Juvenalia
225 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsJuvenalia is a pop culture nostalgia show where Alan Maguire, Sarah Maria Griffin, and Andrea Cleary invite interesting people to tell them about something they were obsessed with when they were young; how they felt about it then and how they feel about it now. We've talked about books, films, tv shows, musicians, computer games; we're interested in it all! It's nice, you'll like it.
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148: Kid A with Louise Gaffney of Dirty Dreamer
April 21, 2022 02:30 - 56 minutes - 77.6 MBLouise Gaffney of Irish new-wave ambient band Dirty Dreamer joined us to talk about what many people regard as the greatest album of the noughties, Radiohead’s Kid A. We talk about how Kid A sounded in 2000, how it sounds, how it influenced Dirty Dreamer, and we talked about making music that sounds like it’s happening in a specific location. You can find Dirty Dreamer @dirty_dreamer_. Their debut album The Everyday in Bloom is out now. They play the Workman’s Cellar on June 2nd. Alan is @...
147: The Strokes with Bláithín De Burca - Live at the Foolhardy Festival
April 08, 2022 19:42 - 52 minutes - 72.3 MBIt’s a live show! Bláithín De Burca returned to Juvenalia to talk to Alan and guest co-host Andrea Cleary at the Foolhardy Festival in Waterford!. We had a good long chat about The Strokes, partly about the music and partly about their faces. We talked about the clothes, the mythmaking production choices on Is This It and their first videos, the music they destroyed and the bands that were created in their wake. We had a great time. Thanks to everybody who came to see us, we love all 25,000 ...
146: Green Wing with Carly Monardo
March 24, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBCarly Monardo of Rude Tales of Magic and Birdgirl returns to talk about a show that had a huge influence on her, 2004's Green Wing. We picked sides in the love triangle at the heart of the show, talked about improv, the scary amount of now-famous people in the show, the physical commitment of the actors, and about the balance of meanness and earnestness in comedy. It was fun! Carly is @whirringblender. You can find Rude Tales of Magic and Oh These, Those Stars Of Space in the podcast places...
145: The Fifth Element with Phil Ellis
March 03, 2022 03:00 - 59 minutes - 82 MBJournalist and author Phil Ellis joins us as we return to the topic of very first episode: Luc Besson’s 1997 day-glo sci-fi epic The Fifth Element. It’s been six years this month since we last talked about it and we’re all different people so we thought why not. We talk about Ruby Rhod, the power of love, very long prologues, and the clothes, the clothes, the clothes. Phil is @Philip_Ellis. He’s a contributing editor at Men’s Health magazine and has exciting news coming soon! Alan is @alan...
144: The Lost Boys with Edel Coffey
February 17, 2022 00:34 - 57 minutes - 79.4 MBAuthor and journalist Edel Coffey joins us to talk about the Joel Schumacher's comedy-horror VHS classic, The Lost Boys and there was a lot to talk about! Things like Alan and Sarah’s preconceptions of the film, the power of Two Coreys, the face of Jason Patric, the confidence of Kiefer Sutherland, the jokes, the gore, the music, the saxophone, and much more. Edel is @edelcoffey. Her novel Breaking Point is out now and was number one in the Irish charts of time of recording! Alan is @alan_...
143: Spirited Away with Caroline O'Donoghue
February 03, 2022 00:13 - 57 minutes - 78.6 MBAuthor, Podcaster, and our fifth Beatle, Caroline O’Donoghue returns to talk about Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 masterpiece Spirited Away. We talk about Yubaba as magical girlboss, unsettling giant babies, how we feel about Spirited Away merch, games we think have a hint of Spirited Away about them, and just generally ooh and aah over how good this film is. It’s so good. Caroline is @Czaroline. Her latest YA book The Gifts That Bind Us Is out Feb 3rd. Her other (excellent) books are also in all th...
