Best Callum Griffin Podcasts (2024)

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201: The Fox And The Hound with Rachel Connolly 56:27

43m ago56:27

56:27

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 @RachelConnol…

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200: Buffy The Vampire Slayer with Kate Nash 1:06:04

2h ago1:06:04

1:06:04

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. …

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199: Starship Troopers with Callum Orr 1:05:12

5d ago1:05:12

1:05:12

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 i…

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198: The Chronicles Of Narnia with Janina Matthewson 53:11

1M ago53:11

53:11

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.…

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197: Babes In Toyland with Jessica Traynor 1:01:06

2M ago1:01:06

1:01:06

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…

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196: Elliott Smith with Alan & Andrea 1:26:14

2M ago1:26:14

1:26:14

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. Side…

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195: Kingdom Hearts with Claire Anne 1:18:46

3M ago1:18:46

1:18:46

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 musi…

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194: Are You Afraid Of The Dark? with Los Bitchos 46:02

3M ago46:02

46:02

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 tr…

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193: Britney Spears with ROOUE 1:05:11

4M ago1:05:11

1:05:11

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 ma…

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192: Moulin Rouge with Áine O'Connell 59:11

4M ago59:11

59:11

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-hos…

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191: Space Jam with Richy Craven 1:08:03

5M ago1:08:03

1:08:03

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 …

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190: The Mask with Tim Platt 1:27:43

6M ago1:27:43

1:27:43

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…

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189: The OC with Jessa Hastings 1:10:59

6M ago1:10:59

1:10:59

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 realit…

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188: Interview With The Vampire with Sophia Cadogan 1:12:43

7M ago1:12:43

1:12:43

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 t…

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187: Robin Williams with Alexandra Haddow 57:26

7M ago57:26

57:26

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. He…

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186: This Is Spinal Tap with Pat Finnerty 1:02:19

8M ago1:02:19

1:02:19

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. …

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Twixmas 2023 51:38

8M ago51:38

51:38

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 whi…

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185: The Nightmare Before Christmas with Meagan Hyland 54:58

9M ago54:58

54:58

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…

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184: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers with Andy Gaffney 1:05:44

10M ago1:05:44

1:05:44

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 Juvenal…

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183: Pride And Prejudice (1995) with Lauren Bravo 54:32

10M ago54:32

54:32

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 …

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182: Ru Paul's Drag Race with Jenny Maguire 1:04:14

11M ago1:04:14

1:04:14

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…

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Bonus: Started/Finished #22 36:54

12M ago36:54

36:54

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, Tuni…

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181: Landfill Indie with Marty Ryan 1:18:35

12M ago1:18:35

1:18:35

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 a…

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180: Death Cab For Cutie's Plans with Miranda Reinert 50:32

1y ago50:32

50:32

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 Ste…

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179: The Princess Bride with Aoife Barry 58:51

1y ago58:51

58:51

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 f…

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201: The Fox And The Hound with Rachel Connolly 56:27

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200: Buffy The Vampire Slayer with Kate Nash 1:06:04

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199: Starship Troopers with Callum Orr 1:05:12

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198: The Chronicles Of Narnia with Janina Matthewson 53:11

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197: Babes In Toyland with Jessica Traynor 1:01:06

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196: Elliott Smith with Alan & Andrea 1:26:14

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195: Kingdom Hearts with Claire Anne 1:18:46

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194: Are You Afraid Of The Dark? with Los Bitchos 46:02

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193: Britney Spears with ROOUE 1:05:11

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192: Moulin Rouge with Áine O'Connell 59:11

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191: Space Jam with Richy Craven 1:08:03

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190: The Mask with Tim Platt 1:27:43

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189: The OC with Jessa Hastings 1:10:59

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188: Interview With The Vampire with Sophia Cadogan 1:12:43

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187: Robin Williams with Alexandra Haddow 57:26

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186: This Is Spinal Tap with Pat Finnerty 1:02:19

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Twixmas 2023 51:38

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185: The Nightmare Before Christmas with Meagan Hyland 54:58

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184: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers with Andy Gaffney 1:05:44

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183: Pride And Prejudice (1995) with Lauren Bravo 54:32

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182: Ru Paul's Drag Race with Jenny Maguire 1:04:14

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Bonus: Started/Finished #22 36:54

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181: Landfill Indie with Marty Ryan 1:18:35

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180: Death Cab For Cutie's Plans with Miranda Reinert 50:32

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179: The Princess Bride with Aoife Barry 58:51

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