what it means to be his own artist, the power of individual and group belief - and what he learned worki…
00:38:00 |
Mon 10 Mar 2025
HotWax at the Goat Ledge
At their family-rooted cafe on Hastings seafront, the no-bullshit, blistering Pixies/Hole-inspired HotWax take us through their nonstop touring schedule, growing around class tension in Hastings and …
00:43:11 |
Thu 06 Mar 2025
The Last Dinner Party's Georgia Davies - "To save music is to value it"
Best New Artist at the BRITs, The Last Dinner Party's five members each have their own musical histories. Georgia Davies, who gave their acceptance speech on the importance of independent music, join…
00:33:14 |
Wed 05 Mar 2025
Divorce - "Pint of numbers and pack'o dusted nuts"
The masterpiece of Divorce's debut album is out this Friday. Here with the stories behind Drive to Goldenhammer, all four members join us with tales from busking, carpentry, gardening and doing 12 ho…
01:00:05 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
Antony Szmierek - Making your own meaning
Former English teacher Antony Szmierek joins us on settling into life as a full-time artist, his top-bins volley in Angie's Wedding video, Central Cee being the new Macbeth and how his debut album Se…
00:42:59 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
Matilda Mann - The smash of a wine rack
Matilda Mann joins today on the costs of touring, the fortuitous fate of not going to university and the wine rack crash that she had nothing to do with. Her debut album Roxwell comes out Friday. Pho…
00:24:08 |
Wed 26 Feb 2025
Craig Finn & Franz Nicolay (The Hold Steady) - "I have a bad feeling I'm going to end up in that hole"
Craig Finn AND Franz Nicolay join us ahead of their London Weekender, on their resonable community, taking The War On Drugs on their first tour and making tracks with Sam Fender.
Support 101 Part T…
00:30:37 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Stop & Chat: Mandrake Handshake
Trinity and Row step in from the world of psychology and rapper reviews for this special episode of Stop & Chat. Their excellent debut album Earth-Sized Worlds is out next Friday 28 February.
Suppor…
00:11:20 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
AFRODEUTSCHE - Recurring Berghain DJ nightmare
Henrietta Smith-Rolla tells Giles about being a housekeeper for a Man City player, perfecting her Aussie accent at the call centre, how her autism shapes the way she experiences music and her recurri…
00:41:08 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
Mae Martin on their debut album, Taskmaster and the Serbian trip from hell
Comedian, actor and now songwriter Mae Martin joins today, on drawing animals in strange situations, eating mystery noodles and sleeping outside as a teenager, and their debut album I'm a TV - out 28…
00:36:02 |
Tue 18 Feb 2025
Biig Piig on poker dealing, Soundcloud and late nights
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Biig Piig's debut album 11:11 is out now.
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00:05:54 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
Richard Dawson - Working with a cast of League of Gentlemen characters
The day before his new album End of the Middle, esteemed songwriter Richard Dawson takes us through the different paint layers of his parents' cars, affordable living, sitting into the characters of …
00:38:18 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Bad Nerves - "Someone rang up Steve Lamacq 40 times"
A brief, silly chat with one of the most ripping bands around. Bad Nerves' Bobby and Jon discuss white underwear, skateboarding, Chelmsford van hire and getting snubbed by Steve Lamacq. Still Nervous…
00:11:12 |
Tue 11 Feb 2025
Greg Freeman - "They'll throw you in jail for anything"
Greg Freeman's debut I Looked Away is on repeat. Now re-issued by Transgressive with a new one on the way, Greg joined us in a laundrette before he played at The Lexington to talk jail, bakeries and …
00:22:20 |
Thu 06 Feb 2025
Biig Piig - "I love a late night"
Jessica Smyth aka Biig Piig releases her long awaited debut album 11:11 this Friday. At MAP Cafe, where NiNE8 Collective have deep roots, Jessica tells us the years of preparation for the album.
Su…
00:34:28 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
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