Juvenalia
225 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 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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63: The Sims with Caroline O'Donoghue
November 08, 2018 02:00 - 55 minutes - 50.2 MBCaroline O'Donoghue joined Alan earlier in the year to co-host a couple of episodes. In between those episodes we had an hour to kill so we turned the mics back on and talked about The Sims! The Sims was a huge part of every millennial's childhood so we had a lot to talk about. We covered Death, Fires, The Sims Extended Universe, Paul St. Emos, Sexy Suave Goths, Seeing Famous People In Real Life, Reality Shows, and lots more. Caroline's novel Promising Young Women is still out and is still ...
62: Romeo + Juliet with Anne T. Donahue
October 25, 2018 00:15 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBWriter and podcaster Anne T. Donahue returns to Juvenalia to tell Alan and Ellen about her teenage obsession with Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet and Leonardo Di Caprio in general. We talk about beige food, huge teenage emotions, Titanic, John Leguizamo, Harry Styles, and just like a lot of other stuff. You can find Anne on twitter @annetdonahue. Her amazing book Nobody Cares is out now. Anne's podcast, also called Nobody Cares, is excellent and will be right up your street if you like Juven...
61: Take That & Grunge with Niamh Farrell & Nadine O'Regan LIVE at DPF 18
October 11, 2018 13:07 - 1 hour - 57 MBWe kicked out the jams at The Soundhouse as part of the Dublin Podcast Festival with our fourth live show. Since it was our second time at the DPF we decided to go twice as big and have two guests. Niamh Farrell of Ham Sandwich told us all about her childhood love of Take That and Mark Owen and then Nadine O'Regan of the Sunday Business Post told us about being a teenage grunge fan in West Cork. We had lots of fun and we can't thank Nadine and Niamh enough for being fabulous guests. You ca...
60: Spaced with Shane Langan
September 28, 2018 00:06 - 1 hour - 60 MBShane Langan of Diet Of Worms, The Walshes, Becca's Bunch, and the WGM podcast joins Alan and Sarah to talk about something that's very close to all of their hearts, Spaced. We're all very enthusiastic about it in a low energy way because it was very warm in the studio. Shane Langan is @Shaneinho on Twitter. Find The WGM on your podcast app AFTER you've finished this episode. Alan is @alan_maguire and Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's book Spare and Found Parts is out now and her second book O...
59: Sailor Moon with Jenna Stoeber
September 13, 2018 04:00 - 56 minutes - 51 MBJenna Stoeber, video producer at Polygon and co-host of Fandalites, joined Alan and guest co-host Caroline O'Donoghue to talk about the classic anime series Sailor Moon. Now, Sailor Moon had a very limited run on our side of the Atlantic so we're very grateful to Jenna for being patient with us and answering our questions and guiding us through the beautiful, complicated world of the Pretty Guardian Sailors. We talked about representation and merch and Barenaked Ladies and all kinds of topic...
58: Little Women with Emilie Pine - LIVE at All Together Now
August 30, 2018 04:00 - 48 minutes - 43.1 MBEmilie Pine, author of the best-selling essay collection Notes To Self, joined Alan and Sarah in the All Curious Minds tent at the All Together Now festival in Co. Waterford to talk about a book that was very important to her when she was young, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. We talked about boxes of books, rebel girls, gothic novels, not having a tv, and all about Jo. Thank you so much to Linda and Erin of All Curious Minds for having us and to Lisa and Sarah of Tramp Press for their ...
57: Rapper's Delight with Claire Beck
August 16, 2018 04:00 - 55 minutes - 49.6 MBClaire Beck, DJ and host of the podcasts Fear/Fun and Tug Life, takes Alan and Sarah to school about the history of hip hop and Rapper's Delight's place in it. Claire is an amazing DJ and listening to her talk about the art of DJing was one of the most interesting experiences we've had doing Juvenalia. Claire is @clairebeck1052 on Twitter. Fear/Fun is on the HeadStuff Podcast Network and Tug Life is on Mixcloud Alan is @alan_maguire and Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's first novel Spare And F...
