Adam Buxton Launches Successpod Podcast on Audible
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- Adam Buxton launches six-episode Audible podcast 'Successpod' on June 11, exploring what success means in a world of influencers, achievement metrics, looksmaxxing and visual optimisation, with Mindhouse Studios (Louis Theroux's podcast arm) producing.
- Louis Theroux appears in episode two, advising Buxton on whether he should be more 'doomy' to compete in the modern podcast space, while Romesh Ranganathan opens the series with advice on staying relevant.
- Sam Campbell, Jess Knappett, Kathy Burke and Guz Khan round out the guest lineup across the remaining episodes, covering creativity's relationship to success, the metaphysical and paranormal, wellness, and conspiracy theories and wealth respectively.
- The show features sketches, songs and conversations with his dog Rosie, echoing the format of Buxton's long-running Adam Buxton Podcast.
- Buxton said the show let him get his 'silliness' out — though 'that could also be a middle-aged gut issue' — and joked he hopes it 'cheers up around 100 people, but not more. It's not good to get too successful.'
- Successpod joins Audible's slate of comedy originals alongside The Oasthouse: The Alan Partridge Podcast with Steve Coogan, Mel & Sue Should Know By Now, and The Last Laugh: The Last One Laughing Podcast hosted by Roisin Conaty.
Why it matters: Successpod slots into Audible's growing slate of star-driven British comedy originals alongside Alan Partridge and Roisin Conaty, with Mindhouse Studios producing — giving the platform a mid-life-anxiety comedy formatted as sketches, songs and celebrity chats ahead of its June 11 debut.
