How To Be An Icon

Today we take a look at the director of some the biggest movies of the past 20 years; The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2009) , Batman Begins (2005) and Oppenheimer (2023). That's right we take a look at the auteur Christopher Nolan the power house director. With his upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey on the way starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Elliot Page, Zendaya, Anna Hathaway and Travis Scot...

We have to start with one of biggest mistakes that we've ever made! One of our most amazing listeners is an actual bonified expert and we totally forgot to ask her about our episode topic! We are very very sorry! We also talk about our thought on the World Cup, our reaction to the Jackass press tour plus the latest Katy Perry new and deciding how Iconic she really is with the Katy Perry index, is...

We're going on a journey home, or at the very least a journey through the classics. This week we take a look at Homers Odyssey the ancient Greek epic poem. This is your cheat sheet so that you can claim to know all about The Odyssey before the Christopher Nolan film comes out, you get sound super smart and well cool and not cringe because you know all about this story. This also does count as a tr...

It's coming home! Football is coming home but is it iconic? Well this week take a look at the beautiful game and the most watched sporting competition that has been enjoyed by over a tenth of the entire world population as we look at the FIFA World Cup. This year the tournament comes to us from the USA, Mexico and Canada so in honor of this we look at the cup competitions history, the failed attem...

The following show features stunts performed either by professionals or under the supervision of professionals and should not be attempted or recreated by anyone under any circumstances. As we take a look at Jackass, the stunts, the really stupid stunts and the really really stupid stunts! The history of the show and how it came to be starting in the 90's skater magazines and VHS tapes to become M...

Its another episode of How To Be an Icon Addition, Amendments, Extras and etc. This week we look at the UK's most abysmal 2026 Eurovision entry that scored a grand total of 1 points. We talk about the death of working class art and how we're actually sick of people claiming to have come from poverty when really they came from the 1%. Talk about the Met Gala, Jeff Bezos and his tasteless wife Laure...

Good Evening Vienna this is London Calling with How to be an Icon on Eurovision! In this weeks episode we talk all bout the history of the competition that started all the way back in 1956! we look at some of biggest successes from Abba to Celine Dion and some of the biggest flops like Scooch and Andy Abrahams (you know the bin man). The many rivalries and interesting voting patterns and surprisin...

This… “stuff”? Oh, okay. I see. You think this has nothing to do with you. You…go to your podcast app, and you select…I don’t know, that boring old politics/ finance / book recommendation podcast for instance because you’re trying to tell the world that you take yourself too seriously to care about what you put in your ears, but what don’t know that podcast is not just educational, it’s not just e...

Strike a Pose! Because we're talking about Anna Wintour and Vogue. The fashion industries final Boss and the most influential woman in the world of magazine publishing and FASHION. Being part of the Wintour Dynasty with her father working for The Evening Standard and her brother who worked as political editor for The Guardian she became the most prominent of them all. From working in a fashion sto...

You got a friend in me! Because today we look at Pixar and Toy Story. With the newest movie coming out soon we look at the first fully 3D animated movie to ever be released, the man behind the movie, the troubled start to Pixar as company that was bought and saved by Apple CEO Steve Jobs and the struggles they faced trying to fully realise this incredible masterpiece! From the casting of Tom Hanks...

Happy Birthday our first year of podcasting! So lets party we take a look back at our highlights, talk about the process of how we make How to be an Icon, reflect on our favorite episodes, see if we can remember the lessons from our icons and reveal a fun birthday surprise! We also have some Katy Perry news and see how Katy stacks up to other musicians is she actually more of an icon then we think...

On our 50th episode we talk about the man who created Wrestlemania Vince McMahon! The billionaire wrestling promotor who changed the world of wrestling into Sport Entertainment, gave some of the most iconic people in world their start in wrestling like Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan, The Rock and John Cena, made billions of dollars and launched several businesses (not all successful). From th...

April fools is time for jokes, but not today. We're being very serious as we look at the titan of industry Logan Roy the CEO of Waystar Royco the media giant that controls US news, tv, film and media. From his tough childhood, starting a small business being to becoming a modern day media mogul and multi billionaire! With his three , sorry four children who all fought a tough Succession battle aft...

