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On Halloween Night 1992, the BBC aired Ghostwatch, which purported to be a live investigation into a house and family that had been plagued by poltergeist activity. The studio segments were hosted by Michael Parkinson, while children’s presenter Sarah Greene explored the house and interviewed the family at the center of the haunting. Things started to go very wrong and the show ended in disaster. Due to a quirk of scheduling, a large part of the audience didn’t realise that it was all fake. Ghostwatch is frequently listed as one of the scariest TV moments of all time. Ghostwatch was written by Stephen Volk and directed by Lesley Manning.
Comics writer and artist Nick Roche joins us to relive his experience of watching Ghostwatch, aged 13, dressed as Batman for Halloween.
Nick is @NickRoche. His orignal graphic novel Scarenthood is out now and he’s currently the robot designer for Transformers:EarthSpark on Nickolodeon.
Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he does a bit of standup sometimes too.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_. Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our patreon-only show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Hey there, Alan and Andrea have some recommendations for you now that autumn has properly hit. They’ve got an album and three TV shows. We say recommendations but you’ve definitely heard of at least two of these already. The things are:
Hayley Heynderickx - I Need To Start A Garden (with some bonus chat about Cat Cylde)
Frasier (told you you’d heard of some of them already)
Gilmore Girls (ditto, also the cheek of Alan to go to great lengths to explain how he wanted to avoid obvious choices for autumn albums and then pick GILMORE GIRLS as a TV rec)
Midnight Mass (Netflix)Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he does a bit of standup sometimes too.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_. Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our patreon-only show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we started and finished recently. If you liked this episode you’ll liove Started/Finished. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Happy Bisexuality Awareness Week! To celebrate, award winning food TikTok/Instagram person Sian Conway joined us to talk about Brainiac: Science Abuse. If you know you know. We talked all about our school experiences of science, Richard “The Hamster“ Hammond, and of course, Jon Tickle walking across a swimming pool full of custard. We’d also forgotten quite how sexist the show was so we pitch some ideas to rebalance the scales if the show ever comes back.
Sian is @sianconway. She won the Irish Food Writing Award for best Instagram/TikTok account in 2023.
Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he does a bit of standup sometimes too.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_. Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our patreon-only show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Writer Rachel Connolly joins us to talk about Disney’s The Fox And The Hound (1981). We’re asking all the big questions this episode, questions like: why does Disney keep making sexy foxes? How much, if any, moral instruction do children take from the media they consume? Did the worm in Snow White have a face? And many more.
Rachel is @RachelConnoll14. Her debut novel Lazy City is out now. Her Substack is rachelconnolly.substack.com. Both are excellent.
Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he does a bit of standup sometimes too.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_. Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our patreon-only show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Musician and actress Kate Nash joins us for our 200th episode as we take another run at Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Kate is a Buffy mega-fan so we had plenty to talk about. Things like Spike, Angel, femininity, The Body, a defence of Xander, Band Candy, and Kate’s live performance of the entirety of Once More With Feeling in 2012.
Kate is @KateNash. Her latest album 9 Sad Symphonies is out now. It’s excellent, you’ll love it.
Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he does a bit of standup sometimes too.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_. Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
This is episode 200 of Juvenalia. Thanks to everybody who’s listened to us over the years and to all of our amazing guests.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our patreon-only show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Singer-songwriter Callum Orr joins us to talk about Paul Verhoeven’s super-camp, super-violent satire of fascist propaganda Starship Troopers (1997). We talk about the difference between watching it for the first time as an adult and as a younger person, the effectiveness of the satire, we pick apart the imagery, we get deep on this thing.
Callum is @callvm.orr. His debut album The Trials Of Knowing is out now.
Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he does a bit of standup sometimes too.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_. Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our patreon-only show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Author and podcaster Janina Matthewson joins us as we try to cover as much of C.S. Lewis's Narnia books as is physically possible in 53 minutes. We talk about the religious stuff, the mistreatment of Susan in The Last Battle, about how maybe The Magician’s Nephew is the best one?, about why consistent lore and geography is overrated, and lots more.
Janina is @J9andlf. She does the podcasts Within The Wires and History Is Sexy and also writes books. Her latest one is The Horses.
