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 ...
Jan 02, 2024•52 min
What’s this? What’s this? Meg Hyland’s back to talk to us about The Nightmare Before Christmas. We were going to rewrite all the lyrics to What’s This to be about the podcast but literally none of the words associated with this podcast scan with the meter of the song so instead just listen to the episode. It’s about creative burnout, and mall goths, and passing the wierd parts of yourself onto younger relatives. Meagan is @meghyland . She’s extremely talented, follow her. Alan is @alan_maguire...
Dec 10, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 185
Award-winning podcaster Andy Gaffney returns to Juvenalia to stun us with the depth and breadth of his Power Rangers knowledge. We talk about b-sides of Power Rangers singles, the two Rita Repulsas, Power Rangers Live In The Point Depot Dublin, Jedward(?), and lots, lots more. PS There’s a little bit of talk about Santa, so if you listen to Juvenalia around believers, it might be better to keep this one for later. Andy is @BeGrandAndy . His current project is the podcast Promenade which is excel...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 184
Author and journalist Lauren Bravo joins us to discuss in a most genteel aspect the 1995 BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. The Colin Firth one. Much like Mr. Darcy and the lake, we dive right in to talking about wet shirts and sideburns. But we eventually talk about other things too. Lauren is @LaurenBravo everywhere. Her debut novel Preloved is out now. Alan is @alan_maguire . He does a bit of standup but Juvenalia is his main thing really. Sarah is @griffski . Her books are in all goo...
Nov 04, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 183
Jenny Maguire is one of the co-ordinators of Trans And Intersex Pride Dublin and she’s been obsessively watching Drag Race since she was eleven years old so it seemed only right that she came on Juvenalia to talk to us all about it. Alan is a former big fan who’s fallen off a bit and Andrea watched her first season of Drag Race for this episode. It was a good mix, we had a good time. (we had some zoom issues so sorry if some of ther audio is a little wonky) Jenny is @JennyMaguir . You can learn ...
Oct 15, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 182
Hello, everybody's scheduled got all messed up so we didn't get a chance to record a new episode this week. We thought you might like to check out our Patreon-only bonus series Started/Finished where we, guess what, talk about what we've started and finished lately. In this one from earlier this year, Alan and Sarah talk about Citizen Sleeper, Tunic, Piranesi, Pokerface, and Chris Ware. We hope you like it and we'll be back with a regular episode in two weeks. Started/Finished is a looser record...
Sep 21, 2023•37 min
Marty Ryan of Limerick band Anna’s Anchor joins us as we dive into the sweaty indie night in 2006 to talk about landfill indie. All the greats are mentioned, The View, The Pigeon Detectives, The Wombats. We also try to figure out what makes a landfill indie band and take some time to mention the bands that get lumped into that genre that we still actually like quite a lot like The Futureheads and Maximo Park. Marty is the frontman of Anna’s Anchor . Their new album The Merries is out now on Stra...
Sep 08, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 181
Writer and podcaster Miranda Reinert joins us to talk about Death Cab For Cutie’s 2005 album Plans . We talk about how it fits into the Death Cab discography, Steely Dan Dads, re-engaging with your teenage earnestness, The Postal Service, Seth Cohen, and more. Miranda is @mirandareinert . She co-hosts the podcast Endless Scroll and her newsletter Step One Of A Plan is at mirandareinert.com Alan is @alan_maguire . Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Andrea @AndreaCleary_ . Her other podcasts a...
Aug 26, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 180
Writer and broadcaster Aoife Barry returns to the podcast and she’s brought one of the big topics, one we assumed would have come up at some point in the previous 178 episodes but it’s here now and that’s the important thing. It’s Rob Reiner’s The Princess Bride! We enthuse wildly about the film before jumping into a discussion about the types of films Hollywood is willing to make now. It’s a great hour. Aoife is @SweetOblivion26 . Aoife’s book Social Capital, which is excellent, is out now. Ala...
Aug 10, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 179
We thought it might be nice if we got all three of us on the same episode for once to tell each other about something we thought the others might not know about. Sarah told us about the Tower Of The Sun in Osaka. Alan told us about Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter’s Long Earth series, and Andrea told us about Ryan Gosling’s 2009 folk-horror-doo wop album Dead Man’s Bones. We hope you like it. This is the thing Sarah’s talking about here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_the_Sun Alan is ...
Jul 27, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 178
Comedian Peter McGann returns to Juvenalia and he’s brought us one of our favourite films, Hot Fuzz ! How thoughtful of him. We talk about scripted vs improv comedy, Edgar Wright’s style and his imitators, the wonder of Nick Frost, and lots more. We had fun, we hope you like it. Peter is @peterjmcgann . He’s on tour in September with his show Great Lad . You should go see it. Tickets are here Alan is @alan_maguire . He does a bit of standup but Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Sarah is ...