56: Stardoll with Fionnuala Jones
August 02, 2018 00:30 - 48 minutes - 43.1 MBDaily Edge writer Fionnuala Jones joins Alan and special guest co-host Caroline O'Donoghue to talk about Stardoll, a fashion-based social network for teenz from 2006. We talked about Fionnuala spending hundreds of euro for Superstar status, the Olsen twins, making friends online, Second Life, Love Island, and fashion, fashion, FASHION. Fionnuala Jones is @FionnualaJay on Twitter Alan is @alan_maguire and Caroline is @czaroline. Caroline's novel Promising Young Women is published by Virag...
55: Gilmore Girls with Ruth Hunter
July 19, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBComedian Ruth Hunter joins Alan and Ellen to talk about Gilmore Girls. We talk about all aspects of all the seasons so there are tons of spoilers. You have been warned. Topics covered include: good kissing gifs, the evolution of Jess, #LaneDeservedBetter, rich people are bad, and the relative sexlessness of Gilmore Girls. Ruth Hunter is @ruthokhunter on Twitter. Her show Science Idiot is running at the Edinburgh Fringe from Aug 4-27th in Barbados, Cowgate (Room 6). Alan is @alan_maguire ...
54: Babe with Andrea Cleary
July 05, 2018 04:00 - 54 minutes - 49 MBMusic writer and co-host of The Nialler9 Podcast Andrea Cleary joins Alan and Ellen to talk about the best little pig in the world, Babe. We talked about vegetarianism, feeling all the feelings, teaching moral lessons with animals, is Babe a sports film?, the many ways in which James Cromwell is wonderful, Alistair MacLeod short stories, Ulysses, Christine Cavanaugh, and just generally about how Babe is the sweetest little guy in cinema history. Andrea Cleary is @AndreaCleary_ on Twitter. ...
53: The Magic Faraway Tree with Louise O'Neill
June 21, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBAuthor and awards-magnet Louise O'Neill joined Alan and Sarah to talk about Enid Blyton's classic series about a fantastical tree that's not nearby, The Magic Faraway Tree. We talked about the Famous Five vs Secret Seven, the comforting repetition of Enid Blyton, updating books for modern audiences, and, seeing as we had two of Ireland's best YA authors in the studio, a lot of talk about writing YA. Then we had a patented Juvenalia digression into Adele's Titanic-themed party, the Met Gala a...
52: The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air with Sahar Ali
June 06, 2018 23:51 - 53 minutes - 47.8 MBSpoken word artist Sahar Ali joins Alan and Ellen to talk about The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. We focused on three episodes in particular: the "why don't he want me, man" episode, the one where Carlton overdoses on speed, and the one where Carlton and Will get arrested in a fancy car. We talked about representation on kids TV, Fresh Prince's willingness to leave things on a sad note, learning morals from Will Smith, and the legacy of rich, black families on TV. Sahar is @saharmali on Twitter...
51: Indiana Jones with Scott Benson
May 24, 2018 04:00 - 54 minutes - 49.4 MBScott Benson, co-creator and animator of the award-winning Night In The Woods and co-founder of Late Night Work Club, joined Alan and Ellen to talk about the Indiana Jones series and many related topics including Dinosaurs, wolf re-introduction, whether Scott would win a fight with a coyote, good band names, Indiana Jones: Anti-communist?, SnakeCon, and all that good Juvenalia stuff. Night In The Woods is one of Alan's favourite games ever so please note how relatively chill he managed to...
50: BIG with Annie Atkins LIVE at the Workman's Club, Dublin
May 10, 2018 01:16 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBWelcome to our big 50th episode party! We took over the Vintage Room in The Workman's Club and filled it with sound people. We did a little quiz and gave away some extremely desirable prizes. Then we talked to Oscar-winning graphic designer Annie Atkins whose work you've seen in The Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle Of Dogs, Bridge Of Spies, The Tudors, and loads more. Annie talked to us about the classic and only mildly disturbing family comedy BIG. It was a really interesting conversation and als...
