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101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder

Mighty Moon Media

101 Part Time Jobs is the interviews podcast that unearths the graft and resilience in a demanding time for artists. 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.

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30:24

Mini Skirt - Bricklaying, Painting, Tour When You Wanna

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/07/13

10 years of being a band, Mini Skirt have been pulling the thread and getting as much out of playing music as they can. Happy bricklaying or painting at home and happy enough on tour, it's a good life. Their latest album All That We Know is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Shacklewell Arms for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct:

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24:51

Mary in the Junkyard - Trial Shift Shucking Oysters...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/07/08

Mary in the Junkyard have released one of 2026's best albums with Role Model Hermit. Claris, Saya and David tell us how it feels in the whirlwind of the moment and squaring off their double lives of playing in an increasingly successful band while working at the George Tavern / teaching music / trial shifts at an oyster shucking bar. Role Model Hermit is out now and you can catch them live this year. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself some top

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32:12

Avalon Emerson - "Oscillating between ridiculous...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/07/07

Sweeping songwriter, DJ, producer and web developer Avalon Emerson joins on today's episode - on the safety net of a full-time job, the risks of prioritising music and coming to terms with the paradox of confidence and doubt. Her excellent new album Written into Changes is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct:

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40:21

Flo & Joan - "We wrote a musical about Andrew Lloyd...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/06/30

Masters of the chaotic clever song, Flo & Joan (Nicola and Rosie) take us back to double binbagging keyboards to gigs, how they weren't very good friends as kids but now they spend every waking minute together, and their two new projects; One Man Musical and With Feeling. Both of which are frankly mad and brilliant ideas. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch

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38:23

Show Me The Body - "Anything worth doing is hard"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/06/23

Julian Pratt has morphed from chaos-chasing NY street rat into a father who's finding ways to make a positive impact. Alone Together (out 10 July) is a through-and-through hardcore record, impossible to not dance to and feel the energy from. They're on tour in Europe, UK and the States - catch them live when you can. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for

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21:58

PISS - "We have a trigger warning before the set"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/06/18

PISS are a very important band. Tay Zantingh's lyrics on abuse and gender-based violence create an inclusive place of conversation, while the band's shake the house loudness can only be experienced in-person or a few live videos; until their debut album on Sub Pop comes out. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Lexington for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct:

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17:53

Sublime - "Learn the book and burn the book"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/06/16

30 years to the day after Bradley Nowell passed, Sublime's Jakob Nowell - with Freshy and guitarist Zane - joined us in East London to tell the story behind their "final epilogue" album Until The Sun Explodes, their giant inflatable Lou Dog stage set and touring the UK & Europe for the very first time. Until The Sun Explodes is out now - and it rips.Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store,

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42:30

Ratboys - "I want to connect with people... what else...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/06/11

One of the best albums of 2026 so far is Ratboys' Singin to an Empty Chair. A comforting swell of unrushed, attentive indie rock 'n' roll, it sounds like a band who don't expect anything other than enjoying their time playing music and connecting with people. Julia and Sean from the band tell stories of first tours, funny jobs and extreme coffee highs.Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks Islington Townhouse for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear:

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24:42

Kingfishr - "Music is more important now than ever"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/06/09

Selling out two nights at Belfast's SSE Arena and new single The Sun Will Never Settle going straight to Number 1 - following their chart-topping album - you'd be forgiven for thinking Kingfishr are on top of the world on and off the stage. Eddie, Eoghan and Eoin tell us what's going on behind the scenes, the magic of their live show and how they wrote their banging new tune whilst driving around Ireland. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear:

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38:24

Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene) - "Honesty is the...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/06/02

Broken Social Scene is music for the people. Band leader Kevin Drew tells us how over 25 years, a rotating cast of characters and millions of fans' lifelong memories and moments, the Toronto band continues to capture moments that look towards a better life. Their excellent new album Remember The Humans is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks Rough Trade East for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store,

