Juvenalia

Naoise Dolan, author of the Sunday Times Bestseller Exciting Times joins us to talk about Gossip Girl! It was an absolutely FASCINATING chat about watching high school-based dramas as an autistic woman and viewing characters’ behaviours through that lens. We hope you enjoy it XOXO NB This episode was recorded in February before everything went down, we didn’t break self-isolation to do this, we ar...

Music writer Dean Van Nguyen joins us to talk about the bit of pop culture that looms large in his childhood: MTV Base. In our last episode we flirted with doing a whole episode about a TV channel but this week we're going all in. We talked about Beats, Rhymes, and Life, The Lick, Jay Z vs Nas, Napster, Destiny's Child, the legacy of Jackass, and much more.   We're still self-isolating and re...

Writer, broadcaster, and DJ Jenn Gannon joins us to talk about one of the foundational bits of pop culture from her youth, Interbang?! We hadn't heard of it either. Interbang?! was an Italian one series wonder that aired on The Children's Channel in the late 80s. It's hard to explain. Here's an episode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oy7Ua38W_HM As well as Interbang?!, we also go down a deep rabbi...

Andy Gaffney of Be Grand joins us to talk about a film that's been very important to him since he was a mere teen, Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky. We had an absolutely fascinating chat about how films change with us, accidental arthouse cinemas, sleep paralysis, hypnosis, and the possibility (based on Sarah's coat) that we're all currently in Andy's dream. Andy is @HiAndyGaffney . His podcast Be Gran...

TheJournal.ie’s Aoife Barry joins us to talk about the staple of every sensitive millennial teenager’s CD collection, Jeff Buckley’s Grace. We talk about Jeff Buckley’s life and career, his influence, and Aoife’s past life as a college radio DJ. Aoife is @SweetOblivion26 . You can find her journalism at TheJournal.ie and her podcast Get Around To It on your podcast app Alan is @alan_maguire .&nbsp...

Comedian Bláithín de Burca of the Try Channel and I Don't Know Her joins Alan and Sarah to talk about arguably the funniest animated Disney film, The Emperor's New Groove. We talk about the majesty of Eartha Kitt, the Kronkness of Kronk, the impeccable comic timing, the first pregnant woman in a Disney animated movie, Tom Jones, and much more.  Bláithín is @beingbla on Twitter. She co-hosts t...

Singer-Songwriter Emma Langford joins us to talk about the queen of pop-punk Avril Lavigne. There’s a lot of talk about early 00s fashion, growing up, and we wonder if maybe Avril was secretly a country artist all along. Emma is  @ELangfordMusic . Her first album Quiet Giant is out now and her next album Sowing Acorns is available to pre-order Here   Alan is  @alan_maguire .  J...

Writer Laura-Blaise McDowell joins us to talk about how much Florence Welch, her work with Florence + the Machine, and just Florence in general, has meant to her over the years. Laura-Blaise was an absolute joy to talk to. We also talked a bit about Patti Smith and New York and it was just a good time, we all felt refreshed after it. Laura-Blaise is  @blaisinsquad . You can read her An Post I...

Rachel O'Neill of the Disturbing The Peace podcast joins us to talk about Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events. We talk about seeing Daniel Handler read slash fic about  Count Olaf and Lemony Snicket, the importance of characters like Violet for girls who feel like they don't fit in with other girls, and just generally about how good and smart and funny these books are. Rachel is @...

Hello! Here's a little compilation episode of some good bits from all our episodes from the second half of 2019. It should give you a pretty good idea if Juvenalia is a podcast you might want to listen to on a regular basis. We hope you like it! In this episode: School Of Rock with Seán O'Reilly Bosco with Ellen Coyne Oprah with Sarah Hagi 2000AD with Patrick Freyne Hercules with Tríona Gallagher...

Hello! Here's a little compilation episode of some good bits from all our episodes from the first half of 2019. It should give you a pretty good idea if Juvenalia is a podcast you might want to listen to on a regular basis. We hope you like it! In this episode: The X-Files with Alan and Sarah Under The Hawthorn Tree with Naomi O'Leary Home And Away with Roxanna Nic Liam Harry Potter with Michael F...

Happy Christmas! We gathered some of our favourite people in the Tall Tales studio to talk about Christmas stuff. It was very warm and the conversation went to mostly unexpected places. Enjoy Roll Call Sarah Maria Griffin ( @griffski ) Author and Juvenalia Host Alan Maguire ( @alan_maguire ) Juvenalia Host Ríona Gallagher ( @tangeriona ) Speech Therapist and Twitter Sounder Christine Bohan ( @Chri...

Jen O’Dwyer is one of the co-hosts of Mother Of Pod and The Creep Dive. She joined Alan and Sarah to talk about the lost world of the internet in the late 90s/early 00s. We talked about MSN messenger, when Yahoo was the only game in town, the rise of MySpace and Bebo, rotten.com , and eBaum’s World. That last sentence either flooded you with memories or was complete nonsense. If it was the former,...

Christine Bohan is the deputy editor of TheJournal.ie and the executive producer of Stardust. She joined Alan and guest co-host Cassie Delaney to talk about Enid Blyton. We talked about Blyton’s superhuman output, discussed what, if any, of her work stands up to modern tastes, our childhood reading habits, and much more Follow Christine on twitter @ChristineBohan Alan is  @alan_maguire . &nbs...

Here's the first five minutes of our second bonus episode for $5 Patreon supporters. Alan was a Sega kid, Sarah was Nintendo. They compared notes on their gaming journeys from their 16-bit beginnings up to Untitled Goose Game.  To hear the full episode and to support Juvenalia go to our Patreon and become a $5 supporter.  Juvenalia artwork by Dee McDonnell. This episode was produced by C...

Niamh Farrell from Ham Sandwich returned to Juvenalia to talk to Alan and guest co-host Cassie Delaney about cult classic Empire Records. We talked about music shops, how the film misleads young teens about what being an older teen is like, the soundtrack, how Ham Sandwich is a great band name, about how Empire Records is bad in a lot of ways but still very, very good, and how you should never goo...

Sarah Corcoran from Pillow Queens joined us to talk about the sexiest trash monster of 1999, Cruel Intentions. We had a great chat about Ryan Philippe, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Selma Blair, and all the gang; Sarah told us about being a film student whose favourite film is Cruel Intentions, and we talked about the amazing soundtrack. It was fun, you’ll like it. Follow Sarah on Twitter @broccolidoggo...

Ber Quinn is a sound engineer and producer who has worked with the likes of The Divine Comedy, Villagers, John Grant, and Lisa Hannigan. He joined Alan and Sarah to talk about Disney’s Aladdin. We talked about the art style, the origin of Disney’s version of the story, Robin Williams, Alan Menken’s liberal borrowing of his previous work for the songs in Aladdin, Disney’s queercoded villains, and j...

Bosco’s friend and puppeteer Paula Lambert joined Alan and Sarah for a very special chat. We talked about what it was like making Bosco in the 80s, Bosco’s friends, how Paula developed the character of Bosco after she took over the role from her sister, the experience of the Bosco live show, and how Bosco chooses when to engage with topics like marriage equality. It was an absolute dream to talk t...

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 Twit...

(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 cul...

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 S...

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 writin...

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 . Sa...

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. Follo...