49: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial with Linda Kavanagh
April 26, 2018 19:41 - 45 minutes - 40.2 MBLinda Kavanagh of Together For Yes joins Alan and guest co-host Karyn Moynihan of Double Love to talk about everybody's favourite lil 80s alien, E.T. the Extra Terrestrial. We talk about dissecting frogs, very good child actors, is E.T. a vegetarian, Mac and Me, Miss Vanjie, Paul Rudd, with a little diversion into the Fast and Furious films. We had fun, you'll have fun. Follow us all on Twitter: Linda Kavanagh (@bubblenoma) Alan Maguire (@alan_maguire) Karyn Moynihan (@redlemonader) You ...
48: Matilda with Kate McEvoy
April 12, 2018 04:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBKate McEvoy, video producer, twitter citizen, and former voice of Phantom FM, joins Alan and Sarah to talk about Roald Dahl's Matilda, memory, Danny DeVito's film adaptation, Roald Dahl's real life, and digressions into lots of other Roald Dahl books. Note: We had a couple of recording snafus in the second half of the episode which we had to edit out so there are a couple of abrupt changes of topic but hopefully it's not too noticeable. You can follow Kate on Twitter @ImKateMc and you s...
47: Sex And The City with Esther O'Moore Donohoe
March 29, 2018 04:00 - 52 minutes - 47 MBEsther O'Moore Donohoe, host of The 80% and warrior of the AA Roadwatch, joins Alan and Sarah to talk about Sex And The City. We talk about annoying main characters, the standard jobs that women have in TV shows, Girls, and the ~journey~ that the Sex And The City characters went on over six good seasons, one good movie, and one other movie. You can follow Esther on twitter @estheromd . Esther's podcast The 80% is available in all the places where you get podcasts. Sarah's twitter is @gri...
More Like TWOvenalia
March 24, 2018 05:00 - 3 minutes - 2.14 MBHey! The first episode of Juvenalia went out two years ago today so we wanted to mark the occasion with a little minisode just to say thank you and to tell you about our upcoming LIVE show. The live show may or may not be called Twovenalia. Ok have a nice day. Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Alan
46: Star Wars with Anne T. Donahue
March 15, 2018 05:00 - 53 minutes - 47.7 MBWriter, podcaster, and the creator of everybody's favourite Tinyletter, Anne T. Donahue joins Alan and Ellen to talk about Star Wars and Star Wars-related things. Some of those things included: Anne's award-winning Star Wars essay, Hayden Christensen catfishers, fixing General Hux, Donald Glover, and a too-brief diversion into true crime. We had fun. We hope you like it. You can follow Anne on twitter @annetdonahue . Anne's book and podcast are both called Nobody Cares. The podcast is exce...
45: Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman with Laura Byrne
March 01, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBStand-up comedian and Try Channel contributor Laura Byrne joins Alan and Ellen to talk about Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman. We talk about Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, having the channels, getting incomplete sex education from television, being a three-year old, and Laura breaks out some of her childhood diaries to give us a first hand account of her Superman love. You can follow Laura on twitter @lolsybyrne and buy her excellent live album End Of Daze on Bandcamp. Ellen's tw...
45: Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman with Lolsy Byrne
March 01, 2018 05:00 - 1 hour - 54.2 MBStand-up comedian and Try Channel contributor Lolsy Byrne joins Alan and Ellen to talk about Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman. We talk about Dean Cain, Teri Hatcher, having the channels, getting incomplete sex education from television, being a three-year old, and Lolsy breaks out some of her childhood diaries to give us a first hand account of her Superman love. You can follow Lolsy on twitter @lolsybyrne and buy her excellent live album End Of Daze on Bandcamp. Ellen's twi...
44: Jem And the Holograms with Karyn Moynihan
February 15, 2018 04:00 - 55 minutes - 50.3 MBKaryn Moynihan of Double Love joins Alan and Ellen to talk about the truly, truly, truly outrageous Jem And The Holograms. We talk music, outfits, makeup, The Misfits, gender, diversity, all of that good Juvenalia stuff. Enjoy Ellen writes for Silicon Republic. Alan mostly does Juvenalia but he does standup sometimes too. Follow us all on Twitter! Karyn Moynihan (@redlemonader) Ellen Tannam (@incogellen) Alan Maguire (@alanmaguire) Juvenalia (@JuvenaliaPod) Like Juvenalia on Fac...
