The Louis Theroux Podcast

The Louis Theroux Podcast

Podcast by Spotify Studios

Join Louis Theroux as he embarks on a series of in-depth and freewheeling conversations with a curated collection of fascinating figures from across the globe. The Louis Theroux Podcast is a Spotify podcast from Mindhouse, now available everywhere.

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episode S5 EP4: John Wilson on collaborating with Nathan Fielder, confronting a cult, and hating mockumentaries artwork
S5 EP4: John Wilson on collaborating with Nathan Fielder, confronting a cult, and hating mockumentaries

Louis speaks to John Wilson, fellow documentarian and creator of the cult-favourite series, How To...with John Wilson. The pair swap stories about their respective work, including discussing John’s collaborations with writer and producer Nathan Fielder, how joining an acapella group exposed him to the NXIVM sex-cult, and their shared disdain for mockumentaries. Plus, John turns the tables on Louis…   Warnings: Strong language and some adult themes.  Links/Attachments:  TV Show: ‘How To with John Wilson’ (2020-2023) - HBO  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0cltlm3/how-to-with-john-wilson [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0cltlm3/how-to-with-john-wilson]     TV Show: ‘Louis Theroux: Gambling in Las Vegas’ (2007) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007957z/louis-theroux-gambling-in-las-vegas [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b007957z/louis-theroux-gambling-in-las-vegas]    TV Show: ‘Louis Theroux’s LA Stories’ (2014) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b03zjc67/louis-therouxs-la-stories [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b03zjc67/louis-therouxs-la-stories]     Pitch Perfect (2012)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mbsapmW0bg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mbsapmW0bg]     Song: ‘Roxanne’, The Police (1978)  https://open.spotify.com/track/3EYOJ48Et32uATr9ZmLnAo [https://open.spotify.com/track/3EYOJ48Et32uATr9ZmLnAo]      TV Show: ‘Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult’ (2020) - Starz  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch_4jn_m6-g [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ch_4jn_m6-g]    TV Show: ‘The Vow’ (2020) - HBO  https://www.hbo.com/the-vow-2020 [https://www.hbo.com/the-vow-2020]     TV Show: ‘Louis Theroux’s Weird Weekends’ (1998-2000) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02q5prq/louis-therouxs-weird-weekends-series-1-1-christianity?seriesId=unsliced [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02q5prq/louis-therouxs-weird-weekends-series-1-1-christianity?seriesId=unsliced]     The Amazing Johnathan (2019)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9358084/ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9358084/]     TV Show: ‘When Louis Met...Jimmy Savile’ (2000) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0g3zjn9/when-louis-met-series-1-jimmy-savile [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0g3zjn9/when-louis-met-series-1-jimmy-savile]     TV Show: ‘Louis Theroux: America’s Most Dangerous Pets’ (2011) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b016yklh/louis-theroux-americas-most-dangerous-pets [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b016yklh/louis-theroux-americas-most-dangerous-pets]     TV Show: ‘Nathan For You’ (2013-2017) - Comedy Central  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2297757/ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2297757/]     TV Show: ‘The Rehearsal’ (2022 – Present) - HBO  https://www.hbo.com/the-rehearsal [https://www.hbo.com/the-rehearsal]     Book: The Journalist and the Murderer, Janet Malcolm (1989)  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Journalist-Murderer-Janet-Malcolm/dp/1847085342 [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Journalist-Murderer-Janet-Malcolm/dp/1847085342]     Book: The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes, Janet Malcolm (1994)  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Woman-J-Malcolm/dp/0679751408 [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Silent-Woman-J-Malcolm/dp/0679751408]    Book: Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession, Janet Malcolm (1977)  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychoanalysis-Impossible-Profession-Janet-Malcolm/dp/0394710347 [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Psychoanalysis-Impossible-Profession-Janet-Malcolm/dp/0394710347]    Credits:  Producer: Millie Chu   Assistant Producer: Emilia Gill Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D’Oliveira   Audio Mixer: Tom Guest  Video Mixer: Scott Edwards   Shownotes compiled by Immie Webb  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Production for Spotify   www.mindhouse.co.uk [http://www.mindhouse.co.uk/]     Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

26. toukok. 2025 - 1 h 15 min
episode S5 EP3: Bryan Johnson discusses life-changing psychedelics, superintelligence, and night-time erections artwork
S5 EP3: Bryan Johnson discusses life-changing psychedelics, superintelligence, and night-time erections