Jul 13, 2023•59 min•Season 1Ep. 177
The Daily Beast’s Allegra Frank joins us for a wide-ranging discussion about Weezer! Allegra is a longtime superfan of all Weezer, Alan and Andrea are longtime superfans of early Weezer so it was a good chance to explore the bits of Weezer that we maybe haven’t given a fair shake over the years. It really was a joy to get a chance to have a big long talk about Weezer. Allegra is @LegsFrank . You can find her work at The Daily Beast . Alan is @alan_maguire . Juvenalia is his main thing right now....
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 176
Author Elaine Feeney joins Alan and Sarah to talk about Jonathan Demme’s 1991 Oscar-sweeping, pop cultural juggernaut, The Silence Of The Lambs . We talk about the complicated and controversial legacy of Buffalo Bill, looking Clarice in the eyes, our favourite shots, the magic of Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins, and Elaine tells us about showing scary films to her kids. It’s a good one. Elaine is @ElaineFeeney16 . Her latest novel How To Build A Boat is out now. Alan is @alan_maguire . He doe...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 175
Comedian Ally Ryan joins us to talk about Aardman Animation’s first feature film, Chicken Run (2000). We talk about feminism, communes, revolution, loads of stuff. We surprised ourselves at how much we took from it really. It was a good time. Ally is @UpYourAllyRyan . You can find all her upcoming gigs there. 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.gh...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 174
PARKLIFE, SunshEEEine, and so forth. We’re talking about the cultural juggernaut (for approximately five years) that was Britpop with Michael Orange aka Feather Beds. We talk about Blur v Oasis, Ocean Colour Scene deep cuts, and try to figure out if The Bends was Britpop. Along the way we take diversions into No Disco, 120 Minutes, and City Pop. Michael is @Feather_Beds . His new album Softer Measures is out May 26th. Alan is @alan_maguire . He does a bit of standup but Juvenalia is his main t...
May 18, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 173
Yip Yip! We’re talking about Avatar: The Last Airbender with author Amy Clarkin. Avatar is so good! Alan and Sarah had not watched Avatar before this but now they would die for Aang and the gang. Did we talk about the one specific thing that you think is important about Avatar? Maybe! We talked about a lot of things so hopefully your thing is one of them. Amy is @amyclarkinwrites . Her debut novel What Walks These Halls is out RIGHT NOW Alan is @alan_maguire . Juvenalia is his main thing right n...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 172
Artist and podcaster Carly Monardo returns to us for the third time and this time we’ve got a doozy. We’re talking about Bloc Party’s debut album Silent Alarm (2005). We talked a lot about being twenty. It’s very much about being twenty and working in Urban Outfitters, and discovering things for yourself. We also took a slight detour to deliver a pep talk about following your dreams and making that thing. This is a good one, you’ll like it. Carly is @whirringblender . She stars in Rude Tales Of ...
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 171
We're seven years old today! To celebrate, we decided to put one of our Patreon-only episodes up for everybody. On our bonus series Started/Finished, we talk about what we've started and finished lately. On this one from Jul 2022, Alan and Andrea talk about Stranger Things, Elena Ferrante, Disney Cruise Youtube Walkthroughs, and the Portal games. One of these things turned into an extended discussion about Weezer and Pat Finnerty. You'll never guess which one. Started/Finished is usually only av...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Painter and Illustrator Tara Anand joins us to talk about Henry Selick and Neil Gaiman’s Coraline which you should go watch immediately if you haven’t because it’s stunning. We talk about the similarities in Irish and Indian ghosts, making small things, mothers, and lots more. This is a good one. You can see Tara’s incredible work at @taraanandart . The Tiger's Tale, illustrated by Tara and written by Catherine Barr is out April 13th 2023. Alan is @alan_maguire . Juvenalia is his main thing righ...
Mar 16, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 170
Comedian, screenwriter, and director Becky Cheatle joins us as we take another look at Star Wars! Becky’s experience of them is different since she actually saw the originals in the cinema, an experience cruelly denied to current Star Wars people. We also talk about the time the actual Darth Vader made an instore appearance in a Waterford shopping centre. It’s a good time, you'll like it. Becky is @Becky.Cheatle. You should go see her do standup, she’s great. Alan is @alan_maguire. Juvenalia is ...
