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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 to zero just yet but he's trying his best: Captain Planet! We try to stay positive about the future of the planet even though Captain Planet came out twenty nine years ago and the bad guys who like to loot and plunder are still doing it.  You can hear Peter regularly on Motherfoclóir and find him on Twitter @TheKavOfficial Alan is @alan_maguire Ellen is @incogellen.  Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced and edited by Brian + Alan

Your favourite fake DJ Michael Fry joins Alan and Sarah to talk about the obscure fantasy series Harry Potter.  Michael read the first Harry Potter book when he was seven and the last film came out when he was eighteen. (If your Juvenalia topic overlaps perfectly with the entirety of your childhood then it's called a Golden Topic.)  You can find Michael's work at Joe.ie and he's @BigDirtyFry on Twitter. Alan is @alan_maguire Sarah is @griffski. Her excellent novel Spare And Found Parts is out now and her next book Other Words For Smoke is out later this year. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced and edited by Brian + Alan

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 history with Home And Away, some of our favourite storylines, what it's like to work on a soap, and Roxanna's very unexpected professional encounter with her favourite character. [CW: We discuss a Home And Away storyline involving rape and gaslighting in this episode]  Roxanna is currently starring as Erica Allen on RTÉ's Fair City. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram at @RoxyNL Alan is @alan_maguire, he does stand up sometimes. Sarah is @griffski. Her excellent novel Spare And Found Parts is out now and her next book Other Words For Smoke is out later this year. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced and edited by Brian + Alan

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-McKenna's famine classic Under The Hawthorn Tree. We talked about the unrelenting horror of the book, the historical accuracy, and how maybe it should be on the British school curriculum as well as the Irish one. There's also a whole load of talk about Brexit and we try to solve the mystery of forgotten Irish author Mary Regan's The Secret Of Yellow Island.  Naomi co-hosts the excellent podcast The Irish Passport. You can find her on Twitter @NaomiOhReally Alan is @alan_maguire], he does stand up sometimes Sarah is [@griffski. Her excellent novel Spare And Found Parts is out now and her next book Other Words For Smoke is out later this year. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced and edited by Brian + Al

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 Sarah, The X-Files. We talked about how good the pilot is, the once in a lifetime chemistry of Mulder and Scully, The X-Files Companion, GameStop discounts, going to the cinema alone, TV show tie-in magazines, and lots more. Alan is @alan_maguire, he does stand up sometimes Sarah is @griffski. Her excellent novel Spare And Found Parts is out now and her next book Other Words For Smoke is out in March. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced and edited by Brian + Alan

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 hope it inspires you to go back and listen to some episodes that you missed during the year! Ok happy new year bye x Episode Contents Section 1 Babe with Andrea Cleary Gilmore Girls with Ruth Hunter Stardoll with Fionnuala Jones (with guest co-host Caroline O'Donoghue) Section 2 Rapper's Delight with Claire Beck Little Women with Emilie Pine - LIVE at All Together Now Sailor Moon with Jenna Stoeber (with guest co-host Caroline O'Donoghue) Section 3 Spaced with Shane Langan Take That and Grunge with Niamh Farrell and Nadine O'Regan - LIVE at the Dublin Podcast Festival Romeo + Juliet with Anne T. Donahue Section 4 The Sims with Caroline O'Donoghue The Old Main Drag by The Pogues with Tony Duffin Star Trek: The Next Generation with Jack Fennell Spice Girls with Valerie Loftus Follow us on Twitter, we're good and sound. Alan Maguire Ellen Tannam Sarah Ma

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 just busy. Well that's fine. We've put together a little appetizer plate of bits from every episode this year for you to make sure you get a chance to try them all properly. Part 1 covers January to June including our live 50th episode extravaganza in the Workman's.  Episode Contents  Section 1 The Simpsons With Just Ellen & Alan Abba With Tara Flynn (with guest co-host Stacy Grouden) Wrestling With Davey Reilly (with guest co-host Stacy Grouden) Section 2 Jem and the Holograms with Karyn Moynihan Lois And Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman with Laura Byrne Star Wars with Anne T. Donahue Section 3 Sex And the City with Esther O'Moore Donohoe Matilda with Kate McEvoy ET with Linda Kavanagh (with guest co-host Karyn Moynihan) Section 4 Big with Annie Atkins Live at the Workman's Indiana Jones with Scott Benson The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air with S

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 Christmas stuff like Furbies, Puppy in My Pocket, Big Tunes 2000, the bridge from Star Trek: The Next Generation, loungewear, relaxing in jeans and a belt, Candle Check 2018, more selection box talk, Alan gets shamed for his love of Cadbury's Fudge, and chocolate spreads.  Don't listen to this episode when there are small children around because you know why, it's Christmas, watch yourself.  Follow us on Twitter, we're good and sound. Alan Maguire Ellen Tannam Sarah Maria Griffin We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who listened, subscribed, or supported Juvenalia in any way this year. We love making this podcast and love that you're out there listening. HAPPY CHRISTMAS! WE LOVE YOU ALL  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced by Brian and edited by Alan.