Alan is @alan_maguire. He does a bit of standup but Juvenalia is his main thing right now.
Sarah is @griffski. Her new novel Eat The Ones You Love is out April 2025. Her newsletter is at griffnotes.ghost.io
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our fortnightly show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we’ve started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan Maguire
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Award-winning poet Jessica Traynor joins us to talk about 90’s alt-rock legends Babes In Toyland with some detours into their contemporaries Hole and Bikini Kill. We talk about female rage, taping late night MTV so you could watch in the next day, seeing your teenage heroes live, and lots lots more.
Jessica Traynor is @JessicaTraynor6. You can find her most recent collection Pit LullabiesI at jessicatraynor.com
Alan is @alan_maguire. He does a bit of standup but Juvenalia is his main thing right now.
Sarah is @griffski. Her new novel Eat The Ones You Love is out April 2025. Her newsletter is at griffnotes.ghost.io
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our fortnightly show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we’ve started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan Maguire
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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This is a big one. We had a little gap in our schedule so Alan & Andrea decided to get all of their feelings about Elliott Smith down in podcast form. We talk about that voice, those melodies, that guitar playing, the time he and Louis theroux interviewed each other for Select Magazine, his creative partnership with Jon Brion and so much more.
Sidenote: consider this a kind of reverse trigger warning: we don’t talk about any details of Elliott Smith’s death or engage in any speculation around it in this episode.
Here’s the Elliott Smith and Jon Brion show we mention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK4okHerWeI
and here’s the Elliott Smith/Louis Theroux interview https://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/?p=2571
Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he’s doing a bit of standup on July 19th with Rogue Comedy in Jarrz, Waterford.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_. Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our patreon-only show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Claire Anne is the studio head of Dúlamán Studios and creator of upcoming YA “sci-fi cosplaying as a fantaasy murder-mystery” animated series Oribis. She joined us for a super-sized episode about a super-sized game series, Kingdom Hearts. We tried to unravel the looping complex story, the integration of Disney and Final Fantasy characters, the music, and loads more.
Claire Anne is currently preparing to launch the Kickstarter for Oribis. You can follow her progress here
Alan is @alan_maguire. He does a bit of standup but Juvenalia is his main thing right now.
Sarah is @griffski. Her new novel Eat The Ones You Love is out April 2025. Her newsletter is at griffnotes.ghost.io
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our fortnightly show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we’ve started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan Maguire
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Submitted for the approval of The Midnight Society, Serra Petale and Agustina Ruiz from Los Bitchos join Alan and Sarah for a big ol chat about Nickelodeon’s long-running spooky anthology series Are You Afraid Of The Dark? We talk about our favourite episodes, which ones genuinely traumatised us for life, the importance of a good scare, watching true crime with your mother, Melissa Joan Hart, and lots more.
Serra and Agustina are in Los Bitchos. Their new single La Bomba is out now and they’re on tour in the USA, Canada, UK, and Europe later this year.
Alan is @alan_maguire. He does a bit of standup but Juvenalia is his main thing right now.
Sarah is @griffski. Her new novel Eat The Ones You Love is out April 2025. Her newsletter is at griffnotes.ghost.io
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our fortnightly show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we’ve started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan Maguire
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Electro-pop twins ROOUE aka Róisín and Lulu join Alan and Andrea as we enthuse wildy about Britney Jean Spears. We talk about the VMAs, that voice, her dancing, the whole virginity thing, and of course her vast discography of classic pop.
ROOUE are @ROOUEMusic. Their debut EP Juxtaposition is out May 24th.
Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he’s doing a bit of stand up here and there.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_. Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our patreon-only show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Áine O’Connell of the new books podcast I Think You Should Read joins us as we get super earnest about Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 spectacular spectacular Moulin Rouge. We just kind of geek out about it really Sarah and Áine both have a deep and lengthy relationship with film so there was a lot to talk about. It’s a good one.
Áine is @ainereads. She co-hosts I Think You Should Read, a podcast about books you should read.
Alan is @alan_maguire. He does a bit of standup but Juvenalia is his main thing right now.
