I guess it was only a matter of time before this podcast got to the subject of religion - and I’m sure it’ll revisit the subject further down the line - but I thought it might be nice to have a conversation with my fellow music journalist Jeremy Allen.

Jeremy was a teenage evangelical preacher – all fire and brimstone and all that righteous, and perhaps, deluded stuff. And he’s an alcoholic. And he’s been in a psychiatric hospital. Big brain, probably even bigger heart. His life story is a fascinating one, and I think, is one that can teach us a lot about shame… and how to escape it. Jeremy has also recently written a book about provocative, whispery French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg – and there’s a man who did not give a flying fuck about shame! You might like to read this excellent piece he wrote recently about his upbringing (and The God of Hellfire!) for the ever excellent The Quietus. It was, after all, the piece of writing that made me think, 'Yeah, I should speak to Jeremy for Episode 6...' Here it is: https://tinyurl.com/w665yvns

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Watch the series trailer here: https://tinyurl.com/7r326hhc