Bonus Episode: Yellowjackets/Wytchwood/Get Back/Succession
January 21, 2022 00:24 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MBHello! We had a scheduling mix up. It happens, no big deal but it means we don’t have a new episode this week. We thought you might like our most recent Patreon bonus episode though. It’s from our bonus series Started/Finished where we talk about what we’ve started and finished recently. In this episode we talked about Yellowjackets (no spoilers), Get Back, Wytchwood (no spoilers), and Succession (spoliers, big spoilers). This is an edited version of the episode that went out to our Patreon ...
142: Malcolm In The Middle with Aoife Dooley
January 06, 2022 00:33 - 51 minutes - 70.6 MBArtist and writer Aoife Dooley joins us to to talk about beloved naughties dinnertime staple, Malcolm In The Middle. We talked about our favourite episodes, similarities between Malcolm family and our families, Sarah and Aoife have a lengthy digression about where some of The Snapper was filmed. It was a good time! The show wasn’t streaming anywhere legally in Ireland when we recorded this and then a week later it became available on Disney+. Did we have something to do with that? We’ll neve...
142: Christmas Songs with Andrea Cleary and Fearghal Curtis
December 23, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBThe Juvenalia Christmas Smalltacular 2021 Happy holidays to one and all! We had planned to do something big and special in the studio but well, y’know, so instead we gathered some of our Juvenalia family remotely to talk about our favourite Christmas music. We accidentally talked about Baby, It’s Cold Outside for far too long even though it wasn’t on any of our lists but you’ll be glad to hear that we’ve finally sorted that whole situation out. Thanks to everybody who’s listened to us this...
The Juvenalia Christmas Smalltacular 2021!
December 23, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 121 MBHappy holidays to one and all! We had planned to do something big and special in the studio but well, y’know, so instead we gathered some of our Juvenalia family remotely to talk about our favourite Christmas music. We accidentally talked about Baby, It’s Cold Outside for far too long even though it wasn’t on any of our lists but you’ll be glad to hear that we’ve finally sorted that whole situation out. Thanks to everybody who’s listened to us this year. It means the world to us that people...
141: The Nativity with Fiona Frawley
December 09, 2021 23:47 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBComedian and writer Fiona Frawley joins us to talk about the rite of passage for many Irish schoolchildren, The Nativity Play. Not Alan though, his school was run by lax Catholics who didn’t bother with nativities. We talked about the plot, the theme, the characters of the nativity but also jumped off into a wider talk about growing up in a Catholic school system in a decreasingly Catholic society. That’s right, we Juvenaliaed it. Fiona is @FionaFrawl. She’s very funny, you should follow he...
140: Skins with Andrea Cleary and Amelia Cullen
November 25, 2021 09:33 - 1 hour - 141 MBTeenagers! We’ve all been them. And yet, they’re terrifying. And none are more terrifying than the kids from Skins. Andrea Cleary and Amelia Cullen join us to re-examine it through the lens of four people aged 14-22 when the first episode aired. You might notice that this is an extra-long episode and that’s because we had an excellent chat. Hope you enjoy it! Andrea is @AndreaCleary__. You can hear more of her on My Favourite Album and the Nialler9 Podcast. Amelia is @AmeliaAmyJane. Her po...
139: Juno with Maria Kelly
November 11, 2021 00:52 - 40 minutes - 55.8 MBSinger-songwriter Maria Kelly joins Alan and guest co-host Cassie Delaney to talk about ever slightly alternative millennial’s favourite film of 2007, Juno. We talk about the soundtrack, JK Simmons and Alison Janney, Elliot Page’s amazing performance, how to avoid becoming Mark as you get older, being obsessed with Michael Cera, Kimya Dawson, we even talk about the colour grading. Honest to blog, it’s a great film and we had a great time talking about it. Maria is @MariaKellyMusic. Her amaz...
The Juvenalia Halloween Special 2021
October 28, 2021 08:27 - 1 hour - 114 MBHappy Halloween! When Julie Hough was on the show for episode 135, she mentioned that it would be cool if we did a Halloween Special about Halloween Specials and she was absolutely right! So we got Julie and our most knowledgeable telly friend Jenn Gannon to come back and have a chat with us about our favourite ever Halloween Specials! We talked about Sabrina, Community, Angry Beavers, Hey Arnold!, Freaks and Geeks, Buffy, and more. A spooktacular time was had by all. Julie is still @julie_...
