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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22: Stephen King with Lisa Coen
March 02, 2017 01:59 - 1 hour - 162 MBLisa Coen is one half of Tramp Press. We’re big fans of Tramp Press here at Juvenalia so we were delighted when Lisa took a break from the world of high literature to talk to us about her love of Stephen King. As you might imagine, it took us a while to get through it all. Lisa knows so, so much about Stephen King, it was a joy to listen to her for nearly two hours. Sarah went into the episode not caring about Stephen King and came out a convert, clutching a copy of IT. You probably will too...
21: Madonna: Truth Or Dare with Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara
February 16, 2017 06:00 - 22 minutes - 30.5 MBHi. There’s a very good chance this is your first time listening to Juvenalia. We hope you like it. We talk to interesting people about pieces of pop culture that were important to them when they were children. In this episode, Alan and Sarah talk to Sara Quin from Tegan and Sara about Madonna’s Truth Or Dare tour documentary and all kinds of things that spring from that. We were very excited to talk to Sara and she was even more of a joy than we could have hoped. We hope you enjoy it as muc...
Poker Chat with the Movieboyz
February 09, 2017 06:01 - 22 minutes - 31.2 MBHELLO! It’s a bonus episode of Juvenalia. We’re delighted to present the pilot episode of Movieboyz, a very special podcast starring some of the biggest boyz in Hollywood. So here’s what happened. We’ve been trying to get Lukas Haas on the show for ages but he was reluctant. We just couldn’t find the right way to entice him to come on. We found out that Lukas really wants to make a podcast with his friends but he’s infamously thrifty and refuses to pay for recording time. HeadStuff have st...
20: The Exorcist with Liam Nugent and Fr. Declan Quigg
February 02, 2017 10:26 - 1 hour - 87.6 MBAlan and Ellen were joined by comedian Liam Nugent and Fr. Declan Quigg of the Film Palz podcast to talk about The Exorcist. Things went awry. Truths were revealed. We all learned a lot about ourselves and each other. It’s kind of about The Exorcist and kind of about trendy loolas and kind of about The Godfather and kind of about Liam’s mam. We hope you like it. You can hear more from Fr. Quigg and occasionally Liam Nugent on the Sunday Sermon podcast. Liam Nugent performs regularly at h...
19: The NeverEnding Story with Roe McDermott
January 19, 2017 11:15 - 1 hour - 86.4 MBRoe McDermott is the Sex & Sexuality columnist for The Dublin Inquirer, a film critic for Hot Press, and a Fulbright scholar. Somehow, we convinced her to come on our podcast to talk about Wolfgang Petersen’s 1984 children’s fantasy classic The NeverEnding Story. Roe joined Sarah and Alan to talk youth, Trump, depression, feminism, rockbiters, safe spaces, Pantigate, and luck dragons, and we address the most important question of our time: Is Twitter actually Fantasia? The hour just flew by....
The Juvenalia Christmas Spectacular 2016
December 22, 2016 09:35 - 1 hour - 137 MBHello and welcome to the Juvenalia Christmas Spectacular 2016. We gathered some past and future guests around the Juvenalia table to talk Christmas with us. We were *very* surprised by the topics that came up and can pretty much guarantee that you will be too. We won’t spoil too much but if you want a Christmas podcast that features Elon Musk, the Titanic Museum, famous graveyards, Karen Carpenter, and beards within beards, you’re in the right place. So who was there? Here’s who was there:...
18: Top of the Pops with Sinéad Gleeson
December 08, 2016 10:55 - 48 minutes - 66.6 MBSinéad Gleeson is a broadcaster, writer, editor of three short story anthologies, host of The Book Show on Radio One, half of The Anti-Room, and all round enviable sound person. She very kindly joined Alan and Ellen to talk about Top of the Pops and related matters. We were a little in awe of her because she’s very cool and interviews important authors and musicians all the time and we’re two plucky ragamuffins just trying our best. We plied her with donuts until she liked us and we had a go...
17: The Innocents with Peter Dunne
November 24, 2016 10:41 - 1 hour - 86 MBPlaywright Peter Dunne joins Alan & Ellen to talk about Jack Clayton’s extremely terrifying 1961 horror film The Innocents starring Deborah Kerr. We talked about all kinds of stuff: watching inappropriate things when you’re young which is basically the theme of Juvenalia, creepy children, Salem, Amityville, local mythology, whether any of us actually believe in the supernatural (spoiler: some of us do), Ouija boards, demonic possession, fear, nature v nurture, and loads more. Peter was great...
