Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 14 minutes
It’s a Buffy episode!
Director Kate Dolan joins us to talk about her childhood love of the slayer. We talk about the deep wells of queer subtext in Buffy, favourite episodes, re-evaluate Xander, Once More With Feeling, and generally indulge in some fan behaviour.
Follow Kate on Twitter @caatdolan and watch her video for Pillow Queens’ Gay Girls here
Alan is @alan_maguire. Sarah is @griffski...
Get to the roof, we’re talking about Tremors! Poet and Lingo Festival co-founder Erin Fornoff joins us to talk about maybe the greatest b-movie of all time and definitely the greatest one to star Kevin Bacon and the dad from Family Ties.
Follow Erin on Twitter @jarsofshine . Her debut collection Hymn To The Reckless is available now from Dedalus.
Alan is @alan_maguire. Sarah is @griffski...
Sophie White of The Creep Dive and Mother Of Pod joins us to talk about the best cancelled-before-its-time show of them all, Freaks and Geeks. As a podcast with one foot firmly in both the freak and geek camps, we were very excited to talk about it.
Follow Sophie on Twitter and Instagram @sophie_white_, she needs to get to that 5K! Her new novel Filter This is out in September
Alan is @alan_maguire. Sarah is @griffski...
Artist Seán O’Reilly (DrawBoySeanie) joins us to talk about the explosion of pure ROCK energy that is 2003’s School Of Rock. We used Jack Black’s magnum opus as a jumping off point to talk about creativity, confidence, and what songs we did in our Leaving Cert music practicals.
Follow Seánie on Twitter and Instagram @drawboyseanie. You can find his zines, prints, and pins at drawboyseanie.com
Alan is @alan_maguire...
Ellen Coyne, Head of Politics at Joe.ie, joins us to talk about the Rosetta Stone of Irish millennial thinking, the one piece of pop culture that unites every Irish millennial (who only had two channels)...BOSCO! This is one of our favourite episodes ever and we hope you like it.
Knock knock, open wide,
see what's on the other side,
Knock knock, any more,
come with me through the Magic Door.
Follow Ellen Coyne on Twitter and Instagram @ellenmycoyne...
YOU get a podcast episode and YOU get a podcast episode and YOU get a severe talking to because Oprah wasn’t all fun and games. Writer Sarah Hagi joins us to talk about the wonder of Oprah. We talked a lot in particular about the Tom Cruise episode because how could we not? We had a good time.
Follow Sarah Hagi on Twitter @geekylonglegs.
Alan is @alan_maguire. Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's new novel Other Words For Smoke is out now...
Patrick Freyne, features journalist for The Irish Times, joins us to talk about the big weird uncle of British comics, 2000AD. We talk about British comics vs US comics, the wild experimentalism of 2000AD’s artwork, and the influence of 2000AD’s sense of humour, along with Smash Hits and Viz, on a generation of writers.
Follow Patrick Freyne on Twitter @PatrickFreyne1 and find his excellent writing in the Irish Times.
Alan is @alan_maguire...
Ríona Gallagher joins Alan and Sarah to talk about Disney’s Hercules, which we all agree belongs in the top tier of Disney films. This is one of those ones where we wildly enthuse for about an hour so if you like Hercules then welcome, relax, and Go The Distance with us.
Follow Ríona on Twitter @tangeriona
Alan is @alan_maguire. Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's new novel Other Words For Smoke is out now...
(Note: there are some sound issues with this episode. It gets better after a couple of minutes so you should stick with it. Sorry about that, it's all Alan's fault)
Author and podcaster Lucy Vine joins Alan and guest co-host Andrea Cleary to talk about Star Trek: The Original Series. We talk about Tribbles, Joan Collins, Spock, and wonder if maybe Captain Kirk has gotten an unfair rep from pop culture history.
Follow Lucy on Twitter @lecv...
Filmmaker Paul Duane joins Alan and guest co-host Andrea Cleary to talk about the NME in the 80s. We talk about how to find good music in pre-internet Ireland, political music writing, working class autodidacts, owning music vs streaming it, whether boxset rarities are ever worth it, and Paul’s current work with Bill Drummond. It’s a wide-ranging and it was a delight to record.
Follow Paul on Twitter @MrPaulDuane...