138: ABBA Gold track by track with Elaine Mai
October 21, 2021 00:07 - 55 minutes - 76.6 MBArtist/Producer Elaine Mai joins us on a track by track journey through an album that was huge for her as a child, ABBA Gold! There’s not much more to say than that. It’s an amazing album and we enthuse wildly about pretty much every song. We covered ABBA in a more general sense back in episode 42 with Tara Flynn so if you want more ABBA chat after this then head over there. Elaine is @elainemaimusic. Her brilliant album Home is out now and you should get it. Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvena...
137: The Chris Gethard Show with Allie O’Rourke
October 14, 2021 10:52 - 49 minutes - 68.6 MBStand-up comedian and writer-producer-actress multi-hyphenate Allie O’Rourke joins us to talk about a bit of pop culture that was important to her during her second puberty, The Chris Gethard Show. We talk about the show’s public access origins, Chris Gethard’s hosting style, how the show inspired Allie in all the creative stuff she makes, and about how One Man’s Trash is the single greatest episode of television of all time. It was a fun one. Allie is @allie_orourke on Twitter. Her new thi...
136: Flowers in the Attic with Amelia Cullen
September 30, 2021 13:26 - 59 minutes - 81.2 MBHead of research and projects at Tall Tales and host of All Things Considered Amelia Cullen joins us to talk about the forbidden book, V.C. Andrews’ Flowers In The Attic. We talk about reading things you’re not supposed to read, try to grapple with why the book has had such a grip on generations of teenage girls, and try to figure out how we should feel about Flowers In The Attic in 2021. Amelia is @ameliaamyjane on instagram and twitter. Her excellent podcast All Things Considered is every...
135: Eerie, Indiana with Julie Hough
September 17, 2021 16:12 - 1 hour - 83 MBHAVVK singer and bassist Julie Hough joins us to talk about the short-lived suburban-weirdness comedy Eerie, Indiana. We traced its influences and descendants, marvelled at its ability to compress huge ideas into self-contained, 22 minute, kid-friendly episodes, and generally bonded over how good this show is. Julie is @julie_hawk_ on Instagram and HAVVK is @havvkmusic. Their fantastic new album Levelling is out Sep 17th. Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Sarah...
134: Odds and Ends 1
September 01, 2021 23:29 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MBWe usually like to cover the big obsessions here at Juvenalia. The thing that was YOUR thing. But what about the little things that had an outsized effect on you? You were never obsessed with it but it’s never quite left your mind. Alan messed up and didn’t book a guest in time for this week’s episode so he and Sarah talked about some of the smaller bits of pop culture that have been lodged in their brains but would never make a full Juvenalia episode. Topics covered this episode include: ...
133: Red Dwarf with Ian Lynam
August 19, 2021 23:38 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MBComedian Ian Lynam joins us to talk about the long-running BBC sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf. We talk about our favourite episodes, the ease with which the show navigates high-concept ideas, the ways the show largely sidestepped the kinds of jokes that have aged badly in its contemporaries, and a lot more. It was very fun. Ian is @quixoticclown. His Dublin Fringe show Autistic Licence is currently sold out but maybe you can find a ticket somewhere. Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main th...
132: Earthbound with Ivan Hernandez
August 05, 2021 23:36 - 1 hour - 101 MBWriter and host of Boars, Gore, and Swords Ivan Hernandez joins us to talk about one of the most influential SNES games of all time, Earthbound/ Mother 2. It's truly the Velvet Underground of 16-bit RPGs, you can see traces of it in all the indie games that we enthuse about here all the time. Ivan was a mod on the Earthbound fan forum starmen.net so he was able to go deep on this game. Sarah has played Earthbound multiple times as an adult so was able to go right there with him. Alan has pla...