16: The Matrix with Heber Hanly
October 27, 2016 08:58 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBDreamgun's Heber Hanly joins Alan and special guest co-host Andréa Farrell to talk about 1999’s dystopian cyber-punk philosophy marital arts and guns classic The Matrix. We talk about the effect a good action film can have on a ten-year old’s brain, getting older, our skincare regimes, Wild Wild West, the blank magic of Keanu Reeves, Heber answers our questions about the plot, and of course, we slam the sequels good and hard. NB: When we recorded the outro, I accidentally turned off my mic s...
15: 80s British Girl’s Comics with Anna Carey
September 29, 2016 09:00 - 53 minutes - 73.5 MBAnna Carey is a journalist and the author of the Real Rebecca series of YA books and the upcoming The Making Of Mollie about the Irish suffragette movement. She sat down with Alan and Ellen for a DELIGHTFUL chat about 80s British girl’s comics like Mandy and Bunty. It was very informative and fun and I urge you to seek out some of the comics for yourself. Follow Juvenalia on Twitter Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Alan Bennett.
14: Jaws with Andréa Farrell
September 15, 2016 09:00 - 54 minutes - 75 MBOne of our favourite standups and people Andréa Farrell joined Alan & Ellen to talk about Stephen Spielberg’s classic Jaws. Inspired by Spielberg’s sparing use of the shark in Jaws, we often talked about everything and anything besides Jaws, making the bits where we actually talked about the film all the more special. Make sure to listen to the whole thing as at some point we decided to record an episode within an episode about To Kill A Mockingbird just because. This was fun. Talk soon. ok ...
13: Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion with Shawna Scott
September 01, 2016 14:51 - 1 hour - 110 MBShawna Scott is the founder of Sex Siopa, Ireland’s first health and design focused sex shop. She’s also a Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion fanatic who has been waiting “her entire life” to talk about it at length. She talked to Alan and Sarah for a long time about the film, being a bit of a weirdo growing up, the Pacific North-West, choreographed dance routines with Alan Cumming, the magic of Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino’s magical voice, cool kids, and loads more. It was fun. Follow Ju...
12: The Den with Girl Crew's Elva Carri
August 18, 2016 12:17 - 48 minutes - 66.1 MBElva Carri is the founder of Girl Crew, a brilliant idea that’s been changing the lives of women all over the world since it started. She joined Alan and Ellen to talk about The Den, another brilliant idea that changed lives all over Ireland in the 80s, 90s, and part of the 00s. We talked about Ray D’Arcy, Ian Dempsey, the other humans who we didn’t remember all that much, Zig & Zag, Zuppy, Dustin, Snotser, Socky, Podge & Rodge, and the grim inevitability of death. Follow Juvenalia on Twit...
11: Chat Rooms with Alison Spittle
August 04, 2016 14:57 - 1 hour - 87.3 MBComedian, actor, writer, philanthropist, and host of The Alison Spittle Show, Alison Spittle, joins Alan and Sarah for a trip down memory lane as we talk about our wild and varied experiences with chat rooms and message boards. Alison was an old-fashioned troll, the good funny kind not the ones that harass people on Twitter, Alan was boring but earnest, and Sarah forged deep friendships. We cover all the angles here. Alison had to duck out early to record her own podcast so we didn’t get to ...
10: Saddle Club with Teresa Coyne
July 26, 2016 11:05 - 50 minutes - 69.4 MBComedian Teresa Coyne joins Alan and Ellen to talk about the lesser-known but actually quite good YA series The Saddle Club. It was kind of an equine Babysitter’s Club. Teresa was a fan, Alan’s now a convert, Ellen was jetlagged. A good time was had by all. We learn all about the Saddle Club and Teresa's own history with horses stopping along the way to learn the history of dressage, horse maintenance, helicopter schools, moving from London to the West of Ireland, Dustin the Turkey, car boot...
9: Wolfenstein 3D with Darragh McCausland
July 07, 2016 14:28 - 1 hour - 95.4 MBDarragh McCausland is a writer whose work has appeared in The Dublin Review, Lighthouse, Gorse, and Stonecutter. On this episode of Juvenalia he talks to Alan and Sarah about, well, loads of stuff really but we start with early first-person shooter Wolfenstein 3D. From there we move on to shareware, being bad at computer games, isometric viewpoints, Eve Online, multiplayer vs singleplayer, the Atari 7800, Dads playing games, Charlie Brooker, German FPS Smugglers, Green Blood, the first perso...
8: Scream with Louise Bruton
June 23, 2016 13:49 - 53 minutes - 73.9 MBJournalist and Legless In Dublin creator Louise Bruton joins Alan & Ellen to talk about Wes Craven's Scream. We're also joined by Louise's dog Harry who can be heard voicing his appreciation for the combination of vulnerability and humour that Neve Campbell brings to the role of Sidney. We also talk about Kevin Williamson's vast pop culture empire, the Scream quadrilogy in general, the death of teen movies, why is modern horror so grim, fake blood, meta jokes, the 90s, the career of Matthe...
