The Louis Theroux Podcast

Louis sits down with glamour model, bestselling author and all-round media personality, Katie Price. Joining Louis in the Spotify studio, Katie reflects on her turbulent romantic life, her complicated relationship with cosmetic surgery and dressing up as clowns with Boris Johnson.  Warnings: Strong language, frank discussions of sex and other adult content, including conversations about addiction and suicide.   Links/Attachments: ‘Katie Price Exclusive with Piers Morgan’  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V1R-2h9k-U&t=152s   ‘This is Me’, Katie Price (2024) https://www.bonnierbooks.co.uk/books/john-blake-publishing/this-is-me/   ‘Being Jordan: My Story’, Katie Price (2004) https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/products/being-jordan-book-katie-price-9781844541324?sku=GOR000387198&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwmaO4BhAhEiwA5p4YL7U_ZzCOj4UjJdTlsh-vw2jE-eezcZzgGcG8JoeMD0gDr53SYkWg1BoCzMgQAvD_BwE   ‘The Last Word’, Amy Price (2023)  https://harpercollins.co.uk/products/the-last-word-amy-price?variant=40244984873038    Credits: Producer: Millie Chu  Assistant Producer: Emilia Gill Researcher: Rosie Hough Production Manager: Francesca Bassett  Music: Miguel D’Oliveira  Audio Mixer: Tom Guest Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows     A Mindhouse Production for Spotify  www.mindhouse.co.uk   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Louis travels to the seaside town of Margate to meet iconic British artist, Dame Tracey Emin. During an afternoon spent in Tracey’s painting studio, the pair discuss her turbulent upbringing, what she thinks of her YBA contemporaries and how a cancer diagnosis changed her outlook on life.    Warnings: Strong language, adult subject matter, including descriptions of sexual violence, and is intended for adult consumption only. Visit spotify.com/resources for information and resources.Links/Attachments: ‘Knighthoods and Damehoods’ - The Royal Family https://www.royal.uk/knighthoods-and-damehoods   When Louis Met... - BBC (UK only) https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0dyhkbw/when-louis-met   ‘Young British Artists (YBAs)’ - Tate https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/y/young-british-artists-ybas   ‘Lads, Gak and Union Jacks: The Oral History of ‘Cool Britannia’'https://www.vice.com/en/article/lads-gak-and-union-jacks-the-oral-history-of-cool-britannia/   ‘Illumination Media: Is Painting Dead?’ (original broadcast 1997) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKHJoLG2cEk&ab_channel=IlluminationsMedia  ‘R.I.P. Tracey Emin’s Tent’ - BBC http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3753541.stm   ‘Tracey Emin: My Bed’ - Tate https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/emin-my-bed-l03662   ‘Francis Bacon’ – Tate https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/francis-bacon-682   ‘Carl Andre: the ‘OJ of the art world’ leaves behind a troubling legacy’ - The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/jan/25/carl-andre-artist-legacy  ‘Death of an Artist’ - Podcast  https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/death-of-an-artist  ‘Satirists jump into Tracey's bed’ - The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/1999/oct/25/20yearsoftheturnerprize.turnerprize   Book: Strangeland, Tracey Emin (2005) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Strangeland-Tracey-Emin/dp/0340769467   Book: Six Turkish Tales, Tracey Emin (1987) https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Six_Turkish_Tales.html?id=vbGUAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y   Credits: Producer: Millie Chu  Assistant Producer: Emilia Gill Production Manager: Francesca Bassett  Music: Miguel D’Oliveira  Videography: Revelstoke Films Audio Mixer: Tom Guest Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  Show notes compiled by Sally McLennan Executive Producer: Arron Fellows     A Mindhouse Production for Spotify  www.mindhouse.co.uk   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Louis chats to South African comedian, writer and television host, Trevor Noah. Dialling in from New York, Trevor shares his memories of growing up during Apartheid in Johannesburg, landing the ‘The Daily Show’, and becoming friends with Bill Gates. Warnings: Strong language, as well as adult themes including domestic violence. Listener discretion is advised. Visit spotify.com/resources for information and resources.  