DJ Shadow, aka Josh Davis, joins us in the studio for a journey through his life and times. He tells Niall Doherty about the making of his game-changing debut, explains why the Unkle project derailed him and makes the case for his new record Our Pathetic Age being his best yet.

DJ Shadow

Dennis Lyxzén

Refused's Dennis Lyxzén joins us on this week's podcast. The Swedish hardcore outfit originally split up in 1998 halfway through a gig to 45 people. But their next show, 14 years later, was headlining Coachella. The frontman guides Niall Doherty through the before, the after and the in-between of a punk rock fairytale.

Yak's frontman Oli Burslem joins us on this week's episode, discussing how Spiritualized's Jason Pierce became a mentor to the London-based trio, why antiques matter as much to him as music and recalling the time his band were followed around Europe by a fan in a Lamborghini. Niall Doherty hears his testament.

Q Presents The Making of Yak

Gruff Rhys looks back on a career of sonic adventures, both as frontman of the Super Furry Animals and solo artist. Niall Doherty joins him for a cosmic trip that takes place in jacuzzis, tour buses and rural Welsh villages.

Gruff Rhys

Cate Le Bon

Cate Le Bon tells us all about the joys of walking a pygmy goat, how her new Mercury-nominated album was inspired by a course in furniture-making and why she wants to say sorry to her childhood pony. Q Assistant Editor Chris Catchpole follows the Welsh singer on a journey through her singular world on this week's episode.

Kate Tempest

Kate Tempest gives us the lowdown on Rick Rubin's shoewear, shares tales of recording in Bob Dylan's old tourbus and recalls the first time she performed in front of a crowd on this week's episode. Niall Doherty tries to keep up with the rapper, poet, novelist and playwright.

This week, Niall Doherty is joined in the studio by singer songwriter and guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones. He discusses early days in The Coral, mental health and recalls how a meeting with the boss of Domino Records changed his life.

Bill Ryder-Jones

Paul Banks

This week, Niall Doherty is joined by Interpol frontman Paul Banks. The singer looks back over the band's early days, explains why he loves painting character actors from '80s films and offers up a surprisingly knowledgeable insight into simulation theory.

This week, Q Deputy Editor Niall Doherty is joined by Kaiser Chiefs' Ricky Wilson and Simon Rix. The singer and bassist talk about the key to intra-band harmony, recall the time when they were mistaken for Lily Allen's removal men and reveal that Jack White passed them some of his spare album titles.

Kaiser Chiefs

Brittany Howard

This week, Ted Kessler is joined by Alabama Shakes singer Brittany Howard. She talks about her new solo venture, race, first kisses, the French and much, much more!

Each week, Q Magazine Editor Ted Kessler interviews a superstar songwriter and musician about their life and career in music, about their ups and downs, their hits and misses. We also employ the famous “Biscuit Tin” method devised in ancient times by Smash Hits for unlocking their deepest secrets.

Q Presents The Making of…

Liam Gallagher

Season Two of Q Presents The Making Of launches with a Liam Gallagher special. Recorded in May in a London hotel room, Liam tackles the big issues: Brexit, songwriting and which animal he'd most like the body of if he could keep his face.

Aldous Harding

This week, your host Ted Kessler ventures to deepest, darkest South London, to the offices of 4AD Records, so that the supernaturally talented Kiwi singer-songwriter Aldous Harding can make fun of him, while also of course sharing her most intimate secrets.

Loyle Carner

This week, South Londoner rapper Loyle Carner meets Ted Kessler to talk grief, ADHD, cookery as therapy, why his address book is like a Who's Who, and what Freud would make of his love life.

Strong Language! Sex! Drugs! Fine Art! Busking! This week Ted Kessler is joined by brothers Lias and Nathan Saoudi of South London rascals Fat White Family for a ribald tour through the psychedelic windmills of their minds.

Fat White Family

This week, Scritti Politti's mastermind Green Gartside grants Ted Kessler a rare audience for a Making Of tour de force that takes in multiple musical reinventions, mental illness, incredible name-dropping, psychedelic digressions and the familiar click-hiss of studio beers being opened. Join us! You won't regret it.

Green Gartside

Mike Scott

With your usual host Ted Kessler away this week, Niall Doherty steps into the Q Presents The Making Of hosting hot-seat and welcomes Mike Scott into the studio. The Waterboys ringleader looks back on over three decades in music, reflecting on spiritual enlightenment, being a teenage punk and recalling how his biggest hit came about because he was showing off to a girlfriend.

Peter Perrett

This week, Ted Kessler is joined by living legend Peter Perrett. The former leader of The Only Ones looks back at his astonishing life, from losing his virginity during the Moon landing, creating one of the great post-punk singles Another Girl, Another Planet and his recent emergence from decades lost to drug addiction.

This week, the young singer-songwriter SOAK, aka 22-year old Bridie Monds-Watson, meets Q Editor Ted Kessler in The Making Of bunker for a revelation-packed edition. She tells us why Derry can no longer contain her, what she stole from Avril Lavigne, why the title of her forthcoming second album Grim Town is just a state of mind, and how one day she'll resurrect her first band, Peeing In The Dark. All this and the feared/loved Biscuit Tin, too.

SOAK

The best podcast episodes on physical health. Episodes talk about your diet, sleep, exercise and all the things that people do to improve their physical health and live a healthier life. This topic is for everyone, with applications in all of our everyday lives. Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!

Best Episodes on Physical Health & Your Body

The best podcasts on investing. For anyone interested in the stories in the investing industry, whether it's an interview with Ray Dalio or Ed Thorp to the writer of The Big Short. This topic includes the most fascinating stories from all the best investors. Add episodes you're interested into your queue below!