43: Wrestling with Davey Reilly
February 01, 2018 04:30 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBComedian Davey Reilly joins Alan and special guest co-host Stacy Grouden to talk about wrestling! But not just WWE. Oh no, Davey knows about All Of The Wrestling: TNT, WCW, the Japanese circuit, OTT, the lot. It was a joy and an education to listen to him. This episode is sponsored by Meet Your Maker Stacy Grouden is the film editor of State.ie and will be appearing soon on the new Scannáin podcast. Alan mostly does Juvenalia but he does standup sometimes too. Relevant Twitter accoun...
42: ABBA with Tara Flynn
January 18, 2018 05:00 - 46 minutes - 41.2 MBActor and Comedian Tara Flynn joins Alan and special guest co-host Stacy Grouden to talk about ABBA! We talk about happy songs, sad songs, trying to sing along to ABBA, Tara's audition for Mamma Mia, Pierce Brosnan in Mamma Mia, and all sorts of things. This episode is sponsored by Just Eat Stacy Grouden is the film editor of State.ie and will be appearing soon on the new Scannáin podcast. Alan mostly does Juvenalia but he does standup sometimes too. Relevant Twitter accounts for thi...
41: The Simpsons with just Alan & Ellen
January 04, 2018 05:00 - 57 minutes - 51.8 MBWe had a scheduling mix-up so Alan and Ellen sat down and had a chat about the thing that they’d pick if they were a Juvenalia guest, The Simpsons. This is not a rigorous history of The Simpsons, we jump around a lot and probably get things wrong but this is OUR Simpsons so let us have it. Happy New Year. We have zero solid plans for what’s happening with Juvenalia this year but we’re sure it’ll be very exciting and good. This episode is sponsored by Just Eat Ellen writes for Silicon R...
The Juvenalia Christmas Smalltacular 2017
December 21, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBHello and welcome to the Juvenalia Christmas Smalltacular 2017! We decided to take it back to basics this year. Just Alan, Ellen, and Sarah talking about some of their favourite Christmas memories and how their 2017 went. This somehow led to a solid ten minutes of chatting about how much we love the McElroys and The Adventure Zone but the rest is pretty Christmassy with talk of Mega Drives, N64s, selection boxes, carols, Carol, and lots of other stuff. The singer who did the version of Hav...
40: The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask with Stephen Colfer
December 07, 2017 13:28 - 1 hour - 33.3 MBStephen Colfer of Dreamgun and the Dreamgun Film Reads podcast joins Alan and Ellen to talk about 2000’s The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. We talk about the weird loneliness of Majora’s Mask, loft living, ludonarrative dissonance, watching your friends play computer games, official console magazines, Pokemon tournaments, and loads of other stuff. Alan has another podcast on the HeadStuff Podcast Network running until Christmas. It’s called Roast Chestnuts. He reviews a made for TV Christ...
39: Terry Pratchett with Dave Rudden
November 23, 2017 05:00 - 2 hours - 124 MBAuthor Dave Rudden joins Alan and Sarah so that they can feel all the emotions about Terry Pratchett. This is a long one so make a pot of tea or plan a long drive somewhere. We focused mostly on the Discworld novels particularly Vimes and the witches. There’s lots of enthusing and lots of quoting from memory. Hopefully it’ll make you pick up a Discworld book or any Terry Pratchett book really. They’re pretty much all good. Enjoy. Dave’s books Knights Of the Borrowed Dark and The Forever Co...
38: Labyrinth with Erin McGathy
November 09, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 33.7 MBComedian and podcaster Erin McGathy of This Feels Terrible, HarmonQuest and many other things joins Alan & Ellen to talk about Jim Henson’s 1986 cult classic Labyrinth. Erin has very deep feelings about Labyrinth and was kind enough to share loads of them with us particularly the ones about David Bowie. Ellen and Erin also formed a sacred and lasting bond over their water bottles. This Feels Terrible is on all the podcast apps and is Very Good. Relevant Twitter accounts for this episode: ...
