The Green Man Podcast

Flo Dill is a London-based broadcaster and otherworldly music savant. Flo meets Ata Kak, the Ghanaian artist who earned much-deserved acclaim after his 1994 self-released tape Obaa Sima was rediscovered. Ata and Flo talk after his Mountain Stage set, going deep on Ata’s incredible origin story, and bonding over a shared love of old skool.

Over a decade ago, Ghanaian artist Ata Kak was living off-grid in his Kumasi hometown, his 1994 self-released album Obaa Sima but a distant memory. That was until Awesome Tapes From Africa founder Brian Shimkovitz tracked him down and re-released Obaa Sima, to belated and deserved acclaim. Now Ata Kak is a cult icon, his DIY blend of Ghanaian highlife, 90s dance beats, hip-hop, and swift Twi rap sending stages worldwide into an irresistible frenzy.

Flo is a London born & based DJ and broadcaster who has worked in and around music all her life. Listeners know her for a boundless musical knowledge and an open, enthusiastic approach to sharing music, which is at the heart of everything Flo does on the radio. She brings that approach to a dance floor too: whether she’s playing obscure post punk, driving disco or wonky 80s new wave, a sense of unpretentiousness and fun underpins her selections.

Buckle up for music and mischief aplenty as trailblazing comedian Josie Long and slime-loving folk ogre Johnny Lynch give us a flavour of their eighteen-year-solid friendship.

These two need no introduction. Beloved authors Caitlin Moran and Pete Paphides treat us to a sneak peek of Caitlin’s new book, How To Be Hopeful. Content warning: litter picking, armageddon anxiety.

Recorded live at the Talking Shop.

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Take me out to the Green Man. Eddie Green from post-punk rockers Shame joins American crooner Tyler Ballgame to swap stories about Rough Trade records, and the strangely joyful feeling found in touring the smaller towns in the USA and Europe apiece.

Comedy legend and "world's greatest living stand-up" Stewart Lee chats to national treasure and Pop Dungeon ringleader Charlotte Church. They natter about Stewart's involvement in the origin of the dungeon, and it's latest End Times incarnation, which took Far Out by storm on Thursday night.