Mar 02, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 169
Musician Gavin McDermott aka Dashoda joins Alan and Sarah for a big talk about the console that gave us Ocarina Of Time, Mario 64, and Goldeneye, amongst other classics, Nintendo’s N64. We talked about all of them but we found ourselves coming back again and again to Goldeneye. Alan was a Sega child so this was an educational week for him. Sarah is, of course, 1/4 Nintendo so had lots to talk about with Gavin. Dashoda is @DashodaMusic . Dashoda will release his debut EP Never Enough on Wednesday...
Feb 17, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 168
Comedian and filmmaker Jonathan Victory joins us to talk about Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy. We cover as much of it as possible: Gollum, Eowyn, Aragorn opening those big doors in The Two Towers, and also Jonathan’s documentary about his trip to the filming locations in New Zealand, A Far Green Country . ( international link ) Jonathan is @VictoryContent . His Scene + Heard show Elementaller is in Smock Alley on Feb 11th + 12th. Tickets Alan is @alan_maguire . Juvenalia is his main t...
Feb 02, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 167
Ok, so we definitely thought we had this scheduled to go up over Christmas but we just came back from our holidays and it turns out we messed up. Sorry. You’re probably still making your way through all the Christmas specials from other podcasts anyway so what’s one more eh? Alan and Sarah have never seen It’s A Wonderful Life. Sarah and Cassie have never seen Die Hard . Alan, Sarah AND Andrea have never seen The Holiday so we decided to watch all of them and see what the fuss was about. (Spolie...
Jan 04, 2023•1 hr 17 min
It’s the winter time do we’ve got some more recommendations for you. Not, I repeat, not Christmas recommendations. You have to follow your own bliss at Christmas. No, instead Alan and Sarah are here to talk about things that feel wintery-but-not-Christmassy to them. Things like Windwaker, Sigur Ros’s (), Mulled Wine and Nigella’s Roast Chicken, Twin Peaks, and Mount Eerie. Extremely un-festive we’re sure you’ll agree. Alan is @alan_maguire . Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Sarah is @griff...
Dec 08, 2022•48 min•Season 1Ep. 166
Podcaster and comedian Roger O’Sullivan joins us for an absolute trip back into 90s early evening weekend telly as we revisit Breaking The Magician’s Code: Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed or as everybody actually called it The Masked Magician. We had a blast. Roger is @RogerOSullivan . His co-hosts Unexplained Legends, it’s very good. Alan is @alan_maguire . Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Andrea @AndreaCleary_ . Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and Th...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 165
Rachael Krishna is back! We had such a great time talking to her about Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat last year that we knew we had to bring her back so we could all talk about all of our juvenile theatre experiences. Between us we covered most of 20th century musicals history, from How To Succeed In Business to Grease to adaptations of Animal Farm written by a drama teacher. Rachael is @RachaelKrishna . Alan is @alan_maguire . Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Sarah is @grif...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 164
It's the final episode of BOOvenalia and it's the best one! Producer Cassie and girlfriend Lydia join us to chat about the most wonderful autumnal magical art that is Practical Magic . Starring Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock, Practical Magic chronicles the lives of witchy sisters Sally and Gillian Owens. Raised by their aunts after their parents' death from a family curse, the sisters were taught the uses of practical magic as they grew up. As adults, Sally and Gillian must use their magic to ...
Nov 01, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Things are really getting spooky now as Sophie White joins us to talk about one of the most influential horror films of all time, Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Alan and Sophie both saw TTCSM at way too young an age so we have a good chat about that and lots of other stuff. If you’ve seen it before then you know that we’re going to be talking about some heavy stuff. If you haven’t then consider this a Content Warning for violence against women for this episode. Sophie is @sophwhitew...
Oct 20, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 162
t’s mid-October and we’re entering the prime of spooky season so let’s talk about 2001’s Donnie Darko with illustrator Meagan Hyland. If you listen to Juvenalia you probably had a Donnie Darko phase so enjoy! We talk about the vibes, the direction, the depths of our obsession with the film and we take a spirited stab at developing a holistic theory of the ending. It was a joy. Meagan is @meaganhyland . You can see her amazing work including her Sparkle Motion print at meaganhyland.com Alan is @a...
Oct 13, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 161
WooooOOOOOoooooo, it’s the spooky season so we’re going weekly for all of October and we’ll be covering a different Halloween-related film every week. This week, Alan and Andrea are talking about the 1993 cult classic Hocus Pocus! It’s very fun. Alan is @alan_maguire . Juvenalia is his main thing right now. Andrea @AndreaCleary_ . Her podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Thank you to Dee McDonnell for our artwork. We have a Patreon! You can get bonus episo...
Oct 06, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 160