Links/Attachments: Into the Uncut Grass, Trevor Noah (2024) https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737120/into-the-uncut-grass-by-trevor-noah-illustrated-by-sabina-hahn/ ‘The Most Hated Family in America’, Louis Theroux Specials, iPlayer (UK only) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007clvf  Mind Your Language (TV Series) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075537/   Ikigai  https://positivepsychology.com/ikigai/   AI For Good Lab Microsoft https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/ai-for-good-research-lab/   ‘The Great Mortality’, John Kelly (2005) https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-great-mortality-john-kelly?variant=41000265449506   ‘Whites’, Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends, iPlayer (UK only) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00b996d  'African Hunting Holiday’, Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends, iPlayer (UK only) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009sj0c   ‘Law and Disorder in Johannesburg’, Louis Theroux Specials, iPlayer (UK only) https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00g1vdq/louis-theroux-specials-law-and-disorder-in-johannesburg   You Laugh But It’s True https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWBepNts1V4&t=2408s    Daywalker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcyuIKzpYJQ  The Daily Show  https://www.youtube.com/thedailyshow   Born a Crime, Trevor Noah (2016) https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/trevor-noah/born-a-crime/9781473635302/   ‘Tyla’s racial identity: South African singer sparks culture war’, BBC News, (2023) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67505674    Credits: Producer: Millie Chu  Assistant Producer: Emilia Gill Production Manager: Francesca Bassett  Music: Miguel D’Oliveira  Audio Mixer: Tom Guest Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows     A Mindhouse Production for Spotify  www.mindhouse.co.uk   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Louis is joined by rapper and ‘King of Drill’, Headie One. They meet at the Spotify studio to discuss Headie’s life and career, including the tragic events surrounding his track, ‘Know Better’, growing up on the infamous Broadwater Farm estate, and the real origins of his stage name. Plus, Louis gets a lesson in drill slang. Warnings: Strong language and adult themes.   Links/Attachments:  Hip Hop Raised Me: ‘Pop Smoke UK interview with DJ Semtex’ - Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ-Hip-6Gw0&ab_channel=HIPHOPRAISEDME   Headie One - Know Better - Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/0IX9PL2dUVCHp6L4JQ9Rzq?si=34ecda24bc274eb4   File on 4: ‘Attack on rap star sparked a wave of killings’ - BBC Radio 4 (UK only) https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p085qvh3   ‘Is drill the most controversial genre of music?’ - GQ (2018)  https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/drill-music-controversy-headie-one-harlem-spartans  Headie One x Drake - Only you Freestyle – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znQriFAMBRs&ab_channel=HeadieOne   Headie One ft Sampha - Memories - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWQOfXfMrJA&ab_channel=HeadieOne   Headie One – Psalm 35 – YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvJPWLE3pQg&ab_channel=HeadieOne-Topic   Headie One – Martin’s Sofa - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cKPgHCciEA&ab_channel=HeadieOne   Credits: Producer: Millie Chu  Assistant Producer: Maan Al-Yasiri and Emilia Gill Production Manager: Francesca Bassett  Music: Miguel D’Oliveira  Audio Mixer: Tom Guest Video Mixer: Scott Edwards  Show notes compiled by Sally McLennan Executive Producer: Arron Fellows     A Mindhouse Production for Spotify  www.mindhouse.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

For the first episode of the new series, Louis sits down with influencer, fashion icon and former adult film performer, Mia Khalifa. Joining Louis in the studio, Mia discusses living with autism, receiving death threats for her outspoken views, and her experience of the adult film world.Warnings: Strong language, adult content and discussions of a sexual nature.Links/Attachments:‘What is Anime? Everything You Need to know’ - NFIhttps://www.nfi.edu/what-is-anime/ Louis Theroux: Extreme Love, Episode 1: Autism – BBC (UK only)https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01gk4xc Louis Theroux: Selling Sex – BBC (UK only)https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dbcf Louis Theroux: Dark States, Series 1 Episode 2: Trafficking Sex – BBC (UK only)https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b099wspkLouis Theroux Specials: Twilight of the Porn Stars – BBC (UK only)https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01j84qt/louis-theroux-specials-twilight-of-the-porn-stars ‘Beirut – beautiful and scarred – beckons Anthony Bourdain again’ - CNNhttps://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/beirut-bourdain-parts-unknown/index.html Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, S05 E08: Beirut – Banijay Documentaries (CNN production)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LptZ9E4ZG4 Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, S02 E08: Beirut – Discovery (Discovery+ - Amazon