In this episode, Louis is joined by tech entrepreneur turned longevity evangelist, Bryan Johnson. Dialling in from his home in Los Angeles, Bryan tells Louis all about his quest to live forever, from the psychedelic experience that changed his life, to the role of superintelligence in the future. Plus, Louis learns the importance of night-time erections.    Warnings: Strong language and some adult themes.   Links/Attachments:    Mind – UK Mental Health Charity  https://www.mind.org.uk/ [https://www.mind.org.uk/]     Suicide Prevention UK  https://spuk.org.uk/ [https://spuk.org.uk/]     Book: The Ghost in the Machine, Arthur Koestler (originally published in 1967)  https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghost-Machine-Arthur-Koestler/dp/1939438349 [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghost-Machine-Arthur-Koestler/dp/1939438349]     ‘How to be 18 years old again for Only $2 million a year’ - Bloomberg (2023)  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-01-25/anti-aging-techniques-taken-to-extreme-by-bryan-johnson?embedded-checkout=true [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-01-25/anti-aging-techniques-taken-to-extreme-by-bryan-johnson?embedded-checkout=true]    TV Show: ‘Silicon Valley’ (2014-2019) - HBO   https://www.hbo.com/silicon-valley [https://www.hbo.com/silicon-valley]     ‘Harvard study, almost 80 years old, has proved that embracing community helps up live longer and be happier’ - The Harvard Gazette (2017)  https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/ [https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/]     Credits:  Producer: Millie Chu   Assistant Producer: Maan al-Yasiri  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D’Oliveira   Audio Mixer: Tom Guest  Video Mixer: Scott Edwards   Shownotes compiled by Immie Webb  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Production for Spotify   www.mindhouse.co.uk [http://www.mindhouse.co.uk/]   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

19. toukok. 2025 - 1 h 27 min
episode S5 EP2: Sean Penn on dining with Jack Nicholson and Putin, run-ins with the paparazzi, and his relationship with Zelenskyy artwork
S5 EP2: Sean Penn on dining with Jack Nicholson and Putin, run-ins with the paparazzi, and his relationship with Zelenskyy

Louis travels to Los Angeles to sit down with Hollywood heavyweight and international adventurer, Sean Penn. Renowned for award-winning roles in films like Milk, I Am Sam and Carlito’s Way, Sean discusses his colourful life and career, including dining with Jack Nicholson and Vladimir Putin in Moscow, his relationship with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his notorious run-ins with the paparazzi. Warnings: Strong language.   Links/Attachments:    Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzva_I8WPAg [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzva_I8WPAg]     Mystic River (2003)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7NktJhrRYQ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7NktJhrRYQ]     Milk (2008)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5D07rmfwG0 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5D07rmfwG0]     Dead Man Walking (1995)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgvbfLNYumU [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgvbfLNYumU]     Carlito’s Way (1993)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZMd4Baswb4 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZMd4Baswb4]    The Apprentice (2024)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_OeYJXXlw0 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_OeYJXXlw0]     Superpower (2023)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X54GUzUUM3w [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X54GUzUUM3w]     One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXrcDonY-B8 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXrcDonY-B8]     TV Show: ‘Euphoria’ (2019 – Present) - HBO  https://www.hbo.com/euphoria [https://www.hbo.com/euphoria]     Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962)  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056196/ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056196/]     TV Show: ‘Normal People’ (2020) - BBC / Hulu  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1JQuWxt3cE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1JQuWxt3cE]    Shanghai Surprise (1986)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbW06buYw0Y [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbW06buYw0Y]     Song: ‘Like a Virgin’, Madonna (1984)  https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZPlNanZsJSPK5h9YZZFbZ [https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZPlNanZsJSPK5h9YZZFbZ]     Becoming Madonna (2024) - Sky Documentaries   https://www.sky.com/watch/programme/4f309d01-57b4-42b1-92ca-82eef6ec747e [https://www.sky.com/watch/programme/4f309d01-57b4-42b1-92ca-82eef6ec747e]     A Complete Unknown (2024)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdV-Cs5o8mc [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdV-Cs5o8mc]     Audiobook: ‘Chronicles, Volume I’, Bob Dylan (narrated by Sean Penn) (2004)  https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Chronicles-Volume-1-(Audio)/Bob-Dylan/9780743501613 [https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Chronicles-Volume-1-(Audio)/Bob-Dylan/9780743501613]     TV Show: ‘Game of Thrones’ (2011-2019) - HBO  https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones [https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones]     Sweet and Lowdown (1999)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w3fokY0kP0 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7w3fokY0kP0]     Daddio (2024)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJrr2amlFyc [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJrr2amlFyc]  One Battle After Another (2025)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap-j8e9J5U0 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ap-j8e9J5U0]     TV Show: ‘Merlin’ (2008-2012) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dq8tn/merlin-series-1-1-the-dragons-call?seriesId=b00mjlxv-structural-1-b00dr74v [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00dq8tn/merlin-series-1-1-the-dragons-call?seriesId=b00mjlxv-structural-1-b00dr74v]     I am Sam (2001)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir6_2EkhzAc [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ir6_2EkhzAc]    Credits:  Producer: Millie Chu   Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D’Oliveira   Audio Mixer: Tom Guest  Video Mixer: Scott Edwards   Shownotes compiled by Immie Webb  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Production for Spotify   www.mindhouse.co.uk [http://www.mindhouse.co.uk/]   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

