Juvenalia

Singer-songwriter Carlo Magliocco joins Alan and Andrea to talk about Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell. We talk about how Cornell was always more then the stereotypical rock frontman that a casual look at his work might lead you to believe, the thought and intentionality of his solo shows, and Carlo tells us about the time he got to meet the man himself.

Carlo is @Carlo_Magliocco. His album Calendar is on Spotify.

Alan is @alan_maguire...

Emer McLysaght, one half of the Oh My God What A Complete Aisling books and our fifth ever guest returns to talk to us about the Adrian Mole series...

The Lighthouse Cinema very kindly asked us to do a live episode as part of their Not Another Teen Season and we said absolutely yes of course we will.

Alan and Andrea talked to the programmer at the Lighthouse, Charlene Lydon, about Pretty In Pink and we got into it. We had a long, enjoyable chat about every aspect of the film: the music, the dress, Harry Dean Stanton, Annie Potts, all the important stuff...

Comedian, Podcaster, and Twitch streamer Ashley Manning joins us to talk about one of the biggest Disney Channel shows of all time, That’s So Raven. We talk about Raven-Symoné’s amazing physical comedy, Anneliese van der Pol’s amazing voice, the Undercover Superstar episode which indirectly led to High School Musical, the show’s willingness to tackle big issues like body image and race head-on in a way other early noughties shows didn’t, and lots more.

Ashley is @AManComedian...

Women’s Prize longlisted author Kirsty Capes joins us to talk about the books of Jacqueline Wilson. We focused on three in particular, The Story Of Tracy Beaker, The Illustrated Mum, and Lola Rose but the conversation took in a lot more than that. We talked about Jacqueline Wilson’s fearlessness, how the topics in her books intersected with Kirsty’s life, and about Kirsty’s PhD which was about depictions of care homes in fiction. It was a fascinating chat.

Kirsty is @kirstycapes...

DJ and host of Housewives And Me Conor Behan returns to Juvenalia to talk about Scream. We talked about Scream way back in episode 8 but we’ve had a whole Scream Requel since then and we’re all different people now so we thought it was worth a revisit. We talked about brand activations, lens flare, press junket misdirects, the requel, and lots more.

This episode came out before it was revealed that Neve Campbell would not be returning for Scream 6...

Comedian Aoife O’Connor joins us to talk about 2001’s cult classic consumerism satire/teen drama/fake rock biopic Josie and the Pussycats. We talked about the fashion, the Parker Posey, the Alan Cumming, the absolute bangers that make up the Pussycats’s music, a very serious Josie-inspired crime Aoife committed, and lots more. Aoife has been obsessed with this film since they were ten years old so it was a joy to step inside their Josie-brain.

Aoife is @aoifebella...

Singer of sad bops Eve Belle joins us to talk about her intense teenage feelings about My Chemical Romance, being a Donegal emo, misogyny in music, Gerard Way as a gender role model, and her own approach to the aesthetic side of being a musician. Also, Alan makes a startling confession.

Eve is @EveBelleSongs. Her brilliant album In Between Moments is out NOW.

Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now.

Sarah is @griffski...

Author Josh Winning joins us to talk about Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s most challenging creation, The Dark Crystal...

Louise 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...