Prime)https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0919V38G1/ref=atv_dp_season_select_s2 Capernaum (2018), directed by Nadine Labaki – Trailer via YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULUo0048xZE What does the term ‘incel’ mean? - CNNhttps://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/16/us/incel-involuntary-celibate-explained-cec/index.html The Joe Rogan Experience, E1648: Abby Martin - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toBL3_nWpJU Call Her Daddy – This is Mia Khalifa (Full Interview) - YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlaEaN2sm14 ‘What’s a Pick-Me Girl? Here’s What You Need to Know’ - Cosmopolitanhttps://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a42134933/what-is-a-pick-me-girl-definition/ The Girlfriend Experience (2009), directed by Steven Soderbergh – YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euwBlSZVrtQ Entourage, Season 7 – HBO (Sky Comedy - Now TV)https://www.nowtv.com/gb/watch/home/asset/entourage/iYEQZ2uDbPiuTXWJFoHV9m?DCMP=WA Credits:Producer: Millie Chu Assistant Producer: Emilia GillProduction Manager: Francesca Bassett Music: Miguel D’Oliveira Audio Mixer: Tom GuestVideo Mixer: Scott Edwards Show notes compiled by Sally McLennanExecutive Producer: Arron Fellows   A Mindhouse Production for Spotify www.mindhouse.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Louis returns for another series of freewheeling conversations with guests from across the globe – but this time, you can watch the interviews in full on Spotify! Tune in weekly from September 24th as Louis speaks to fascinating guests including Mia Khalifa, Barry Keoghan, Tracey Emin and Nick Kyrgios.  Watch episodes exclusively on Spotify, or listen everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In the final episode of the series, Louis is in the Spotify studio with lifelong friend, comedian and fellow podcaster, Adam Buxton. In a typically rambling conversation, they chat about problematic musical heroes, Adam’s ascent to podcast royalty and his anxieties about the culture wars which led to him abandoning social media. Expect salty language and an assortment of impressions.Warnings: Strong language and adult themes. Links/Attachments:‘Steve Harwell, the former lead singer of Smash Mouth, dies at 56’ - NPR https://www.npr.org/2023/09/05/1197578311/steve-harwell-the-former-lead-singer-of-smash-mouth-dies-at-56‘Tom Hanks’ - The Adam Buxton Podcast https://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/lpbk8k9zbhx54zt-8yl8m-mdzjc-whmf8-2lwfg-emz92-cxnlh-ghwwh-r34cb-sfwnb-kmjcj-x8cgn-gzmzx-xfpt5-x6cma-d8lbc ‘Kayvan Novak’ - The Adam Buxton Podcast https://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/wmcgmfe7zj7chps-89fa4-2e48e-rwzy8-824b8-4mdjd-2hcs8-chrb2-7y8jj-5pcse-2wtsh-cz8zd-e3cdy-g68s7-3dezn-7k5mw‘Sarah Silverman’ - The Adam Buxton Podcasthttps://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/wmcgmfe7zj7chps-89fa4-2e48e-rwzy8-824b8-4mdjd‘Sarah Silverman: ‘There are jokes I made 15 years ago I would absolutely not make today” - The Guardianhttps://www.theguardian.com/global/2017/nov/19/sarah-silverman-interview-jokes-i-made-15-years-ago-i-wouldnt-make-today‘How the alt-right uses internet trolling to confuse you into dismiss its ideology’ - Vox https://www.vox.com/2016/11/23/13659634/alt-right-trolling ‘Iggy Pop isn’t about to whitewash his past’ - New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/02/magazine/iggy-pop-interview.html‘The death of the groupie’ - New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2023/05/death-groupie-music-the-beatles-rolling-stones-nick-cave‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ (1976) - Trailer https://youtu.be/KarWCgIw3Wk?si=j7kC5IKpizNdmq9w ‘The Ricky Gervais Show’ - Podcast https://youtu.be/9LtjWxmC6KY?si=pI2hH41OvhpFKd0V ‘The Adam and Joe Show’ - Channel 4 https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-adam-and-joe-show (UK Only)‘Adam and Joe’ - XFMhttps://www.adamandjoearchive.org/XFM/‘Adam and Joe’ - BBC 6 Music https://www.adamandjoearchive.org/6%20Music/‘Jon Ronson On’ - BBC Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007mhqc‘Attack The Block’ (2011) - Trailer https://youtu.be/m0ntk1o4V3k?si=3fF9U6ljnkuwnW-7‘Louis Theroux’ - The Adam Buxton Podcasthttps://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/128‘Tash Demetriou’ - The Adam Buxton Podcasthttps://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/podcasts/lpbk8k9zbhx54zt-8yl8m-mdzjc-whmf8-2lwfg-emz92-cxnlh-ghwwh-r34cb-sfwnb-kmjcj-x8cgn-gzmzx-xfpt5-x6cma-d8lbc-9adl4-5smea‘Ad reads’ - The Adam Buxton Podcasthttps://www.adam-buxton.co.uk/sponsor-ads‘Louis Theroux’ - Diary of a CEOhttps://youtu.be/cj8ojSVgU9I?si=RX8_ON5riOIZ8Zhn‘Michael Barbaro: About Those Hmms’ - New York Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/24/podcasts/daily-newsletter-reporter-diary-summer-playlist.html‘The Adrenochrome conspiracy theory – pushed by ‘Sound of Freedom’ star – explained' - Forbeshttps://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2023/07/15/the-adrenochrome-conspiracy-theory-pushed-by-sound-of-freedom-star-explained/?sh=218d24645179Credits:Producer: Millie Chu Assistant Producer: Maan Al-Yasiri Production Manager: Francesca Bassett Music: Miguel D’Oliveira Executive Producer: Arron Fellows   A Mindhouse Production for Spotify www.mindhouse.