37: Stars In Their Eyes with Rebecca Keane
October 25, 2017 23:36 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBRebecca Keane is a standup comedian, writer, and excellent Twitter person. She joined us to talk about the colossus of 90s Saturday evening entertainment, Stars In Their Eyes. We covered all the important topics like the niceness of Matthew Kelly and the bleakness of the intro videos. We brainstormed who we’d be if we ever got the chance to be on it and we managed to shoehorn in an impressive number of Drag Race references. Hope you like it! Relevant Twitter accounts for this episode: Re...
36: The Wizard Of Oz with Maria Doyle Kennedy LIVE at the Dublin Podcast Festival
October 11, 2017 23:29 - 51 minutes - 46 MBWell we did it. We did a live show at the Dublin Podcast Festival. We did a quiz that went on slightly longer than planned and then we talked to singer and actor Maria Doyle Kennedy of The Commitments, Orphan Black, The Tudors, Dexter, Father Ted, and loads more about The Wizard Of Oz with some detours along the way to talk about mermaids, ghosts, Billie Holiday, and Maria’s directorial debut A Different Kind Of Day, before we finished with a song from Maria and her husband Kieran (who is a ...
35: Animaniacs! with Clare Monnelly
September 28, 2017 05:00 - 59 minutes - 53.3 MBMoone Boy and Nowhere Fast‘s Clare Monnelly joins us to talk about Animaniacs. We love Animaniacs a whole lot so it was an extreme pleasure to geek out about it for fifty minutes with our new best friend Clare. We talked about getting meta jokes as a child, the hidden filthy jokes, Pinky And The Brain, Good Idea Bad Idea, Chicken Boo, Slappy Squirrel, Hello Nurse, and all the gang. We also talked about just how impressive Rob Paulsen’s rendition of Yakko’s World is, being scared of Ren & Sti...
Juvenalia Is Doing A Live Show. Please Come.
September 21, 2017 05:00 - 10 minutes - 8.38 MBHello there. Our first live show at the Dublin Podcast Festival is less than a week away and we just want to make sure that you know about it. If you want to know why it took us eight minutes to tell you that our guest is Maria Doyle Kennedy, she’ll be talking about The Wizard Of Oz, and it’s in the Workman’s Club* on September 27th on a double-bill with The Alison Spittle Show then you’ll just have to listen. Tickets are on sale now. Hopefully we’ll see you there. We’ll have badges. You c...
34: Dune with Jan Ní Shúilleabháin
September 14, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBOctocon chairperson Jan Ní Shúilleabháin joined us to talk about her love of Frank Herbert’s Dune in all its forms especially the 1984 David Lynch movie. She basically gave us a crash course in sci-fi appreciation and her enthusiasm was infectious. Jan also told us a bit about the history of Irish cons and about her role in the upcoming Octocon which takes place on the 6th, 7th, and 8th of October in the Camden Court Hotel, Dublin 2. Hey, why not subscribe to Juvenalia and leave a review o...
33: Oliver! with Fatti Burke
August 31, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 70.8 MBIllustrator Fatti Burke of Irelandopedia, Historopedia, and soon Foclóiropedia joined us to talk about 1968’s Oliver! and all things Oliveresque. We like to wander off topic here at Juvenalia and we really wandered far and wide on this one. We can practically guarantee that this is the only Oliver! podcast that’s also about Alan’s old music teacher, good supermarkets, Babycham, and watching people eat crows. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Bye x Hey, why not subscribe to Juvenalia ...
Minisode | A Semi-Dramatic Reading of Beach Party | Chapter Three
August 24, 2017 05:00 - 20 minutes - 18.3 MBIt’s time for another chapter of RL Stine’s Beach Party. When we last saw Karen and Anne-Marie they were being menaced by Vince and his gang of tough boys. But who’s this? I’ll tell you who’s this. It’s Gerry and Marty, two OTHER boys who have Karen and Anne-Marie’s best interests at heart. This chapter also features an immersive trip to a teen hangout, intrigue, lies, and a tight, form-fitting poncho. We’ll be back with a real episode next week. Bye! Hey, why not subscribe to Juvenalia an...
