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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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23:13

Stop & Chat: Strawberry Guy

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/10/08

Alex's new album Give Me A Dream is an absolute gem, you should definitely be listening to it on 23 October. He tells us about doing a comedy bit with Paul McCartney, before snubbing the Beatle for a songwriting session. Also find stories of piano teaching, cleaning and what it feels like going viral. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks to The Miller in London Bridge. 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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51:13

Dan Tiernan - "I've had my phone nicked on the same...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/10/06

With a new show about the healing power of crystals, comic Dan Tiernan takes us through his short-lived time as a magician, how his dyspraxia (and ADHD) meant he wasn't the most suited for the regular workplace, and the brawl at his first night ever hosting comedy. Get tickets to see him live on tour: https://dantiernan.co.uk/Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks to The Miller in London Bridge. Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's

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29:49

Jack Shep - "SNL UK meant I left football coaching"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/09/29

SNL UK's Jack Shep on how he got his break on Big Boys, but went to the wrong place on his first day on set, working on weekends, behind the bar and his football job he left earlier this year. SNL Season 2 is on now, and Break Clause is on Channel 4 this week.Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Thanks to The Miller in London Bridge. 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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24:04

Stop & Chat: Love Spells

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/09/24

Taegen C'aion Harris has released a killer groovy record in Love Is The Law, but before their sparkling career they were homeless in Houston, working at a tanning salon and getting in trouble riding a skateboard. 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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27:16

End of the Road Festival: Molly McGuinness and big...

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/09/22

On Friday morning at this year's End of the Road festival, we heard from comedian Molly McGuinness and excellent band big long sun (stylised as such!) about working at CeX, TopMan and a chip shop where they put on gigs upstairs. Follow Molly McGuinness to catch her live, and give a good listen to big long sun's new album 'love songs and spiritual recollections'. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear: https://shu.re/3YhV7p2 Set up Your Band's

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26:34

Stop & Chat: Polhawan

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/09/20

Another incredible new find out on Breakfast Records (Getdown Services, Mumble Tide, The Cindys) is Polhawan. Tim tells us about working with young people in music, the summer he actually cleaned THOSE Reading Festival toilets, and how playing a song to a friend or partner is so much harder than playing to a full room. He also plays a couple of wonderful tunes. Give it a proper listen: https://polhawan.bandcamp.com/track/things-you-doGet in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top

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51:20

Johnny Marr - "I wrote songs to solve my problems"

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2026/09/15

Sign up to our newsletter to win a Johnny Marr signed The Age of Everything LP : https://www.101ptj.fyi/ The world's most influential guitarist joins today on wearing eyeliner to his dad's manual labour job, how The Smiths was the best apprenticeship he could ask for and how you don't need to be an incredible guitarist to write a bangin tune. Johnny's new album The Age of Everything is out 2 October, and he currently has a guitar auction at Christie's. Thanks The Social Get in touch

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23:47

Stop & Chat: Sorcha Richardson

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/09/10

Sorcha Richardson's Draw The Outline is an album you need on your radar. She tells about early years discovering her voice, working at record labels, a chance advert sync and her seasonal way of existing. Order Draw The Outline: https://sorcharichardson.bandcamp.com/album/draw-the-outlineSign up to our newsletter to win gig tickets & signed LPs: https://www.101ptj.fyi/ Thanks The Miller in London Bridge. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear:

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36:46

C.O.F.F.I.N. - "Don't underestimate your ability to...

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2026/09/08

While over for their London documentary screening, the Manly-Australia band joined on starting as teenagers and booking local shows, developing an understanding on how to operate as a sustainable band, how their inclusive message allows people to feel involved and Dec from Amyl and The Sniffers producing their new album Out in Oslo - which you can order at https://www.coffinband.com/ Sign up to our newsletter to win gig tickets & signed LPs: https://www.101ptj.fyi/ Thanks The Miller in London

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23:10

Stop & Chat: corto.alto

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2026/09/06

Liam Shortall, who's just released his mind melting new record Some Small Fortune, joins on going to music university at 16, playing in wedding bands and his parents running his merch. Order the new album from Ninja Tune: https://ninjatune.net/release/corto-alto/some-small-fortune Sign up to our newsletter to win gig tickets & signed LPs: https://www.101ptj.fyi/ Thanks The Miller in London Bridge. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear:

