Juvenalia
Episodes
124: Christina Aguilera - Stripped with ELKAE
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Electronic soul artist, songwriter, and producer Laura Keane, better known as ELKAE joins us to talk about an album that had a huge impact on her as a...
123: Heathers with Sophie White
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
(CN: Heathers is a dark movie that deals with suicide, murder, homophobia, fatphobia, and eating disorders. We discuss all of those things in this epi...
122: Streetmate with Muireann O’Connell
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Muireann O’Connell from off the telly joins us to talk about the CLASSIC late nineties reality dating show, Streetmate hosted by Davina McCall. It i...
121: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Rachael Krishna
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Writer Rachael Krishna joined us to talk about Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. We talked about Donn...
120: The Blair Witch Project with The Creep Dive
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s a crossover episode! Cassie, Jen, and Sophie from The Creep Dive joined us and we joined them to talk about The Blair Witch Project in the firs...
119: Digimon with Fionnuala Jones
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Fionnuala Jones of Bandwagons and *gestures around* the internet returns to Juvenalia to discuss the other late 90s Japanese monster-based megahit, Di...
118: Mrs. Doubtfire with Wren Dennehy aka Avoca Reaction
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ireland's premier non-binary drag entity Wren Dennehy aka Avoca Reaction joins us to talk about the 90's family film that all 90s family films aspire ...
117: Sister Act 2 / The Bends with Cassie Delaney
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
New Year New Us! Not really, we're exactly the same, everything is exactly the same BUT we decided to do things a little differently for our first epi...
116: SMTV Live and LIVE & Kicking
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Millennial Saturday morning TV shows! The true golden age of television! Cat Deeley! Ant and Dec! Zoe Ball! Jamie Theakston! Trevor and Simon! Alan an...
115: Clash Of The Titans (1981) with Jeffrey Cranor
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey Cranor of, among many other things Welcome To Night Vale and Within The Wires, joins us to talk about 1981's swords 'n' stop motion epic...
114: Twin Peaks with Simon O'Connor
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Simon O'Connor of the Museum Of Literature Ireland joins us to talk about Twin Peaks. Simon and Sarah were both teenage Twin Peaks obsessives and they...
113: Demolition Man with Karyn Moynihan
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Karyn Moynihan from the Sweet Valley High podcast Double Love returns to the podcast to talk about the 1993 video store staple Demolition Man. Alan an...
112: Pop Punk with Nealo
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dublin rapper Nealo joins Alan and guest co-host Andrea Cleary to talk about his teenage love of pop punk. We talk about the supremacy of Blink 182, w...
111: Ewoks with Rosemary MacCabe
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and Podcaster Rosemary MacCabe joins Alan and Andrea to talk about an extremely divisive part of the Star Wars universe that is dear to Rosemar...
110: Return to Oz with Louise O'Neill
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Best-selling author Louise O’Neill makes a triumphant return to Juvenalia to talk about the most unsettling children’s movie ever made: Return To ...
109: Grease 2 with Pamela Connolly
18 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pamela from Pillow Queens joins us to talk about the secretly beloved Grease 2. We talk about the weird Turn Everything Up To 11 energy of the film, t...
108: Clive Barker with Conner Habib
03 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Conner Habib is an author, lecturer, sex workers' rights advocate and the host of Against Everyone with Conner Habib. He joined us to talk about the w...
107: Pokemon with Roxanna Nic Liam
20 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Fair City’s Roxanna Nic Liam returns to Juvenalia to talk about another thing she was obsessed with when she was young and it’s a big one: Pokémo...
106: The Beatles with CMAT
06 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Global pop sensation CMAT joins us to talk about The Beatles. CMAT had some STORIES for us about being a pre-teen Beatles fan and now you get to enjoy...
105: Eurotrash with Jen O'Dwyer
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Podcasting LEGEND Jen O’Dwyer returns to Juvenalia to talk about many 90s kids’ introduction to the wide world of European perversion: Eurotrash. ...
104: Anastasia with Caroline O'Donoghue
09 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Author Caroline O'Donoghue returns to Juvenalia for the FIFTH time to talk about a very special animated movie, Don Bluth's Anastasia. We talk about t...
103: Disney's Robin Hood with Andrea Cleary
24 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Cleary returns to to show to talk about her love for Disney's 1973 animated version of Robin Hood, the sexiest film of all time. Andrea co-host...
102: Hole with Jennifer Quigley
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Quigley of I Love This Band joins us to talk about Courtney Love and Hole particularly Live Through This! It was a good chat! Jennifer's podc...
