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In the first episode of How Music Can Save the World, a new podcast from Drowned in Sound, Shain Shapiro meets Maggie Baird, the mother of Billie Eilish and Finneas and founder of Support + Feed. They start with her...
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This weekly podcast explores how culture, politics, and the climate crisis are reshaping music. From AI and activism to festival futures and the collapse of local scenes, we treat music as an ecosystem, not just entertainment. Guests include artists, changemakers, and organisers reimagining what music can be. Subscribe and join the conversation. Hosted by Sean Adams, founder of Drowned in Sound
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What is Drowned in Sound about?
This weekly podcast explores how culture, politics, and the climate crisis are reshaping music. From AI and activism to festival futures and the collapse of local scenes, we treat music as an ecosystem, not just entertainment. Guests include artists, changemakers, and organisers reimagining what music can be. Subscribe and join the conversation.
What has Drowned in Sound covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Maggie Baird on How Music Can Save The World | Episode 1" (29 October 2026, 60 minutes), "Introducing... How Music Can Save The World" (27 October 2026, 5 minutes), and "Meet The AI Rapper Beloved By The Far-Right - Part 2" (8 September 2026, 43 minutes).
How often does Drowned in Sound publish?
Drowned in Sound publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 197 minutes across 96 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Drowned in Sound?
Booking probability for Drowned in Sound is 33%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Drowned in Sound requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Drowned in Sound's contact route on record: verified email.
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The strongest fits for Drowned in Sound are Music & Recording and Artists, Writers & Performers. Drowned in Sound has a music audience.
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Drowned in Sound
Introducing... How Music Can Save The World
Oct 27, 20265 minS8Drowned in Sound is thrilled to introduce a new series which will be appearing in this feed. How Music Can Save the World is hosted by Shain Shapiro and produced by DiS founder Sean Adams, who pops up at the end of each...
Sep 8, 202643 minS6In part two of our conversation with journalists Effie Webb and Harriet Williamson, we move beyond who created Danny Bones and ask what his existence means for music itself. We discuss the irony of a far-right AI rapper...
Sep 1, 202647 minS6What does it take to rack up five million YouTube views in ten months? In this case: a rapper who doesn’t exist, a political party paying thousands for AI-generated videos, and algorithms remarkably good at turning...
Aug 26, 202656 minS6In this week's episode Sean sits down with Steven Ansell, the singing drummer of Blood Red Shoes. They have known each other for around twenty five years now, since Sean first saw Steven's old band Cat On Form playing...
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Gig Yap: Robyn, My Chemical Romance, Matt Berninger and Los Campesinos!, and Where to Stand
Aug 15, 202650h 15mS6What's the best place to stand in the Electric Ballroom if you're under five foot five and don't fancy a six foot stranger appearing in front of you two minutes before stage time? Helena Wadia has worked this out for...
Aug 2, 202642 minS6Did Sean ask a member of the House of Lords whether the House of Lords should even exist? No. Did he get into proportional representation? Also no... Helena Wadia returns to co-host, and rather than a straight interview...
Jul 25, 20261h 1mS6Four thousand, one hundred and forty four music fans responded to a single Parliamentary survey, more than any committee inquiry has recorded before. What they said, over and over, is that going to a gig isn't a...
Jul 7, 20261h 19mS6There's a marketing agency that will build your band a small army of fan accounts for about a dollar per thousand views. They post the clips, they seed the captions, sometimes they write the comments underneath too...
Jul 1, 202658 minS6Spotify paid Joe Rogan over $200 million for his podcast. Then, in 2024, they did it again. Tom Gray has spent the last five years thinking about what that kind of money could do for songwriters instead and his answer...
Jun 23, 202656 minS6How do you go from winning the Mercury Prize to writing music for a CBeebies series about a pig named Hector and a very glamorous chicken named Pru? The answer takes in a Tim Buckley obsession that lasted five years...
Jun 16, 20261h 8mS6What do you do when everyone tells you that you can't make a film without the right connections, the right funding, the right people saying yes? If you're Geoff Barrow, you spend everything Invada Records has on proving...
Jun 9, 20261h 2mS6George Michael had the highest hit rate in the history of the US Hot 100. Nineteen entries, eight number ones. 'Last Christmas' has been covered more than four hundred times. Ten years after his death, there's been no...
Episode #6
Los Campesinos! Part! Two! On Class, Privilege, And The Economics Of Bands vs Solo Artists
Jun 4, 202649 minS6What happens when you can no longer subsidize creativity with a second job? Part 2 of our conversation with Gareth David digs into the real cost of being a musician in 2026: visa fees, tour buses, the collapse of sync...
Episode #5
You! Me! 10 Million Spotify Streams! How Much?!?!! Why Los Campesinos! Stopped Being Quiet - Part 1
May 26, 202647 minS6What do bands actually make from ten million Spotify streams? About £32k... In Part 1 of this conversation, Gareth David from Los Campesinos! walks Helena Wadia and Sean Adams through the numbers and how he felt about...
Episode #4
AI & Consent Special with Addison Rae, Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift featuring Dr Hayleigh Bosher
May 20, 20261h 3mS6Helena Wadia and Sean Adams caught up with intellectual property expert Dr Hayleigh Bosher to discuss AI, Addison Rae, ICE, Taylor Swift, deep fakes, trademarks, consent, copyright, Samsung, and Dua Lipa. The episode...
May 14, 202640 minS6"Disappointing" is the word of the week in the UK music biz, after the UK government seem to have kicked the can down the road on tackling ticket touts aka "secondary ticketing". Why? The King's Speech happened...
May 5, 202641 minS6Over 4,000 music fans responded to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s Fan-Led Review into Live Music and Electronic Music and in this week's episode DiS founder Sean Adams and co-host Helena Wadia reacted to this...
Apr 28, 202634 minS6Before the UK's general election, Labour's 2024 manifesto promised to "put fans back at the heart of events" by ending ticket touting. Then, when in power, the Labour government made confirmed the plan in November 2025...
Apr 22, 202622 minS5Drowned in Sound is thrilled to reveal the first series in our new podcast network, with more shows to be announced soon. Hosted by music and social change expert, start-up founder, and campaign organiser Ariana...
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David Martin
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Paul Smith
secretary general at Botanic Gardens Conservation International, The National College of Hypnotherapy and Coaching
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