- 81
- Episodes
- 6
- Transcribed
- 148
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 39K
- YouTube views
About Known Pleasures
A sometimes wry look at the highly influential music that washed up in the seismic splash that was punk.
- Publisher
- Gang Of Three
- Category
- music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 19 Apr 2017
- Latest episode
- 13 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
6 of 81 episodes have a transcript.
13 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Known Pleasures Ep 68 - The Comsat Angels vs Joy Division
4 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Known Pleasures Ep 67 - Gary Numan Interview
22 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Known Pleasures Ep66 - Mike Lindup (Level 42) Interview
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Known Pleasures Ep 68 - The Comsat Angels vs Joy Division
Published 13 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And what he was saying. Yeah, what he was saying. I think Unknown Pleasures is a more complete album. It sounds like a complete concept, but that's also enabled by Martin Hannett's production. The production on that is so futuristic. When I heard it, it sounded futuristic. It sounds futuristic now. Whereas when I hear Waiting for a Miracle now, it sounds like a lot of subsequent post-punk that came. After which, which is not the Comso Angel Swap, but they certainly set a template for a sound, which came that emptiness with a bit of a driving bass thing going on, the interesting drum, the harmonic guitar, the angular guitar, that kind of thing. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Gary Numan
- Mike Lindup
- Rat Scabies
- Barry Andrews
- Steve Kilbey
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 38,844
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 46 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 102 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100
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- Quality
- 35
- Social presence
- 91
- YouTube
- 76
- Engagement
- 93
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