7: Dirty Dancing with Louise McSharry
June 09, 2016 12:03 - 55 minutes - 76.8 MB2FM DJ and writer Louise McSharry joins Alan Maguire and Sarah Maria Griffin to talk about 80s CLASSIC Dirty Dancing. We brought a wide range of Dirty Dancing experience to the episode. Louise has seen Dirty Dancing many, many times. Alan saw it once when he was like eight or nine. Sarah watched it for the first time that morning. Did she like it? Have a listen and find out. What else did we talk about? Good question. We talked: a lot about how dreamy Patrick Swayze is. A lot. A whole lo...
6: Jurassic Park with Emer McLysaght
May 26, 2016 00:00 - 55 minutes - 75.7 MBOh My God What A Complete Aisling co-author Emer McLysaght joined Alan Maguire and Ellen Tannam to talk about Jurassic Park – the movie and the book, palaeontology, transition year work experience, the importance of posters, Sam Neill, Jeff Goldblum, Laura Dern, Lex, early 90s knock off merchandise, phone covers, entering competitions in women’s magazines, Gilmore Girls, and loads more. It’s a fun hour. The fantastic twitter account we were talking about near the end is @TheTimMurphy. Ok, se...
5: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with Sinéad Burke
May 12, 2016 13:11 - 58 minutes - 80.5 MBAcademic and writer Sinéad Burke of Minnie Mélange joins Alan and Sarah Maria Griffin to talk about the many ways in which Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs has been a part of her life. We talk about pantos, romantic gestures, Sinéad’s amazing parents and family, the Poll Tax, Alternative Miss Ireland, Willow, Representations of little people in the media, making some of the seven dwarfs female, female friendship in Disney films, The George, Pantibliss, Peter Dinklage, Warwick Davis, ...
4: Ghostbusters with Giles Brody
April 28, 2016 08:59 - 1 hour - 103 MBGiles Brody of The Mess Around and The Sunday Sermon Podcast talks to Alan and Ellen Tannam about Ghostbusters. At least that was the plan. It turned into more of a Ghostbusters-themed chat. We enjoyed it though, hopefully you will too. We talked about a lot of things including bingo playing taxi drivers, Eddie Murphy, Nas, John Belushi, Animal House, Michael Cera, Be Here Now, Crystal Skull Vodka, The House of Blues, Giles’s New University, Horses, Rick Moranis is sound, Ellen Hates Garry S...
3: Beauty and the Beast with Jeanne Sutton
April 14, 2016 09:16 - 1 hour - 98.9 MBWriter Jeanne Sutton joins Alan Maguire and Sarah Maria Griffin to talk about Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. We have a good long chat about things like, but not limited to, Disney On Ice, big books, romance novels, problematic favs, Lena Dunham, angry wardrobes, if you were Belle would you stay in the castle, Twitter beefs, DVD commentaries, Les Miserables, The 10th Kingdom, The Wolf Among Us, Jupiter Ascending, which version of the Beast is the sexy beast? is Sarah Maria Griffin a furry? Sh...
Minisode | A Dramatic Reading of R.L. Stine’s Beach Party | Chapter One
April 06, 2016 23:01 - 12 minutes - 17.5 MBWelcome to the first of the Juvenalia minisodes. In this minisode, Alan Maguire and Ellen Tannam do a dramatic reading of chapter one of R.L. Stine’s Point Horror classic, Beach Party. More chapters will follow in future minisodes. Alan and Ellen have never read Beach Party and are excited to see where this all leads. Not much more to say about this one really. Enjoy. Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell
2: Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue with Damon Blake
March 30, 2016 23:00 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBAlan and Ellen talk to comedian Damon Blake of Fox and Blake about the mind-bending 1990 anti-drugs cartoon Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue in which The Smurfs, Alvin & The Chipmunks, Alf, Garfield, Winnie The Pooh, Slimer, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the Muppet Babies, and Bugs Bunny team up to convince a drug-taking teen to change his ways. It’s powerful stuff. We cover a lot of ground in this episode including drugs, Michelangelo’s appeal to at-risk kids, Australian prime minister...
1: The Fifth Element with Sarah Maria Griffin
March 24, 2016 08:15 - 45 minutes - 62.6 MBAlan Maguire and Ellen Tannam talk to writer Sarah Maria Griffin about a film that was important to her as a teenager, The Fifth Element. Questions asked and answered in this episode include: Is The Fifth Element a noir? Who would we cast in a gender-swapped The Fifth Element? Is Ruby Rhod a queer icon? Is Bruce Willis a hot dad? Could The Fifth Element be made today? Is it weird and cool that Ellen and Sarah had never met before this episode but have something very important in common? H...