Juvenalia

Hello. Here's a small preview of the first bonus episode going out to our $5 patrons. It's Alan and Sarah talking about Scott Pilgrim Vs The World. If you'd like to hear the rest of the episode and all the other upcoming Juvenalia: The College Years episodes you can become a Patreon supporter at https://www.patreon.com/juvenalia .  Don't worry, we're not going to spam you with every bonus epi...

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...

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  @ala...

Alan and Sarah were at the Spice Girls gig in Croke Park. So were Cassie and Sophie from The Creep Dive. They all happened to be in the Tall Tales studio the day after so they decided to record their thoughts. Two of them were very hungover. Two of them weren’t. Enjoy. social media things : Cassie is @cassielorraine  Sophie is @sophie_white_ Sarah is @griffski Alan is @alan_maguire Juvenalia...

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&...

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  @ca atdolan  and watch her video for Pillow Queens’ Gay Girls here Alan is  @alan_maguire ....

Get out your poster paint and safety scissors because we’re talking about Art Attack! Cassie Delaney, co-host of The Creep Dive and our boss and new best friend, joins us to talk about her childhood as a committed maker of Art Attack projects, we marvel at the scale of the big Art Attacks, and we find out what Neil Buchanan, gentle king of Art Attacks large and small, is up to now. Follow Cassie o...

So no-one told you life was gonna be this way? It's hard to believe it has taken 74 episodes but it's finally here - The One With The Friends Fan.  Writer and beauty editor Aisling Keenan joins us in our new home at Tall Tales studio to reveal what it is about the sitcom that gives her such joy.  Follow Aisling on Twitter and Instagram @aislingmkeenan . Her sex and relationships podcast...

Sarah Davis-Goff is an author and co-founder of Independent publisher Tramp Press (<3).  She joined Sarah and Alan, live from The Lexicon, to talk about The Terminator and remind us that a dystopian tech-ruled future may not be lightyears away. Sarah’s debut novel Last Ones Left Alive is out now.  Follow Sarah on Twitter @ SarahDavisGoff and follow her work with Tramp Press @TrampPres...

Kiva Reardon is the lead programmer for contemporary world cinema at the Toronto International Film Festival and the founding editor of cléo journal. She joined Alan and Ellen to talk about the career of Irish footballer Robbie Keane and what he means to her as an Irish-Canadian. Alan and Ellen are not sport people but now they love Robbie Keane FIERCELY.  You can find Kiva on Twitter at...

Peter Kavanagh of Motherfoclóir, Pop-Up Gaeltacht, and the Green Party, joins Alan and Ellen to talk about the hero who hasn't gotten pollution down to zero just yet but he's trying his best: Captain Planet! We try to stay positive about the future of the planet even though Captain Planet came out twenty nine years ago and the bad guys who like to loot and plunder are still doing it.  You can...

Your favourite fake DJ Michael Fry joins Alan and Sarah to talk about the obscure fantasy series Harry Potter.  Michael read the first Harry Potter book when he was seven and the last film came out when he was eighteen. (If your Juvenalia topic overlaps perfectly with the entirety of your childhood then it's called a Golden Topic.)  You can find Michael's work at Joe.ie  and he's @B...

Fair City actor Roxanna Nic Liam joins Alan and Sarah to talk about the greatest teen soap of them all, Home And Away. We talk about Roxanna's history with Home And Away, some of our favourite storylines, what it's like to work on a soap, and Roxanna's very unexpected professional encounter with her favourite character. [CW: We discuss a Home And Away storyline involving rape and gasligh...

Naomi O'Leary, journalist and co-host of The Irish Passport, joins us to talk about maybe the bleakest book in children's literature, Marita Conlon-McKenna's famine classic Under The Hawthorn Tree. We talked about the unrelenting horror of the book, the historical accuracy, and how maybe it should be on the British school curriculum as well as the Irish one. There's also a whole load of talk...