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27:02

Stop & Chat: Lewis OfMan

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/05/28

There needs to be crazy music in this world - and Lewis OfMan is here for the job. 50KWTTS is his insane new album, go and blast it to see yourself. He tells us about the school bad boy teaching him to DJ, and wanting to make a disgusting album of horrible sounds. Weird since it turned out so good. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid

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41:45

Truman Sinclair - "It's about community, friendships...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/05/26

Truman's song 'Joel Roberts' blew me away the moment I first heard it. Behind the chords and lyrics is something much deeper, and it makes sense hearing the way he talks about the music and the joy he gets from it. He's been touring with Courtney Barnett and his latest EP Rivers of Sugar and Blood is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at

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78:36

Westside Cowboy, Girl Group, James Emmanuel and Walt...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/05/19

We spoke with lovely folk Westside Cowboy, Girl Group, James Emmanuel and Walt Disco at Great Escape, about struggling through uni, being a grammar specialist and getting invited to sing at a venue after being heard singing soul in the toilets while working as a janitor. Thanks Small Pond studios for having us, a lovely gaff: https://www.instagram.com/smallpond/?hl=en Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your

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24:27

Jasmine Myra - "I started cleaning the wrong house!"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/05/14

Jasmine Myra's incredibly beautiful album Where Light Settles is out tomorrow. Here she tells us about factory and cleaning jobs, how she separates her music life from her personal life, and self-tour managing an 8-piece band on tour! Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Assistant produced by Pádraic Ó Brolcháin Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct:

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40:17

Emma Doran - "I started stand-up during my maternity"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/05/12

Emma Doran's a hilarious Dublin comic, a very good follow on Instagram, and she's here to talk about building a career from the ground up. Starting standup during her maternity and working service jobs to fund herself, she's about to go on tour all across Ireland and Edinburgh - get your tickets: emmadorancomedy.com Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks Badger Badger for having us. Assistant produced by Grace King. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear:

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24:42

Stop & Chat: Knats

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/05/07

On their second album A Great Day in Newcastle, Knats are fully realised jazz-rock madness you can't look away from. Stan, King and Ferg join us on growing up in the north east, working at call centres and Pizza Express, and getting a scholarship at Trinity. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Miller for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct:

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34:31

Domenic "Nicky" Palermo (NOTHING) - "I got my high...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/04/28

Nothing was Nicky's "f*ck off project" while he was enjoying his new freedom working in Philadelphia bars - until it wasn't. He tells us about how he's nearly bitten off more than he can chew with the band and his festival Slide Away, featuring the return of the legendary Hum. Nothing's new album 'a short history of decay' is out now on Run For Cover - and there are tickets left for Chicago and Los Angeles' Slide Away fest: https://www.slideaway.co/Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks

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24:29

Stop & Chat: Hand Habits' Meg Duffy

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/04/23

Cass McCombs and Hand Habits have announced a split 7", so Meg Duffy joins today with stories about their latest album Blue Reminder, fibbing to get in Kevin Morby's band, working as a boat hauler and getting their start from working in a bar and looking over the soundperson's shoulder. 'Good Person' is out now on Fat Possum.Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Elephants Head for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's

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41:01

Stewart Lee - "I left comedy for five years and...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/04/21

Stewart Lee joins on the non-affordability of bands today, alternative comedy and the different classes of comedians, losing money on tour, his old band and fighting facism dressed as a man-wulf. STEWART LEE vs THE MAN-WULF continues to tour throughout 2026, ending at Leicester Square Theatre in December. Tickets: www.stewartlee.co.uk Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks The Social for having us. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your

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17:22

Ulrika Spacek - Measuring the property of the electron

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/04/16

EXPO by Ulrika Spacek is one of the best albums released this year. Rhys and Jenks tell us about prioritising music their whole adult lives, Rhys' experience of living in Stockholm, what success means to them and the ups and downs of releasing a new record - plus a great story about Jenks being a roofer despite being scared of heights. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at

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