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Louis spends an evening getting to know Sharon Stone – 90s movie icon and star of Basic Instinct, Total Recall and Casino. Dialling in from her home in Los Angeles, Sharon shares stories from her remarkable life and career, including a face-off with Robert Mugabe, lifting weights with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and her calamitous dating app experiences.Warnings: Strong language, adult subject matter, including descriptions of sexual violence, and is intended for adult consumption only. Listener discretion is advised. Visit spotify.com/resources for information and resources.Links/Attachments:  ‘The Beauty of Living Twice’ – Memoir https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beauty-Living-Twice-Sharon-Stone/dp/1838953868Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adlo9hJpemEAbove the Law (1988)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsbYE-Q474IKing Solomon’s Mines (1985) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI4xsKHBx8cAllan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62PgnOM3UiITotal Recall (1990) (directed by Paul Verhoven) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=684nkWhd658Basic Instinct (1992) (directed by Paul Verhoven)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh6JwQ8XPK0Basic Instinct Interrogation Scenehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8zk5ILRXvwSliver (1993) (directed by Phillip Noyce) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2pcpvDFhocStardust Memories (1980) (directed by Woody Allen) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfqjbSwohWsRoboCop (1987) (directed by Paul Verhoven)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tC_5mp3udEStarship Troopers (1998) (directed by Paul Verhoven)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPYuV_jGk7MHollow Man (2000) (directed by Paul Verhoven)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PksGHTBW1uECasino (1995) (directed by Martin Scorsese) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-D0QiMpGKcBroken Flowers (2005) (directed by Jim Jarmusch)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_TB7MkrGycLovelace (2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPJY-g-WoQoThe Muse (1999) (directed by Albert Brooks)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly7FkGb3b-cWhat About Love (2023) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZze_4HI9L4Basic Instinct 2 (2006)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsK82mWFLZMCredits: Producer: Millie Chu  Assistant Producer: Maan Al-Yasiri  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett  Music: Miguel D’Oliveira  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows     A Mindhouse Production for Spotify  www.mindhouse.co.uk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Louis rises at the crack of dawn to talk to Germaine Greer, the infamous writer, intellectual, and major voice of second-wave feminism. Beaming in from a studio in Castlemaine, Australia, they discuss her extraordinary life and career, including her three-week long marriage, flirting with George Best, and her controversial views on gender and the MeToo movement.Warnings: Strong language, adult subject matter, including descriptions of sexual violence, and is intended for adult consumption only. Listener discretion is advised. Visit spotify.com/resources for information and resources.Links/Attachments: ‘Revisiting Suck magazine’s experiment in radical feminist pornography’ – Journal Time https://www.documentjournal.com/2018/11/revisiting-suck-magazines-experiment-in-radical-feminist-pornography/Robert Plant & Germaine Greer picture https://i.pinimg.com/736x/05/f2/88/05f288fb945d5aac7af471ef88db7a08.jpg ‘Nice Time’ – BBC TV show featuring Kenny Everett and Germaine Greerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ywl0QrK3C68&tCredits:Producer: Millie Chu Assistant Producer: Maan Al-Yasiri Production Manager: Francesca Bassett Music: Miguel D’Oliveira Photo: Neil Spence PhotographyExecutive Producer: Arron Fellows   A Mindhouse Production for Spotify www.mindhouse.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Louis meets star of Goodness Gracious Me and Unforgotten, Sanjeev Bhaskar. They discuss the late Queen’s favourite comedy programme - The Kumars At No. 42, 'browning up’ in 1970s comedy, and outrageous rider demands. Plus, Louis plays ‘Culture Wars Bingo’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices