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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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39:47

Kevin Morby - "I've documented every part of my life"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/04/14

Kevin has a phenomenal ability to conjure up a beautiful moment from almost nowhere. Coming from DIY scenes in New York, he tells us about how he didn't really make any money in ten years playing music, before giving to charity when he did; his love of running and playing tennis; how the current wave of insanely talented indie bands like Wednesday, Geese and MJ Lenderman saw him live when they were teenagers; and the pangs of loneliness on tour. His excellent new album Little Wide Open is out 15

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33:12

The Scratch - "Everyone has something to contribute"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/04/08

On St Patricks Day at Signature Brew, The Scratch join us on how being in a band has changed them as people, busking in Dublin, the impact the recession had on Irish music and the soundtrack to House of Guinness. Their new album Pull Like A Dog is out now. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Assistant produced by Jamie Hewitt. 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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27:07

Arlo Parks - "Trying to catch the zeitgeist is futile"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/03/31

Inspired by nightlife, clubbing and open-minded venues like Cafe OTO and Venue MOT in London, Arlo Parks' new album Ambiguous Desire is reassuringly soothing. Downstairs at the Miller, Arlo tells us about the real-life voicenotes featured on the album, being a full-time musician since 17 and the the authors who changed the way she thinks. Ambiguous Desire is out on Friday. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Assistant produced by Grace King. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone

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29:35

Curtisy - Norm Macdonald, Mac Miller and Tracy Beaker

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/03/26

From Jobstown in Dublin, Curtisy joins us on working onsite with his older brother, doughnuts with his mum, how Mac Miller is one of his biggest inpos and coming out of a dry writing period. Get A Life! is Curtisy and owin's new record, out now.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 Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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40:41

Maisie Adam - "Football and comedy need to evolve"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/03/24

Currently trying not to crack up in Last One Laughing, Maisie Adam discusses her punk mum, loving Lambrini Girls and Amyl and The Sniffers, the gritty open mic circuit, online comedy and women's football. Watch Maisie live on tour from September - get tickets to her gigantic tour at maisieadam.com 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 Distrokid Direct:

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31:03

grandson - "You remind people the world can change"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/03/17

Jordan Benjamin is passionate about what his music can do for people. From a family of political campaigners, he's been co-signed by Billy Bragg, written with Tom Morello and is about to tour with Enter Shikari in Australia. His latest album INERTIA, which he's been touring with a full band, is out now.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 Distrokid Direct:

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27:03

Lime Garden - "I was egg mayo girl"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/03/12

Chloe and Annabel join to talk us through their ridiculous jobs, Elton John, Warpaint, being a band since they were 17 and the homemade production on their excellent new album Maybe Not Tonight - out soon on So Young Records.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 Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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27:33

Courtney Barnett - "Writing songs is still a mystery...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/03/10

Courtney Barnett has written approximately a dozen of the best 100 songs of the last decade. Ahead of her new record Creature of Habit, she talks about her old bar job, Milk! Records, working at McDonalds and finding the perfect melody. 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 Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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33:33

Pool Kids - Substitute teaching, bar ejections and...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/03/03

Pool Kids are in their tenth year of pushing boundaries sonically and physically while they tour all over the world. Their excellent third abum Easier Said Than Done came out last year and today they bring stories of substiute teaching, ejecting from bars and texting memes to an old boss.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 Distrokid Direct:

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21:56

Steve Mason (The Beta Band) - "I never let the truth...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/02/26

Steve Mason's new compilation The Romance of Unknowing has just come out on Two-Piers. He's also just announced his book, Failure is Always an Option, and The Beta Band are playing shows in 2026. Order The Romance of Unknowing - https://two-piers.bandcamp.com/album/steve-mason-presents-the-romance-of-unknowingGet 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 Distrokid Direct:

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60:57

Jordan Rakei - "I moved from Brisbane to London to...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/02/24

Jordan Rakei moved from Australia to London with a blind faith to make music. Over years of hard work and learning the hard way, he's now one of the most prolific vocalists, songwriters and producers in R&B and soul. He opens up on the financial realities of artists, how AI is able to copy the tone of his voice (something you can't copyright), and learning it all first hand. His new EP 'Between Us' is available to pre-order now, coming out in late April. Get in touch

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22:46

Olga Koch - "I'm doing a PhD as a backup plan to comedy"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/02/17

Russian-British comedian Olga Koch on her tech jobs, doing standup over Zoom to a silent, faceless crowd, and why she's doing a PhD as a backup to her (very successful) comedy career. Her new show Fat Tom Cruise is on sale. 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 Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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30:05

Matt Caughthran (Mariachi El Bronx / The Bronx) and...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/02/10

Matt Caughthran and Mariachi El / The Bronx are true lifers. A white knuckle ride through ten albums, outliving the deaths, adversities and adventure that comes with being in an all-weather touring band. Mariachi El Bronx IV comes out this Friday.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 Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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22:17

Cardinals - "I'm a wanted man in Cork City"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/02/04

Ahead of their hearty debut album Masquerade, Euan and Aaron joined us at the Social to talk grifting through jobs in Cork, our shared love for So Young Records and magazine, and solving the backpack litre conundrum. Masquerade is out 13 February.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 Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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25:45

Nation of Language on New York coffee, hockey and the...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/02/01

Just announced as Death Cab For Cutie tour support across the USA, Nation of Language's Ian and Aidan join to talk coffee, childminding and being a hockey family band.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 Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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31:26

Vona Vella - "Covering Jason Mraz as a wedding...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/01/30

Introducing you to my favourite latest discovery... Vona Vella. It's got the Jeff Buckley layered washy groove, it's sonically great with hiss and scratches in the right place - maybe even some Built To Spill in there. You should get into it ahead of their new album, Carnival - out 27 Feb. Here's Dan and Izzy on giving the thing wheels. 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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27:12

Dead Dads Club - "Ronnie Wood... thank you for the...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/01/27

When Chilli Jesson's first band Palma Violets ground to a halt, he found himself behind a bar trying to sign his name in Guinness foam for adoring fans. Dead Dads Club was soon dreamed up, and after a few more years he became a touring member of Fontaines D.C., became a dad, and released an excellent psychedelic rock 'n' roll album - out now on Ficton. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch

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35:54

Witch Fever - "We did two months in arenas... now...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/01/20

A damning indictment on what it's like for medium to large scale touring experiences, Amy Walpole and Alex Thompson tell us about their challenging last year, and the determination and resilience that it requires to keep moving. Their ace second album FEVEREATEN is out now. 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 Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your

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15:20

Radio Free Alice - "Teach guitar? I barely know how...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/01/12

At The Windmill in Brixton, Noah and Jules are putting themselves down of course - but that's part of the charm with the dynamic but stripped-back lexicon of Radio Free Alice. They tell us how the Australian government has helped them tour overseas, the expectant but elusive debut album, and working at the National Gallery of Victoria. Their newest single 'Rule 31' is out now. Think The Cure, The Smiths and The Strokes. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear:

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25:50

Peaches - "Kids should send their parents to gay camps"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/01/06

Discussing her former double life as a kids' music teacher and what self-empowerment means today, Peaches is here ahead of her first album in 10 years, No Lube So Rude. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's merch store, for free at Distrokid Direct: https://distrokid.com/direct/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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