It's a meeeee... video game director at Nintendo Shigeru Miyamoto! We have a look at the life of the creator Super Mario Bros, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Mario 64 and Pikmin Shigeru Miyamoto. How he got his start and what inspired some of his creations, debunking some of the myths of Mario, going far to in depth on the character of Waluigi, and why he is such an influential figure in video...

Oh so you finally read this one, after all my really good really funny descriptions, this is the one you read not because you want too but because we told you too! Well you know what you don't get a funny one, no fun puns, no silly emojis, no wrap up of what happens in the episode, non of that. You know the worst thing, you won't even click on another episode to read the description, you'll just r...

Well no one told you life was gonna be this way 👏👏👏👏 Thats right Scream 7 is coming out so we're looking at Courteney Cox, the girl from Birmingham Alabama who made it big as one the highest paid women in TV history! She starred in many failed projects before landing her huge role in Friends alongside Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc as Monica Gell...

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of '26, listen to How to be an Icon. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, How to be an Icon would be it. The long term benefits of How to be an Icon have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience… I will dispense this advice now. HELLO AND WELCOME to How to be an Icon on Baz Lu...

She was born in the wagon of a travelin' show, and then became the goddess of pop! It's Cher! Listen as we turn back time to find out how Cher became the biggest Icon of all time? From her troubled childhood, meeting Sonny Bonno and forming Sonny & Cher, her first comeback and become a comedic act, her second comeback to being a disco queen, her third comeback and become an Oscar winner for he...

Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy! That's right with the Emerald Fennell Wuthering Heights movie coming out this Valentines Day with Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. We take a look at Emily Bronte's classic novel and find out why it is so iconic and why Yorkshire really does sound like a terrible place to live (no hate). So pull out your finest tea set and go wonder around the Yorkshire Moors as we lo...

Oh darling ,sweetie ,darling we're talking about the national treasure Joanna Lumley! You don't have to be posh to be Privileged but we're privileged to be talking about such an icon, from her career in modelling to her big break in James Bond, becoming the talk of the Rovers Returns when she became the love interest of Ken Barlow in Coronation Street, getting her big break as the right hand woman...

To end our month of obscure icons we end with the most obscure. Smokey the World War II war hero dog who saved approximately 250  with due to her small size. This part of a new ongoing series of great pooches, iconic puppers and the bestest boys. We take a look at man best and most icon friend. Iconic dogs 🐕🦮🐩🐕‍🦺🦮🦴🐕‍🦺🐩WHOSE A GOOD BOY! YOU ARE! YES YOU ARE... only if you click our l...

We're back with another AAEE taking a look back at the Beckhams, whats on at the cinema for 2026, and all of our previous episodes on: Demi Moore, John Cena, Mariah Carey, The Grinch, Cats, Iconic British puppets, Christmas, Art Bell and The Angry Video Game Nerd. Plus we give a load of fun recommendations for the week too! Its really fun we promise! Oh and don't worry we have a Katy Perry update...

We're gonna take you back the past and play some sh***y games that suck ass! That's right we're talking about The Angry Video Game Nerd himself James Rolfe! We take a look at his very humble beginnings in video making, his love of video games, his very interesting university life, becoming of the most influential gamers of all time to becoming the star of his own feature length movie. So get cozy...

From the high dessert and the great English North West I bid you all a good evening and good morning across all these many time zones! This is How to be an an Icon! We are discussing the influential American Radio program Coast to Coast with radio legend Art Bell. We go through some of Arts most interesting callers and discuss a bit about our very own late night radio experiences. It's a bit of a...

Celebrate good times come on! Its our best of 2025 featuring some of our favorite moments from the year and some never before heard to hot for TV bits too! We hope you all have a wonderful new year and we just to thank you for listening to us through out the year. We're so excited for 2026 and I hope you can join us for all the fun we have planned! Anyways on with the show!!! ✨✨✨My new years re...