Hellish

Comedy writer and Broken Veil investigator JOEL MORRIS chooses the five tracks he will meet in Hell! It's Halloween, so Joel told us all about his folk horror podcast Broken Veil, which led to a conversation about paywalls, and how everything started going wrong for the arts when everything became free. (Support Hellish on Patreon here , and support Broken Veil on Patreon here .) We also discu...

Writer & maker LULU ALLISON chooses the five tracks she will meet in Hell! Lulu tells us about her latest novel, Beast, which takes the Faust myth and applies it to a modern day female rock musician, making it perfect for Hellish! We also discussed Lulu's time in Germany, secular hymns, mental health, chocolate advertising, and ballast. You can get hold of Beast by Lulu Allison direct from...

Music journalist CAROLINE SULLIVAN chooses the five tracks she will meet in Hell! Caroline is an incredibly well respected and experienced music journalist, and as well as writing for publications like The Guardian and Melody Maker has also brought her skills to bear on biographies of some of the biggest pop stars in the world, including Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, and now Harry Styles. We talked abou...

Musician HANNAH McELROY of The Sewing Club picks the five tracks she will meet in Hell! Hannah tells us about the origins of The Sewing Club, and how they came to make their first album, Sew , which came out on October 2nd. She also tells us about growing up in China as the daughter of missionaries; the passive aggressive boyfriend who posted songs on Instagram instead of actually talking to her;...

Double trouble this week as NICK ABADZIS and ANGELA WATSON give us the NINE tracks they will meet in Hell! Comics creator Nick and therapist Angela have just released My Beloved Other: A Memoir of Love, Race, and Optimism in a Time of Denial , an incredible comic book about their thirty+ year relationship. They tell us all about the process of creating the book, what it is like collaborating with...

Hello! Today we're putting out a five minute mini-episode, culled from the cutting room floor of our episode with Ariane Sherine Juniper. Ariane was our guest on episode 78, which you can listen to here . During our chat, we talked about her new podcast, Ari & Ad Fix Your Life, and a bit about podcasting in general. The original idea was that Ariane's episode would go out at the same t...

Tech journalist (and now podcaster) ADAM JUNIPER chooses the five tracks he will meet in Hell. Adam becomes our first guest to be reunited with his wife in Hell: he's married to episode 78's damned soul, Ariane Sherine Juniper! (Listen to Ariane's episode here if you haven't already.) Adam and Ariane have teamed up for a brand new podcast, Ari and Ad Fix Your Life , in which they field listener qu...

This week TOM TURNER of the Failing Writers Podcast gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell! Tom tells us all about his multi-award winning Failing Writers Podcast, in which two struggling writers – Tom and co-host Jon Rand – learn everything there is to know about writing. They talk to best-selling authors, screenwriters and poets in order to help their listeners achieve their writing goals...

Writer LIAM HIGGINSON gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell! We talk about Liam's debut novel, the excellent rural Welsh folk-horror The Hill in the Dark Grove . We hear about its origins as a lockdown project, how it was acquired in a four way auction, and what it has to say about the modern world. We also talk arcade games, the nightmare that is the UK immigration system, and Ireland's l...

Writer ARIANE SHERINE JUNIPER gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell! As well as her Infernal Playlist, Ariane tells us about her many adventures, which include: nearly being in a massive pop band; winning then writing for a massive quiz show; getting hate mail for suggesting that existence of God is unlikely on the side of a bus; her teenage friendship with one of the biggest bands in the...

Sunday Times bestselling author RJ BARKER magics up the five tracks he will meet in Hell! RJ tells us about his latest smash hit fantasy novel, Mortedant's Peril , and we discuss its unusual main character. Alex gets to chat about his love of David Gemmell, we listen to the greatest earworm in the history of the podcast, a popular thing that nerds like is simultaneously celebrated and given a kick...

Catherine Anne Davies, aka THE ANCHORESS, produces the five tracks she will meet in Hell! Catherine tells us all about the new Anchoress album, As We Once Were , including how she made it with Pete Townshend's vintage synth collection, and the surprise audio rediscovery that inspired it. We also hear about music video mishaps, sibling rivalry, what Catherine would do if we made her cover a track o...