131: Fly Away Home with Conor O'Toole
July 22, 2021 00:25 - 58 minutes - 80.9 MBWriter/Director Conor O'Toole dropped by to talk about a film he watched "a million" times as a child, Fly Away Home. Fly Away Home is a classic 'girl and her father fly light aircraft across international borders to teach orphaned geese how to migrate' story. Jeff Daniels and Anna Paquin are in it. It looks gorgeous and deserves to be part of our nostalgia canon. The talk leads us onto other things like how Conor's relationship to the film now that he's the Jeff Daniels, how we talk to our ...
130: Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves with Michelle Hennessy
July 08, 2021 02:00 - 53 minutes - 73 MBMichelle Hennessy of thejournal.ie joins us to talk about beloved Alan Rickman showcase Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves starring Alan Rickman and also Kevin Costner. We talked all about RH:POT as a surprising entry into the canon of female gaze movies, the director’s cut vs the original, the accents, and Alan Rickman, Alan Rickman’s energy, and Alan Rickman’s shirts. Michelle is @michellehtweet on twitter. You can read her work on thejournal.ie Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main th...
129: Hannah Montana with Póilín Nic Géidigh
June 24, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 99.5 MBRTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta newsreader Póilín Nic Géidigh joins us to talk about the queen of late 00s Disney Channel Originals, Hannah Montana. We learn what it was like to be a Hannah Montana fan but we also talk about how TikTok is dead, about the power of teenage girls’ obsessions, about Miley Cyrus’s post-Hannah career, about how good Emily Osment was as Hannah’s best friend Lily, and lots more. Have fun! Póilín is @poilination on all the platforms. You can follow her on TikTok or tune in...
128: Final Fantasy VII with Carly Monardo
June 10, 2021 00:18 - 1 hour - 135 MBCarly Monardo of Rude Tales Of Magic joins us for the only Final Fantasy VII podcast you’ll ever need. We talked about the game obviously but also about fandoms, and keeping your obsessions to yourself, and fanart, and really it went everywhere. Just listen to it and have fun. Carly Monardo is @whirringblender everywhere. She plays Albee on Rude Tales Of Magic which you absolutely need to listen to. She is also character designer for Birdgirl on Adult Swim. Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia...
127: Board Games with Alex Lolies
May 27, 2021 02:00 - 54 minutes - 74.5 MBAlex Lolies is a video producer for board game site Dicebreaker and a Twitch streamer. She joined us to, naturally, talk all about board games and her journey from childhood games of Monopoly to board game cafe guru to Dicebreaker. We talked about playing to win, modern single player board games, collaborative play, and finished up with some solid recommendations for anybody who wants to step up from Christmas games of Trivial Pursuit to more complex games. Alex is BoardgameYogi on Twitter ...
126: Sheryl Crow with Carsie Blanton
May 13, 2021 01:00 - 48 minutes - 67.2 MBSinger-songwriter Carsie Blanton joins us for a deep chat about Sheryl Crow’s 1993 album Tuesday Night Music Club. We talked about why 90s music sounds the way it does, our respective journeys from pop to rebellion and back again, being a lyrics person, the Lilith Fair tour, and the general easy-going polish of Sheryl Crow. Carsie is @carsieblanton on Twitter. Her new album Love & Rage is out now. Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Sarah is @griffski. Her many b...
125: Xena: Warrior Princess with Maggie Tokuda-Hall
April 28, 2021 23:23 - 1 hour - 86.8 MBYA author Maggie Tokuda-Hall joins us to talk about everybody's favourite mid-90s greek mythology-inspired adventure series, Xena: Warrior Princess. Maggie is a Xena super-fan with loads of great insights so it was an extremely fun and enlightening hour. We talked about how 20+ episode seasons allow shows the space to get weird, Xena and the male gaze, how we're over the need for consistent canon in our tv shows, and loads more. Maggie is @emteehall on Twitter. You can find out more info ab...