Welcome to 2019! We decided to kick off with just Alan and Sarah talking about something that was pretty important to both of them but especially to Sarah, The X-Files. We talked about how good the pilot is, the once in a lifetime chemistry of Mulder and Scully, The X-Files Companion, GameStop discounts, going to the cinema alone, TV show tie-in magazines, and lots more. Alan is @alan_maguire , he...

Welcome back to part two of our roundup of the year. This part has a little taste, just a little mind you, of every episode from July to December. We hope it inspires you to go back and listen to some episodes that you missed during the year! Ok happy new year bye x Episode Contents Section 1 Babe with Andrea Cleary Gilmore Girls with Ruth Hunter Stardoll with Fionnuala Jones (with guest co-h...

We've had a fun year here at Juvenalia. Maybe you skipped a couple of episodes along the way because you weren't familiar with the topic or you were just busy. Well that's fine. We've put together a little appetizer plate of bits from every episode this year for you to make sure you get a chance to try them all properly. Part 1 covers January to June including our live 50th episode extravaganza in...

Hello and welcome to the Juvenalia Christmas Smalltacular 2018! Alan, Ellen, and Sarah met up to share a Terry's Chocolate Orange and talk about Christmas stuff like Furbies, Puppy in My Pocket, Big Tunes 2000, the bridge from Star Trek: The Next Generation, loungewear, relaxing in jeans and a belt, Candle Check 2018, more selection box talk, Alan gets shamed for his love of Cadbury's Fudge, and c...

Valerie Loftus of Stellar Magazine and The Glow Up joins Alan and Sarah to talk about the most successful girl group of all time and inventors of feminism, the Spice Girls. We talk about which Spice Girls Valerie and Sarah saw themselves as, Geri's betrayal, the solo careers, the reunion, and much more.  Valerie is @valerieloftus on Twitter. Her book Thanks Penneys, with illustrations by...

Jack Fennell, editor of Irish sci-fi collection, A Brilliant Void, joins Alan and Sarah to talk about Star Trek: The Next Generation. Alan was obsessed with TNG when he was young, Sarah was not but she has many questions which Alan and Jack enthusiastically try to answer.   You can find Jack on Twitter @JFennellAuthor . A Brilliant Void is out now from our good friends at Tramp Press Alan is...

CW: This episode includes discussions about drug abuse, domestic violence, and sexual assault. Tony Duffin, CEO of Ana Liffey, joins Alan and Ellen to talk about being a London-Irish teenager in the 80s, harm reduction, drug decriminalisation, and The Pogues, specifically their song The Old Main Drag, and how it influenced his decision to work for harm reduction charities.  You can find...

Caroline O'Donoghue joined Alan earlier in the year to co-host a couple of episodes. In between those episodes we had an hour to kill so we turned the mics back on and talked about The Sims! The Sims was a huge part of every millennial's childhood so we had a lot to talk about. We covered Death, Fires, The Sims Extended Universe, Paul St. Emos, Sexy Suave Goths, Seeing Famous People In Real Life,...

Writer and podcaster Anne T. Donahue returns to Juvenalia to tell Alan and Ellen about her teenage obsession with Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet and Leonardo Di Caprio in general. We talk about beige food, huge teenage emotions, Titanic, John Leguizamo, Harry Styles, and just like a lot of other stuff.  You can find Anne on twitter @annetdonahue . Her amazing book Nobody Cares i...

We kicked out the jams at The Soundhouse as part of the Dublin Podcast Festival with our fourth live show. Since it was our second time at the DPF we decided to go twice as big and have two guests. Niamh Farrell of Ham Sandwich told us all about her childhood love of Take That and Mark Owen and then Nadine O'Regan of the Sunday Business Post told us about being a teenage grunge fan in West Cork. W...

Shane Langan of Diet Of Worms, The Walshes, Becca's Bunch, and the WGM podcast joins Alan and Sarah to talk about something that's very close to all of their hearts, Spaced. We're all very enthusiastic about it in a low energy way because it was very warm in the studio.  Shane Langan is @Shaneinho on Twitter. Find The WGM on your podcast app AFTER you've finished this episode. Alan is @alan_m...