Sarah is @griffski. Her new novel Eat The Ones You Love is out April 2025. Her newsletter is at griffnotes.ghost.io
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our fortnightly show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we’ve started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan Maguire
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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WELCOME TO THE JAM. Author Richy Craven joins us to talk about the biggest Michael Jordan/Looney Tunes crossover event of 1996, Space Jam. We also find time to talk about Tom Cruise’s love of cinema as is only right and proper. It’s a good time.
Richy is @RichyCraven. His debut novel Spirit Level is out April 25th.
Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he’s doing a bit of stand up here and there.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_. Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our patreon-only show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Comedian Tim Platt from Rude Tales Of Magic and Oh These Those Stars Of Space joins us to talk about the impact that Jim Carrey and The Mask had on him as a child. We talk about Carrey’s performance and Cameron Diaz and Milo The Dog and the special effects of course but also about figuring out your artistic vocation, The Mask as alcohol, Man On The Moon, and the editorial biases of Edge City’s newspapers. It’s a good time.
Tim is @TimothyPlatt. He stars in Rude Tales Of Magic and Oh These Those Stars Of Space. His debut comedy album Teeth Like Beak is coming very soon.
Alan is @alan_maguire. He does a bit of standup but Juvenalia is his main thing right now.
Sarah is @griffski. Her new novel Eat The Ones You Love is out April 2025. Her newsletter is at griffnotes.ghost.io
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our fortnightly show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we’ve started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan Maguire
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Welcome to The OC bitch! Jessa Hastings, author of the Magnolia Parks Universe books, joins us as we put on our collared t-shirts and huge belts to talk about The OC! We talk about how Adam Brody changed nerds forever, finding Marissa annoying, Sandy and Kirsten, the music, the clothes, and how The OC is directly responsible for the scripted reality explosion of the mid-noughties. It’s a good time.
Jessa is @jessa.hastings. The latest book in the Magnolia Parks Universe, Into The Dark, is out now.
Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he’s doing a bit of stand up here and there.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_. Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our patreon-only show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Comedian Sophia Cadogan joins us to talk about 1994’s Interview With The Vampire. We talk about the hair, and the necks, and the blood. But also about Kirsten Dunst’s amazing performance. We try to figure out why the coffins are important. We admire Brad PItt’s character’s action-oriented problem-solving methods (setting fire to everything all of the time). We had a lot of fun. You will too probably?
You can find Sophia everywhere at @SophiaCadogan. Her new show Princess Melancholy is on 17+18 Feb in Smock Alley, Dublin.
Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he’s doing a bit of stand up here and there.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_. Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our patreon-only show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Comedian Alexandra Haddow joins us as we try to talk about how much we love Robin Williams without crying
Alexandra is @MissAHaddow. She’s on tour right NOW. You can find all the info right here.
Alan is @alan_maguire. He does a bit of standup but Juvenalia is his main thing right now.
Sarah is @griffski. Her books are in all good bookshops. Her newsletter is at griffnotes.ghost.io
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our fortnightly show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we’ve started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan Maguire
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Welcome to our first proper episode of 2024. If you listened to our Weezer episode or our Patreon episodes then you know that Andrea and Alan are big fans of Pat Finnerty. Pat makes a fantastic youtube series called What Makes This Song Stink. We were delighted when he agreed to appear on the show and even more delighted when he picked Spinal Tap.
P.S. there’s a bit near the end where Pat says U2 but we misheard him and thought he said YouTube so if you’re wondering why we suddenly start talking about YouTube, that’s why.
Pat is @the_pat_finnerty_show on instagram. What Makes This Song Stink is on YouTube. Start from episode 1, thank us later.
Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he’s doing a bit of stand up here and there.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_. Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our regular show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we started and finished recently. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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Happy Weird Inbetweeny Bit of the year where nothing’s really happening. We realised that people don’t get around to Christmas episodes of podcasts until January so we just talked about some non-Christmassy things we’d been watching lately. We also did our Off Menu menus just for the hell of it.
We’re going to take a break for a couple of weeks while we get everything lined up for 2024 but we’ll back soon. Thanks for sticking around.
Alan, Sarah, and Andrea.
Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he’s doing a bit of stand up here and there.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_. Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/
Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork.
We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episodes including our fortnightly show Started/Finished where we talk about the pop culture we started and finished in the previous two weeks. We also have some free lil bits of merch. It's patreon.com/juvenalia
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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