124: Christina Aguilera - Stripped with ELKAE
April 15, 2021 13:09 - 41 minutes - 57.4 MBElectronic soul artist, songwriter, and producer Laura Keane, better known as ELKAE joins us to talk about an album that had a huge impact on her as a child, Christina Aguilera's Stripped. We try to figure out what makes Aguilera's voice so compelling, the Disney to Edgy pipeline, the message of Beautiful, and a whole lot more. Alan sings, it's a whole thing. Enjoy. ELKAE's new single Girls Like YouLike Me, is out now everywhere songs can be bought and listened to. You can find Laura on Ins...
123: Heathers with Sophie White
March 31, 2021 23:33 - 1 hour - 97.1 MB(CN: Heathers is a dark movie that deals with suicide, murder, homophobia, fatphobia, and eating disorders. We discuss all of those things in this episode so if you need to skip this one we get it.) Sophie White of The Creep Dive and Mother Of Pod returns to Juvenalia to talk about the extremely dark 1989 horror comedy Heathers. We talk about the chemistry of Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, how dark, dark, super dark this film, how it’s still funny though, about the disastrous 2018 TV re...
122: Streetmate with Muireann O’Connell
March 18, 2021 12:25 - 1 hour - 106 MBMuireann O’Connell from off the telly joins us to talk about the CLASSIC late nineties reality dating show, Streetmate hosted by Davina McCall. It is an absolute trip going back to a pre-Big Brother and social media reality show where nobody knows all the rules of how to be on TV and we had a blast exploring it. We also had lots to say about turn of the century fashion like Hobo and Nope. And if the idea of Hobo and Nope being called Turn Of The Century Fashion made you feel a little bit sic...
121: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Rachael Krishna
March 04, 2021 00:16 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBWriter Rachael Krishna joined us to talk about Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. We talked about Donny Osmond, genre experiments, Any Dream Will Do, and a very good chat about musicals based on existing properties. It’s a great episode, we hope you like it. Rachael is @RachaelKrishna on Twitter. You should subscribe to her excellent food newsletter Half And Half Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Sarah is @griffski....
120: The Blair Witch Project with The Creep Dive
February 19, 2021 17:04 - 1 hour - 89.8 MBIt’s a crossover episode! Cassie, Jen, and Sophie from The Creep Dive joined us and we joined them to talk about The Blair Witch Project in the first Tall Tales Big Zoom. We just generally creeped ourselves out, talked about how good Heather Donahue was as Heather, and had a lengthy digression about secrets and Sleep No More. It was an absolute blast. You can find Cassie, Jen, and Sophie over at @TheCreepDive on Instagram and @DiveCreep on Twitter. If you’re not listening to The Creep Dive...
119: Digimon with Fionnuala Jones
February 04, 2021 00:09 - 54 minutes - 75.1 MBFionnuala Jones of Bandwagons and *gestures around* the internet returns to Juvenalia to discuss the other late 90s Japanese monster-based megahit, Digimon. We compare Digimon and Pokémon, discover which Digimon wore jeans, and generally agree that Digimon was excellent and totally deserving of a rewatch. You can watch Jenna Stoeber's excellent video What If Digimon Had Beaten Pokémon here Fionnuala is @FionnualaJay everywhere, you should follow her, she's excellent. Fionnuala's podcast ...
118: Mrs. Doubtfire with Wren Dennehy aka Avoca Reaction
January 21, 2021 00:19 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBIreland's premier non-binary drag entity Wren Dennehy aka Avoca Reaction joins us to talk about the 90's family film that all 90s family films aspire to be, Mrs. Doubtfire. We talk about gender obviously, the genius of Robin Williams, the underrated performance by Sally Field that GROUNDS THE WHOLE FILM, how good the child actors are, Pierce Brosnan's beautiful face, San Francisco, Harvey Fierstein, and wrap it up with a chat about Dublin youth theatre, writing, and our school musicals. It's...