Writer GARY PANTON gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell! Gary tells us all about his Laugh Out Loud award nominated children's book series, the Notwitches. We also get to hear about writing for Bluey, Hey Duggee, and the Beano; making the switch from writing for hire to creating your own characters; and Gary puts two tracks in Hell that could get him thrown out of Scotland. Vote for the N...

Actor Jodie McNee gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell! We talked to Jodie about the first production of the Broadway musical Fun Home , in which she plays legendary cartoonist Alison Bechdel. We also discussed taking jobs that make you uncomfortable, how an actor knows when something is good or not, fake tan, and whether anyone wants any wine. This week we have decided to give you, the...

Comedian RACHEL FAIRBURN gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell! We are back after four weeks away, and who better to drag you all back to Hell than top comedian Rachel Fairburn? Rachel tells us about her new show, Vexy Beasts , and making the switch between character comedy and stand up. We also talk about working in a library, how Rachel's hit serial killer podcast, All Killa No Filla ,...

Hellish has been taking a break for the last few weeks, but as we didn't want you to be without something to listen to we called in some of our top podcast pals to help us out. We've been running a mini series we're calling 'HELLISH PRESENTS ...' Each week we've introduced you to a podcast we love: there's a short intro from Daniel, and then a whole episode of the show of the week. This week is ou...

Hellish is taking a break for the next few weeks, but as we didn't want you to be without something to listen to we've called in some of our top podcast pals to help us out. We're running a mini series we're calling 'HELLISH PRESENTS ...' Each week we're going to be introducing you to a podcast we love: there will be a short intro, and then we'll let you enjoy a whole episode of the show of the we...

Hellish is taking a break for the next few weeks, but as we didn't want you to be without something to listen to we've called in some of our top podcast pals to help us out. We're running a mini series we're calling 'HELLISH PRESENTS ...' Each week we're going to be introducing you to a podcast we love: there will be a short intro, and then we'll let you enjoy a whole episode of the show of the we...

Hellish is taking a break for the next few weeks, but as we didn't want you to be without something to listen to we've called in some of our top podcast pals to help us out. We're running a mini series we're calling 'HELLISH PRESENTS ...' Each week we're going to be introducing you to a podcast we love: there will be a short intro, and then we'll let you enjoy a whole episode of the show of the we...

Writer and storyteller JOHN OSBORNE gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell! Music is a massive part of John's work as a writer and performer: his career kicked off with a Edinburgh show called John Peel's Shed, and he's also written and performed work called The New Blur Album , and My Car Plays Tapes . As well as getting him to select his Infernal Playlist, we talked about the eighties car...

Writer DAISY BUCHANAN gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell! Daisy tells us all about her new novel, All Grown Up, which is a modern British reimagining of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. We also talk about tribute bands, indie sleaze, what all the cool kids at the Tory Party Conference listen to, and the ahem suggestive number one record that was bouncing round her head when she had to...

Sound artist, and creator of Centuries of Sound, JAMES ERRINGTON gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell! James tells us all about his fascinating Centuries of Sound project, in which he has been producing an audio collage for every year of recorded sound, which goes back a lot further than you'd think and involves a pig, some ink, and a misguided Frenchman. We also get to hear about the pas...

Writer and artist ROSE RUANE gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell! Rose talks about moving between art and writing; her love of Manic Street Preachers; the time she walked out of a job AND she names one song in particular a "C*nts' Charter", so that's worth the price of listening alone. (Listening is free. But why not support us on Patreon anyway?) Find Rose on Instagram and BlueSky Get...

Comedian and author CATIE WILKINS gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell! Catie talks about settling scores in comedy and children's fiction; moving away from stand up and then coming back to it; being lampooned by Steve Martin; and she reveals very incorrect opinions about one of the five tracks she's chosen, according to Daniel anyway. Oh, and she talks about the time she got done for at...

The Loft frontman PETE ASTOR gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell! Pete told us all about The Loft's new album, Badges , as well as the forty year gap between the band releasing their second single and their first album. We talked about the band's very public end on stage in Hammersmith in 1985, their reunion, and - believe it or not - their favoured choice of travel tavern. Get Badges by...