32: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Gareth Lyons
August 17, 2017 12:36 - 1 hour - 71 MBAnimator Gareth Lyons joins Alan and Ellen to talk about as many of the incarnations of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as they can in an hour. We talk comics, the 1987 cartoon, the 1990 movie, the 2003 series, the 2014 movie, the 2012 series, the action figures, everything basically. Did you know that a lot of the 1987 series was animated in Dublin? Gareth did. Gareth knows a lot about those Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He was happy to share it with us. Gareth animated and directed the ...
Minisode | A Semi-Dramatic Reading of Beach Party | Chapter Three
August 10, 2017 05:00 - 11 minutes - 9.75 MB(CW: There’s a bit near the end of the chapter where some boys get a bit sexually menacing; nothing graphic or physical but we’d prefer if you knew in advance if that’s something you need to know) It’s been over a year but Ellen and Alan finally remembered to bring their copies of RL Stine’s Beach Party to a Juvenalia recording so here’s a semi-dramatic reading of chapter two. Chapter three will follow in two weeks and sure we’ll see after that. Don’t forget about Juvenalia LIVE in the T...
31: GoldenEye with Peter McGann
August 03, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBActor, Comedian, and Writer Peter McGann joins Alan and Ellen to talk about the first Pierce Brosnan Bond movie, 1995’s GoldenEye. You might know Peter better as his unsettling alter-ego Liam Nugent or from the Republic of Telly. Today, however, he’s here as our pal who knows a lot about James Bond. Ellen watched GoldenEye for the first time for this podcast. Alan watched it for the second time. Everybody had a lot of opinions about it. We had a very nice time and we hope you will too. You...
30: Fantasia with Hannah Mamalis
July 27, 2017 11:40 - 50 minutes - 45.5 MBHannah Mamalis is an actress, writer, and comedian. You probably know her from loads of stuff like various Dreamgun sketches, live shows, and podcasts or maybe from her Comedy Brunch which has appeared at Smock Alley and the Body & Soul Festival. You’ll definitely know her soon from her role in the upcoming film The Drummer and The Keeper, her appearances at the Vodafone Comedy Festival, and her one-woman show The Egg Is A Lonely Hunter which is running at the Dublin Fringe Festival from Sep...
29: The Little Mermaid with Deirdre Sullivan
July 06, 2017 05:00 - 54 minutes - 24.6 MBDeirdre Sullivan is the award-winning author of Needlework, the Primrose Leary trilogy, and the upcoming book of reimagined fairytales, Tangleweed & Brine, which will be released this September. Deirdre joined Alan and Sarah to talk about a trio of versions of The Little Mermaid, Hans Christian Andersen’s original, the Ladybird version, and of course the 1989 Disney version. The Little Mermaid has been a big, big influence on Deirdre and she has lots of really very interesting things to say ...
Pride 2017 Roundtable with Vickey Curtis and Conor Behan
June 22, 2017 13:00 - 1 hour - 80.7 MBHappy Pride Everyone! We got the whole Juvenalia gang into the studio along with spoken word artist Vickey Curtis and The George and 2FM’s Conor Behan to celebrate. Vickey and Conor chose Juvenalia topics that were important to them as young LGBTQI+ people, The Golden Girls and Madonna’s The Immaculate Collection respectively. A grand old time was had by all. Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Brian
28: 90s Sitcoms But Mostly Frasier with Caroline O’Donoghue
June 08, 2017 08:55 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBCaroline O’Donoghue (@czaroline) is a contributing editor with The Pool and an author whose first book, Promising Young Women, will be released by Virago in early 2018. She joined Alan and Sarah to talk about 90’s sitcoms with a particular focus on Frasier. We talked a lot about David Hyde Pierce, the wonders of Daphne Moon and Lilith, metrosexuality, and the art of farce. We also jumped off into talks about Just Shoot Me, Cybil, and the effect that Friends had on a generation of Irish peopl...