117: Sister Act 2 / The Bends with Cassie Delaney
January 08, 2021 01:01 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MBNew Year New Us! Not really, we're exactly the same, everything is exactly the same BUT we decided to do things a little differently for our first episode of 2021. Alan, Sarah, and Cassie Delaney all picked the thing that absolutely changed them forever, their Juvenalia Prime topic and talked about it. Cassie's Creep Dive energy was a bad influence and we ran out of time before we could talk about Sarah's thing so we're going to do that on Patreon at a later date. Right here, right now thoug...
117: Sister Act 2 / The Bends
January 08, 2021 01:01 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MBNew Year New Us! Not really, we're exactly the same, everything is exactly the same BUT we decided to do things a little differently for our first episode of 2021. Alan, Sarah, and Cassie Delaney all picked the thing that absolutely changed them forever, their Juvenalia Prime topic and talked about it. Cassie's Creep Dive energy was a bad influence and we ran out of time before we could talk about Sarah's thing so we're going to do that on Patreon at a later date. Right here, right now thoug...
116: SMTV Live and LIVE & Kicking
December 24, 2020 14:22 - 47 minutes - 65.3 MBMillennial Saturday morning TV shows! The true golden age of television! Cat Deeley! Ant and Dec! Zoe Ball! Jamie Theakston! Trevor and Simon! Alan and Sarah go through the many ways in which Going Live, LIVE & Kicking, and SMTV Live are in many ways the most important television shows of all time with some timely diversions into British panel shows and the career of Simon Amstell. Also Alan and Sarah talk about their histories working in and appearing on kids TV. We couldn't think of a Chri...
115: Clash Of The Titans (1981) with Jeffrey Cranor
December 10, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBJeffrey Cranor of, among many other things Welcome To Night Vale and Within The Wires, joins us to talk about 1981's swords 'n' stop motion epic Clash Of The Titans. We admire Ray Harryhausen's uncanny creatures, marvel at the fact that it came out the same week as Raiders Of The Lost Ark, and generally poke and prod at a classic movie that seems unstuck in time. Jeffrey Cranor is @happierman. He co-writes the podcasts Welcome to Night Vale and Within the Wires and is the co-founder of t...
114: Twin Peaks with Simon O'Connor
November 26, 2020 09:58 - 1 hour - 109 MBSimon O'Connor of the Museum Of Literature Ireland joins us to talk about Twin Peaks. Simon and Sarah were both teenage Twin Peaks obsessives and they let it all out in this episode. We talked about the original series, Fire Walk With Me, season three, and just as many things in and around Twin Peaks and David Lynch as we could fit into the time we had. You can find the Nicholas Jaar mix that Alan mentioned which starts with Angelo Badalamenti talking about writing Laura's Theme here. Si...
113: Demolition Man with Karyn Moynihan
November 12, 2020 00:22 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MBKaryn Moynihan from the Sweet Valley High podcast Double Love returns to the podcast to talk about the 1993 video store staple Demolition Man. Alan and Karyn have seen it many, many times. Sarah just watched it for the first time. We have a lot to talk about. For instance, Sylvester's Stallone's neck: why is it so big? Why is seeing real things blow up more satisfying than seeing CG things blow up? Does Denis Leary know he's in a movie? and lots more. Karyn is @redlemonader. You can, and s...
112: Pop Punk with Nealo
October 29, 2020 05:00 - 53 minutes - 74 MBDublin rapper Nealo joins Alan and guest co-host Andrea Cleary to talk about his teenage love of pop punk. We talk about the supremacy of Blink 182, wishing you went to an American high school, the incelly vibe to a LOT of the lyrics, the differences between Dublin scene kids and rural scene kids, Blast, and a whole lot more. Listening note: Alan's dogs were in the room while he was recording so you can occasionally hear a soft bark or snore, sorry about that. Also this episode was recorded...
111: Ewoks with Rosemary MacCabe
October 14, 2020 23:14 - 43 minutes - 59.3 MBWriter and Podcaster Rosemary MacCabe joins Alan and Andrea to talk about an extremely divisive part of the Star Wars universe that is dear to Rosemary's heart, the Ewoks. We talk about the Ewok spinoff movies Caravan Of Courage and Battle For Endor and about how none of us would be good film critics. It's a nice time. Rosemary is @RosemaryMacCabe everywhere. She hosts the podcasts Not Without My Sister and How To Be Sound and she also has a hugely popular Patreon Alan is @alan_maguire. J...
