Juvenalia podcast

Juvenalia

Tall Tales

Everybody has that one thing they were obsessed with when they were young. Juvenalia is an Irish podcast where interesting people talk to Alan Maguire, Andrea Cleary, and Sarah Maria Griffin about the bit of pop culture that they were obsessed with when they were young, how they felt about it then and how they feel about it now. It's nice, you'll like it.

242 Episodes

The Juvenalia Book Club: The Amber Spyglass
7/31/2025
1:11:59
More like The Amber Cry-Glass amirite? Alan and Andrea are back to talk about the final book in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy, The Amber Spyglass (2000). We’re talking about the Mufela, the change in Mrs Coulter, the inscrutability of Lord Asriel, and of course, Lyra, Pantalaimon, Will, and Mary Malone.We’re doing a live show at All Together Now on Aug 3rd at 15:45 at the Theater Of Food with Ali Dunworth, drop in if you’re around!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/juvenaliaThis episode was produced by Alan.Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
214: Hairspray (1988) with Anna Carey
7/10/2025
1:07:10
Author and podcaster Anna Carey returns to the show to talk to Alan and Sarah about John Waters’s punk camp classic Hairspray. We talka about camp, the lived-in-ness of the sets of Hairspray, the genius of Divine, the aesthetics of low-budget filmmaking, and so much more.Anna is @urchinette. Her new novel Our Song is out now and she co-hosts the very popular Double Love podcast.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 also out right now.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 MaguireJuvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
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The Juvenalia Book Club: His Dark Materials - The Subtle Knife
6/26/2025
54:51
The Juvenalia Book Club is back! We’re talking about book 2 of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials series, The Subtle Knife. We talk about our love for new characters Will and Mary, the nature of dark matter in the His Dark Materials universe, whose dark material is it anyway?, trusting that a book will give you the answers you’re looking for if you just keep reading. Also, Andrea probes Alan’s understanding of what he’s reading and Alan tries his best to answer her. 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/juvenaliaThis episode was produced by Alan.Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
212: Beaches with Vicki Notaro
6/5/2025
1:09:33
Author and Journalist Vicki Notaro joins us to talk about the queen of melodramas, the wind beneath our wings, Garry Marshall’s Beaches (1988). There’s a lot to get through, the performances, shitty New York Apartments, Nouveau Riche New York Apartments, Celeb/Normie friendships: can they ever work? Boradway auditions, and lots more. It’s a good time.Vicki Notaro is @VickiNotaro. Her new novel Long Story is out right now.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 also out right now.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 MaguireJuvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
211: Rory Gallagher - Irish Tour ‘74 with Ramper
5/22/2025
40:32
Donegal folk artist Ramper is with us to talk about the impact that Rory Gallagher’s live album Irish Tour ‘74 had on him as a young fella. We also talk about how our taste in guitar gods has changed as we’ve gotten older and just about the whole idea of guitar gods in general.Ramper’s debut album Loner is out now. He’s on tour this month. You can catch him on 25th May in Belfast, followed by Galway (28th May), Dublin (29th May) and Donegal (31 May).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/juvenaliaThis episode was produced by Alan.Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
The Juvenalia Book Club: His Dark Materials - Northern Lights
5/7/2025
1:06:50
Welcome to the first meeting of the Juvenalia Book Club. We’re going to be taking turns introducing each other to book series that we love. For our first run Andrea will be introducing Alan to the His Dark Materials books by Philip Pullman. We’re going to be talking about Pullman’s amazing worldbuilding, taking children’s problems seriously, the biggest boy Iorek Byrnison, and lots more. Join us and tell us what you love (or don’t love) about these booksAlan 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/juvenaliaThis episode was produced by Alan.Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
209: Alien Resurrection with James Hudson
4/23/2025
1:15:16
James Hudson is the festival director of the Trans Image Trans Experience (TITE) Festival which runs in the Lighthouse from April 25th-27th. He joined Alan and Andrea to talk about the fourth film in the Aien Quadrilogy, 1997’s Alien Resurrection. We talked about picking up gender clues from Ripley 8 and Coll, Tumblr RP, the Joss Whedon of it all, Vera Drew, the tragedy of the Newborn, MTV’s Teen Wolf, interesting faces and so much more.James is the festival director of @TiTeFestival. You can find out more at tite.ieAlan 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/juvenaliaThis episode was produced by Alan.Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
208: Speed (1994)
4/14/2025
1:06:22
the bus goes fastAlan 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/juvenalia⁠This episode was produced by Alan.Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
207: Kate Nash's Made Of Bricks with Maria Kelly
3/27/2025
50:22
Singer-songwriter Maria Kelly is back to talk to us about Kate Nash’s 2007 debut album Made Of Bricks. We talk about Kate Nash’s songwriting, production choices, her appeal to teenage girls, Foundations, Foundations, Foundations. Also Alan accidentally repeats a story he told the last time Maria was on the show.Maria is @mariakellymusic. Her fantastic new album Waiting Room 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/juvenaliaThis episode was produced by Alan.Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
Patreon Preview - Severance Season 2 Finale Reaction
3/22/2025
9:51
Hello, here's the first ten minutes of Alan and Andrea's reaction to the season 2 finale of Severance. The full 95 minute episode is available for our Slammer-level patrons over on Patreon.Enjoy!

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