13. toukok. 2025 - 1 h 26 min
episode S5 EP1: Bella Ramsey discusses being a child actor, dealing with critical fandoms and overcoming emetophobia artwork
S5 EP1: Bella Ramsey discusses being a child actor, dealing with critical fandoms and overcoming emetophobia

To kick off the new series, Louis is joined in the studio by Bella Ramsey, rising star of ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘The Last of Us’. Bella delves into their experiences as a child actor, dealing with critical fandoms online, and their phobia of vomiting.   Warnings: Some strong language and discussions of sensitive themes, including mental health issues and eating disorders. For further information and support, visit https://resources.byspotify.com/  [https://resources.byspotify.com/%E2%80%AF]        Links/Attachments:  BEAT – UK Eating Disorder Charity   https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-information-and-support/get-help-for-myself/i-need-support-now/helplines/ [https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/get-information-and-support/get-help-for-myself/i-need-support-now/helplines/]    TV Show: ‘Game of Thrones’ (2011-2019) - HBO  https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones [https://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones]    TV Show: ‘The Last of Us’ (2023 – Present) - HBO  https://www.hbo.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYyofRQHeuJ6fiQEAAAEy [https://www.hbo.com/series/urn:hbo:series:GYyofRQHeuJ6fiQEAAAEy]     TV Show: ‘The Worst Witch’ (2017 - 2020) - CBBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b09m8lyz/the-worst-witch [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b09m8lyz/the-worst-witch]     Video Game: ‘The Last of Us’ (2013) - Sony PlayStation  https://www.playstation.com/en-us/the-last-of-us/ [https://www.playstation.com/en-us/the-last-of-us/]     TV Show: ‘Time’ (2021-2023) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p09fs2qh/time?seriesId=p09fs2qh-structural-2-p0g5k19n [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p09fs2qh/time?seriesId=p09fs2qh-structural-2-p0g5k19n]     TV Show: ‘Cracker’ (1993-1996) - ITV  https://www.itv.com/watch/cracker/1a1918 [https://www.itv.com/watch/cracker/1a1918]     TV Show: ‘Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV’ (2024) - Investigation Discovery  https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/show/quiet-on-setthe-dark-side-of-kids-tv [https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/show/quiet-on-setthe-dark-side-of-kids-tv]     TV Show: ‘Chernobyl’ (2019) - HBO  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9APLXM9Ei8 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9APLXM9Ei8]    EmetAction – UK Emetophobia Charity   https://emetaction.org/ [https://emetaction.org/]     The Thrive Programme  https://www.thriveprogramme.org/ [https://www.thriveprogramme.org/]     Book: Emetophobia-Free, Rob Kelly (2014)  https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=thrive+programme+emetophobia&crid=2Q58R6N2PS6MW&sprefix=thrive+programme+emetophobia%2Caps%2C114&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 [https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=thrive+programme+emetophobia&crid=2Q58R6N2PS6MW&sprefix=thrive+programme+emetophobia%2Caps%2C114&ref=nb_sb_noss_1]    Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia (2017) - BBC  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09d5nk2/louis-theroux-talking-to-anorexia [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09d5nk2/louis-theroux-talking-to-anorexia]     Book: The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien (1954)      Credits:  Producer: Millie Chu   Assistant Producer: Maisie Williams  Production Manager: Francesca Bassett   Music: Miguel D’Oliveira   Audio Mixer: Tom Guest  Video Mixer: Scott Edwards   Shownotes compiled by Immie Webb  Executive Producer: Arron Fellows       A Mindhouse Production for Spotify   www.mindhouse.co.uk [http://www.mindhouse.co.uk/]       Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

05. toukok. 2025 - 1 h 12 min
episode Louis is back with the fifth season of his podcast! artwork
Louis is back with the fifth season of his podcast!

It's that time again... Louis returns for another series of his podcast. Join him weekly from May 6th as he delves into the lives of fascinating people from across the globe. Watch episodes exclusively on Spotify, or listen wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices [https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices]

28. huhtik. 2025 - 1 min
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