110: Return to Oz with Louise O'Neill
October 02, 2020 17:23 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBBest-selling author Louise O’Neill makes a triumphant return to Juvenalia to talk about the most unsettling children’s movie ever made: Return To Oz! It’s a weird one. Louise O’Neill’s new novel After The Silence is out now and it’s so good, everybody’s talking about it. Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Sarah is @griffski. Her many books are in all good bookshops and her many zines are at sarahmariagriff.com This episode was produced by Cassie Delaney. Thank ...
109: Grease 2 with Pamela Connolly
September 18, 2020 18:24 - 1 hour - 111 MBPamela from Pillow Queens joins us to talk about the secretly beloved Grease 2. We talk about the weird Turn Everything Up To 11 energy of the film, the charisma of Michelle Pfeiffer, and RE-PRO-DUC-TION (reproduction). It was a blast. You can find Pamela on twitter @duurtvader. Pillow Queens’ debut album In Waiting is out September 25th and it’s going to be amazing Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Sarah is @griffski. Her many books are in all good bookshops a...
108: Clive Barker with Conner Habib
September 03, 2020 17:25 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBConner Habib is an author, lecturer, sex workers' rights advocate and the host of Against Everyone with Conner Habib. He joined us to talk about the work of Clive Barker. Sarah and Alan were new to the world of Barker so we mostly stuck to two of his best-known works, Hellraiser and Candyman. We also touched on lots of other stuff though including Books Of Blood, gore and discomfort, and the larger Hellraiser universe. It was a really interesting conversation and hopefully you'll all go che...
107: Pokemon with Roxanna Nic Liam
August 20, 2020 20:03 - 1 hour - 82.7 MBFair City’s Roxanna Nic Liam returns to Juvenalia to talk about another thing she was obsessed with when she was young and it’s a big one: Pokémon! We mostly stuck to the original 151 with a little bit of Pokémon Go thrown in for spice. We had fun, hope you do too! Roxanna is @nicliamo on Twitter. You can see her on Fair City and just generally being sound and funny on twitter and Instagram. Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Sarah is @griffski. Her many boo...
106: The Beatles with CMAT
August 06, 2020 19:16 - 1 hour - 104 MBGlobal pop sensation CMAT joins us to talk about The Beatles. CMAT had some STORIES for us about being a pre-teen Beatles fan and now you get to enjoy them too. CMAT is @cmatbaby on Twitter. CMAT is a global pop sensation. You can and should immediately find her stuff everywhere music is. Start with the video for Rodney. Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Sarah is @griffski. Her many books are in all good bookshops and her many zines are at sarahmariagriff.com This...
105: Eurotrash with Jen O'Dwyer
July 22, 2020 23:30 - 52 minutes - 72.2 MBPodcasting LEGEND Jen O’Dwyer returns to Juvenalia to talk about many 90s kids’ introduction to the wide world of European perversion: Eurotrash. We talk about camp, enthusiastic looking vs voyeurism, the return of eccentrics, and of course all the nudity that got us watching Eurotrash in the first place Jen O’Dwyer appears on The Creep Dive, Mother Of Pod, Vulture Club, and is a Rogue founder. Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Sarah is @griffski. Her many boo...
104: Anastasia with Caroline O'Donoghue
July 09, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBAuthor Caroline O'Donoghue returns to Juvenalia for the FIFTH time to talk about a very special animated movie, Don Bluth's Anastasia. We talk about the ways it differs from Disney, we rate all of Anastasia's outfits, and Caroline tells us the true story behind Anastasia of Anna Anderson which leads to a discussion of female scammers. We had a great time. Caroline is @czaroline on twitter. Her new novel Scenes Of A Graphic Nature is available on eBook and audiobook now and in hardback in Au...