101: Eurovision with Cian Sullivan
27 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Podcaster and radio host Cian Sullivan joins us to talk about Eurovision! Eurovision is huge and we are small so we dipped in and out of the bits that...
100: It's Episode 100 And The Gang's All Here!
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We made it to 100! We would have liked to do a live show to celebrate but well *gestures in any direction* so instead Alan, Sarah, and Ellen(!) got to...
99: Gossip Girl with Naoise Dolan
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Naoise Dolan, author of the Sunday Times Bestseller Exciting Times joins us to talk about Gossip Girl! It was an absolutely FASCINATING chat about wat...
98: MTV Base with Dean Van Nguyen
15 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
97: Interbang?! with Jenn Gannon
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
96: Vanilla Sky with Andy Gaffney
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
95: Jeff Buckley with Aoife Barry
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
94: The Emperor's New Groove with Bláithín de Burca
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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, Th...
93: Avril Lavigne with Emma Langford
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 u...
92: Florence Welch with Laura-Blaise McDowell
24 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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 m...
91: A Series Of Unfortunate Events with Rachel O'Neill
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Juvenalia 2019 Sample Platter Part 2
02 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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...
The Juvenalia 2019 Sample Platter Part 1
27 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Juvenalia Christmas Spectacular 2019!
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 conversatio...
90: The Turn Of The Century Internet with Jen O’Dwyer
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
89: Enid Blyton with Christine Bohan
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
Patreon Preview 2: Console Wars
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 t...
88: Empire Records with Niamh Farrell
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ab...
87: Cruel Intentions with Sarah Corcoran
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
86: Aladdin with Ber Quinn
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 Ala...
We Talked To Bosco’s Friend Paula Lambert
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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, ...
85: The NME in the 80s with Paul Duane
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
84: Star Trek: TOS with Lucy Vine
29 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
(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...
83: Hercules with Ríona Gallagher
15 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 th...
82: 2000AD with Patrick Freyne
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 c...
81: Oprah with Sarah Hagi
19 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 jo...
80: Bosco with Ellen Coyne
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 unit...
Patreon Preview: Scott Pilgrim Vs The World
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
79: School of Rock with Seán O’Reilly
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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’...
78: Freaks and Geeks with Sophie White
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 po...
BONUS: We Spiced Up Our Lives!
28 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 stu...
77: Tremors with Erin Fornoff
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 a...
76: Buffy The Vampire Slayer with Kate Dolan
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 subte...
75: Art Attack! with Cassie Delaney
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
74: Friends with Aisling Keenan
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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.&nbs...
73: The Terminator with Sarah Davis-Goff - LIVE from the DLR LexIcon
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
72: Robbie Keane with Kiva Reardon
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kiva Reardon is the lead programmer for contemporary world cinema at the Toronto International Film Festival and the founding editor of cléo jou...
71: Captain Planet with Peter Kavanagh
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
70: Harry Potter with Michael Fry
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Your favourite fake DJ Michael Fry joins Alan and Sarah to talk about the obscure fantasy series Harry Potter. Michael read the first Harry Pott...
69: Home And Away with Roxanna Nic Liam
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 hi...
68: Under The Hawthorn Tree with Naomi O'Leary
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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-Mc...
67: The X-Files with Just Alan and Sarah
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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 S...
The Juvenalia 2018 Sample Platter Part 2
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
The Juvenalia 2018 Sample Platter Part 1
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 j...
The Juvenalia Christmas Smalltacular 2018
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 Chris...
66: Spice Girls with Valerie Loftus
06 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 femi...
65: Star Trek: The Next Generation with Jack Fennell
29 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 obsesse...
64: The Pogues' The Old Main Drag with Tony Duffin
22 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
CW: This episode includes discussions about drug abuse, domestic violence, and sexual assault. Tony Duffin, CEO of Ana Liffey, joins Alan and Ellen t...
63: The Sims with Caroline O'Donoghue
08 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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...
62: Romeo + Juliet with Anne T. Donahue
25 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and podcaster Anne T. Donahue returns to Juvenalia to tell Alan and Ellen about her teenage obsession with Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet a...
61: Take That & Grunge with Niamh Farrell & Nadine O'Regan LIVE at DPF 18
11 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
60: Spaced with Shane Langan
28 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
59: Sailor Moon with Jenna Stoeber
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jenna Stoeber, video producer at Polygon and co-host of Fandalites, joined Alan and guest co-host Caroline O'Donoghue to talk about the classic anime ...
58: Little Women with Emilie Pine - LIVE at All Together Now
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Emilie Pine, author of the best-selling essay collection Notes To Self, joined Alan and Sarah in the All Curious Minds tent at the All Together N...