27: Terminator 2 with Darach O’Séaghdha
May 25, 2017 16:51 - 57 minutes - 51.6 MBDarach O’Séaghdha is the exceptionally nice man behind the best account on Irish Twitter @TheIrishFor. He joined Alan and Sarah to continue The Inaugural Juvenalia James Cameron April/May 2017 Appreciation Spectacular and talked about Terminator 2: Judgement Day. We covered a wide, wide range of topics like unusual surnames, language acquisition, the art of translation, cool special effects, school rumours, scary villains, and West Brit robots. Darach’s book Motherfoclóir is out in September...
Bonus Episode | A Titanic Movieboyz Retrospective
May 11, 2017 10:33 - 39 minutes - 35.5 MBWelcome to part two of our special April/May 2017 Titanic Extravaganza which is totally a thing. In this episode, Leonardo Di Caprio himself is joined by his pals, Tobey Maguire, Kevin Connolly, and Lukas Haas to look back at the film that kind of ruined his life for a while, Titanic. In the last episode, Alan, Ellen, and Stacy talked all about the film as fans but this time we’ll be hearing from the people who actually lived it. We’ll delve deep into Leo’s memories and we’ve also obtained e...
Bonus Titanic Episode | A Movieboyz Retrospective
May 11, 2017 10:33 - 39 minutes - 35.5 MBWelcome to part two of our special April/May 2017 Titanic Extravaganza which is totally a thing. In this episode, Leonardo Di Caprio himself is joined by his pals, Tobey Maguire, Kevin Connolly, and Lukas Haas to look back at the film that kind of ruined his life for a while, Titanic. In the last episode, Alan, Ellen, and Stacy talked all about the film as fans but this time we’ll be hearing from the people who actually lived it. We’ll delve deep into Leo’s memories and we’ve also obtained e...
26: Titanic with Stacy Grouden
April 27, 2017 02:00 - 56 minutes - 51 MBStacy Grouden is a writer and the film editor of State.ie. She joined Alan and Ellen to talk about the film that will forever define 1998, Titanic. We talked about how Rose is an overlooked feminist action hero, the wonder of Billy Zane, Leonardo Di Caprio’s extraordinarily pretty face, the Titanic museum, the real Jack Dawson, mo-cap wives, the 2012 re-release, the schoolyard rumour mill, more talk about handsome men, Revolutionary Road, what the cast are up to now, and lots lots more. Fo...
25: Weekly World News with Cethan Leahy
April 13, 2017 09:34 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBCethan Leahy is a writer, filmmaker, and illustrator. He joins Alan and Sarah to talk about the eccentric American tabloid the Weekly World News. Along the way we take some detours to talk about Irish myths. It’s nice. The Weekly World News was kind of amazing and weird and it was lots of fun to revisit it and Ed Anger and Bat Boy and all the WWN gang. Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Brian
24: Animal Crossing with Eva Short
March 30, 2017 05:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBEva Short of Silicon Republic joins Alan & Sarah to talk about Nintendo’s Animal Crossing. Did Animal Crossing prepare a generation for a lifetime of debt while working a series of menial jobs with friends who come and go without ever forging a real connection? Eva Short says yes. She also tells us all about being a pre-teen in a picture-perfect Californian town, using games to explore depression and poverty, and generally makes us want to play farming simulators forever and ever. Follow J...
23: Sabrina, The Teenage Witch with Ciara Knight
March 16, 2017 01:15 - 56 minutes - 77.1 MBCiara Knight is a comedian and writer for Joe.co.uk. She’s very funny and we’re big fans of her and you should be too. She came into the dilapidated bunker where we record Juvenalia to talk about Sabrina, The Teenage Witch with Alan and Ellen. We talk about family secrets, terrible food museums, mitosis, Harvey, Salem, Violent Femmes, Sabrina’s best best friend, Britney guest spots, Daniel Bedingfield, Paul Blart: Mall Cop, celebrity noses, Paul Feig, and other things. It’s a fun time you gu...