# EP.251 - DECLAN McKENNA Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adam-buxton-podcast-1100461/ep-251-declan-mckenna Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adam-buxton-podcast-1100461/ep-251-declan-mckenna.md Podcast: [THE ADAM BUXTON PODCAST](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adam-buxton-podcast-1100461) Published: 2025-06-22T17:47:30+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/adambuxton/episodes/ep251-declan-mckenna Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/adambuxton/e/6858419c8d560ebfbbd11f00/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-adam-buxton-podcast-1100461/episodes/ep-251-declan-mckenna Duration seconds: 2812 ## Resource Adam talks with English singer/songwriter Declan McKenna about not going off the rails, why classic music can sound boring, why Robin Williams' best film was 1 Hour Photo and keeping your head in the music industry. Declan also performs an acoustic version of his track Elevator Hum . Recorded face-to-face in London on 11th April, 2024 Thanks to Séamus Murphy-Mitchell for production support and conversation editing  Podcast illustration by Helen Green PRE-ORDER SIGNED VINYL OF 'BUCKLE UP' PICS AND RELATED LINKS ON ADAM'S WEBSITE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-adam-buxton-podcast-1100461/episodes/ep-251-declan-mckenna/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-adam-buxton-podcast-1100461/ep-251-declan-mckenna.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.