57: Rapper's Delight with Claire Beck
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Claire Beck, DJ and host of the podcasts Fear/Fun and Tug Life, takes Alan and Sarah to school about the history of hip hop and Rapper'...
56: Stardoll with Fionnuala Jones
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Daily Edge writer Fionnuala Jones joins Alan and special guest co-host Caroline O'Donoghue to talk about Stardoll, a fashion-based social network for ...
55: Gilmore Girls with Ruth Hunter
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian Ruth Hunter joins Alan and Ellen to talk about Gilmore Girls. We talk about all aspects of all the seasons so there are tons of spoilers...
54: Babe with Andrea Cleary
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Music writer and co-host of The Nialler9 Podcast Andrea Cleary joins Alan and Ellen to talk about the best little pig in the world, Babe.&nb...
53: The Magic Faraway Tree with Louise O'Neill
21 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Author and awards-magnet Louise O'Neill joined Alan and Sarah to talk about Enid Blyton's classic series about a fantastical tree that's not nearby,&n...
52: The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air with Sahar Ali
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Spoken word artist Sahar Ali joins Alan and Ellen to talk about The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air. We focused on three episodes in particular: the...
51: Indiana Jones with Scott Benson
24 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Benson, co-creator and animator of the award-winning Night In The Woods and co-founder of Late Night Work Club, joined Alan and E...
50: BIG with Annie Atkins LIVE at the Workman's Club, Dublin
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our big 50th episode party! We took over the Vintage Room in The Workman's Club and filled it with sound people. We did a little quiz and g...
49: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial with Linda Kavanagh
26 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Linda Kavanagh of Together For Yes joins Alan and guest co-host Karyn Moynihan of Double Love to talk about everybody's favourite lil 80s alien, ...
48: Matilda with Kate McEvoy
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kate McEvoy, video producer, twitter citizen, and former voice of Phantom FM, joins Alan and Sarah to talk about Roald Dahl's Matilda, memory, Da...
47: Sex And The City with Esther O'Moore Donohoe
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Esther O'Moore Donohoe, host of The 80% and warrior of the AA Roadwatch, joins Alan and Sarah to talk about Sex And The City. We talk about ...
More Like TWOvenalia
24 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Hey! The first episode of Juvenalia went out two years ago today so we wanted to mark the occasion with a little minisode just to say thank you and to...
46: Star Wars with Anne T. Donahue
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Writer, podcaster, and the creator of everybody's favourite Tinyletter, Anne T. Donahue joins Alan and Ellen to talk about Star Wars and Star War...
45: Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman with Lolsy Byrne
01 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Stand-up comedian and Try Channel contributor Lolsy Byrne joins Alan and Ellen to talk about Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman. We t...
44: Jem And the Holograms with Karyn Moynihan
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Karyn Moynihan of Double Love joins Alan and Ellen to talk about the truly, truly, truly outrageous Jem And The Holograms. We talk music, outfits, mak...
42: ABBA with Tara Flynn
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Actor and Comedian Tara Flynn joins Alan and special guest co-host Stacy Grouden to talk about ABBA! We talk about happy songs, sad songs, trying to s...
41: The Simpsons with just Alan & Ellen
04 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We had a scheduling mix-up so Alan and Ellen sat down and had a chat about the thing that they’d pick if they were a Juvenalia guest, The Simpsons. ...
The Juvenalia Christmas Smalltacular 2017
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hello and welcome to the Juvenalia Christmas Smalltacular 2017! We decided to take it back to basics this year. Just Alan, Ellen, and Sarah talking ab...
40: The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask with Stephen Colfer
07 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Colfer of Dreamgun and the Dreamgun Film Reads podcast joins Alan and Ellen to talk about 2000’s The Legend Of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. We ta...
39: Terry Pratchett with Dave Rudden
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Author Dave Rudden joins Alan and Sarah so that they can feel all the emotions about Terry Pratchett. This is a long one so make a pot of tea or plan ...
38: Labyrinth with Erin McGathy
09 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Comedian and podcaster Erin McGathy of This Feels Terrible, HarmonQuest and many other things joins Alan & Ellen to talk about Jim Henson’s 1986...
37: Stars In Their Eyes with Rebecca Keane
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Keane is a standup comedian, writer, and excellent Twitter person. She joined us to talk about the colossus of 90s Saturday evening entertainm...
36: The Wizard Of Oz with Maria Doyle Kennedy LIVE at the Dublin Podcast Festival
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Well we did it. We did a live show at the Dublin Podcast Festival. We did a quiz that went on slightly longer than planned and then we talked to singe...