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45:14

Interpol - "There's a magic that happens between us"

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2026/09/01

Interpol's Paul Banks and Daniel Kessler on the alchemy behind the band, making the tectonically powerful new record This Mirror Weighs A Ton with established pop producer Andrew Wyatt and their friendship there, the impact of Fugazi and hip-hop behind their music, and their Spinal Tap moment at Madison Square Garden.Sign up to our newsletter to win gig tickets & signed LPs: https://www.101ptj.fyi/ Thanks The Miller in London Bridge. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top

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26:45

Stop & Chat: Le Ren

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/08/27

If you're into timeless Americana folk, you gotta listen to Le Ren's new album Don't Be Funny Without Me - out tomorrow. Lauren joins us on playing to her 90-year-olds grandparents, self confidence, her interviewing and writing side jobs, plus Jeff Tweedy, Vashti Bunyan and Bonnie Raitt.Sign up to our newsletter to win gig tickets & signed LPs: https://www.101ptj.fyi/ Thanks The Miller in London Bridge. Get in touch giles@mightymoonmedia.com Get yourself some top class Shure microphone gear:

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40:53

Brian Fallon - "I'm happy for the first time ever"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/08/25

Brian Fallon is back, baby. Not Bad For New Jersey, out 10 September, is his best batch of songs in years. He wears the same cologne as Blink 182's Travis Barker. He's down with the emo new school of Hot Mulligan, the potent trail of Modern Baseball and the legend of My Chemical Romance. There's even a new Gaslight Anthem album half written! Sign up to our newsletter to win gig tickets & signed LPs: https://www.101ptj.fyi/ Thanks The Miller in London Bridge. Get in touch

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45:48

The Tubs - "My songs do a hatchet job on myself"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/08/18

If you don't yet know The Tubs - get quick now on the train the jangletown. Owen Williams joins on how he confronts intrusive thoughts with songwriting, the hundreds of hours he's put into writing fiction and the paradox of being from a DIY-minded background and wanting to make music part of his living. The Tubs' new album Hard Life is out 11 September, pre-order it: https://thetubs.bandcamp.com/album/hard-lifeSign up to our newsletter for a chance to win 2x Tubs tickets and a signed 'Hard Life'

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27:15

Stop & Chat: Man/Woman/Chainsaw

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/08/13

MWC have released an excellent and likely enduring debut record with Cannonball. Vera and one of the two Billys join us on being lockdown teenagers, being a six-piece band and working in pubs and painting-demolishing. Listen to Cannonball: https://manwomanchainsaw.bandcamp.com/album/cannonball Thanks The Miller in London Bridge. 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

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25:02

Powerplant - "The suffering is the joy"

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/08/11

Theo Zhykharyev joins on doubling down on Powerplant and becoming an admin email demon, how he can't go back to his home country of Ukraine, living in a guardianship and the secrets of their wild sound. Pick up a copy of Bridge of Sacrifice: https://ppowerplant.bandcamp.com/album/bridge-of-sacrificeThanks The Miller in London Bridge. 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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25:50

Freddie Meredith - Need A Light?

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/08/05

Freddie Meredith on the plight of self-taped auditions, working at the pub and his fringe show about a desperate smoking area dweller. Catch him at Baby Grand at Pleasance Courtyard throughout August: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/freddie-meredith-need-lightThanks The Miller in London Bridge. 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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32:40

Rory Marshall - Thank You For The Opportunity

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/08/04

Rory's Edinburgh Fringe show starts this week. Last week he joined us on putting together its final touches, playing in a band, his laundry list of jobs and stage fright. Find info on the fringe show: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/rory-marshall-thank-you-opportunityThanks The Miller in London Bridge. 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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23:56

Brògeal - Deer Shed Festival

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/08/03

Falkirk romantic punk rockers Brògeal join us at Deer Shed to talk about working a double pizza team during Covid, putting on shows in their hometown and making dreary days into colourful tunes. Their album Tuesday Paper Club 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 ad choices. Visit

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19:13

The North - Truck Festival

101 Part Time Jobs with Giles Bidder ·

2026/07/30

The North are good rock 'n roll powerpop - reminds me of The Exploding Hearts, Buzzcocks or early Cribs, who I saw them do a fine job of supporting a few weeks ago. Sian and Billy joined us at Truck festival to talk about open mics, working at Home Bargains and their whirlwind year. 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

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