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 feminism, the Spice Girls. We talk about which Spice Girls Valerie and Sarah saw themselves as, Geri's betrayal, the solo careers, the reunion, and much more.  Valerie is @valerieloftus on Twitter. Her book Thanks Penneys, with illustrations by Ciara Kenny is out now and it's very good and funny.   Sarah is @griffski. Her excellent novel Spare And Found Parts is out now.   Alan is @alan_maguire, he does standup sometimes. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced and edited by Brian + Alan

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 obsessed with TNG when he was young, Sarah was not but she has many questions which Alan and Jack enthusiastically try to answer.   You can find Jack on Twitter @JFennellAuthor. A Brilliant Void is out now from our good friends at Tramp Press Alan is @alan_maguire, he does stand up sometimes. Sarah is @griffski. Her excellent novel Spare And Found Parts is out now. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced and edited by Brian + Alan

CW: This episode includes discussions about drug abuse, domestic violence, and sexual assault. Tony Duffin, CEO of Ana Liffey, joins Alan and Ellen to talk about being a London-Irish teenager in the 80s, harm reduction, drug decriminalisation, and The Pogues, specifically their song The Old Main Drag, and how it influenced his decision to work for harm reduction charities.  You can find Tony on Twitter @tonyduffin. For more information on harm reduction and the work that Ana Liffey does go to saferfromharm.ie Alan is @alan_maguire, Ellen is @incogellen Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced and edited by Brian + Alan

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 mics back on and talked about The Sims! The Sims was a huge part of every millennial's childhood so we had a lot to talk about. We covered Death, Fires, The Sims Extended Universe, Paul St. Emos, Sexy Suave Goths, Seeing Famous People In Real Life, Reality Shows, and lots more. Caroline's novel Promising Young Women is still out and is still excellent. She's one of the co-hosts of School For Dumb Women and her new chick-lit podcast Sentimental Garbage launches on December 6th.  Alan is @alan_maguire, Caroline is @czaroline Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced and edited by Brian + Alan

Writer and podcaster Anne T. Donahue returns to Juvenalia to tell Alan and Ellen about her teenage obsession with Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet and Leonardo Di Caprio in general. We talk about beige food, huge teenage emotions, Titanic, John Leguizamo, Harry Styles, and just like a lot of other stuff.  You can find Anne on twitter @annetdonahue. Her amazing book Nobody Cares is out now. Anne's podcast, also called Nobody Cares, is excellent and will be right up your street if you like Juvenalia. Alan is @alan_maguire, Ellen is @incogellen. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced and edited by Brian + Alan

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 decided to go twice as big and have two guests. Niamh Farrell of Ham Sandwich told us all about her childhood love of Take That and Mark Owen and then Nadine O'Regan of the Sunday Business Post told us about being a teenage grunge fan in West Cork. We had lots of fun and we can't thank Nadine and Niamh enough for being fabulous guests.  You can find Nadine O'Regan on twitter @nadineoregan and her podcast My Roots Are Showing is on Soundcloud. Niamh Farrell is @niamhsandwich on twitter and Ham Sandwich's excellent albums are available where all excellent albums are available. Alan is @alan_maguire, Ellen is @incogellen, Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's book Spare and Found Parts is out now and her second book Other Words For Smoke is out soon. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  Thank you to everybody at

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 of their hearts, Spaced. We're all very enthusiastic about it in a low energy way because it was very warm in the studio.  Shane Langan is @Shaneinho on Twitter. Find The WGM on your podcast app AFTER you've finished this episode. Alan is @alan_maguire and Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's book Spare and Found Parts is out now and her second book Other Words For Smoke is out soon. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  We're doing a live show as part of the Dublin Podcast Festival with on September 30th in the Soundhouse. You should come  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced and edited by Brian + Alan

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 series Sailor Moon. Now, Sailor Moon had a very limited run on our side of the Atlantic so we're very grateful to Jenna for being patient with us and answering our questions and guiding us through the beautiful, complicated world of the Pretty Guardian Sailors. We talked about representation and merch and Barenaked Ladies and all kinds of topics. Plus, Jenna told Caroline and Alan which Sailors they were. It was a good time.  Note: This episode was recorded before the final episode of Adventure Time aired. Jenna talks about Princess Bubblegum and Marceline's relationship being kept offscreen. This obviously isn't true as of the finale but Jenna's larger point remains so we've decided to leave it in.  Jenna Stoeber is @thejenna on twitter. Find her video work on Polygon.com and her Animorphs podcast is called Fandalites. Alan is @alan_maguire and Carol

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 Now festival in Co. Waterford to talk about a book that was very important to her when she was young, Louisa May Alcott's Little Women.  We talked about boxes of books, rebel girls, gothic novels, not having a tv, and all about Jo.  Thank you so much to Linda and Erin of All Curious Minds for having us and to Lisa and Sarah of Tramp Press for their help. We didn't have mics on the audience so you can't hear them too well so you'll have to take our word for it that they enjoyed it.  You can find Emilie on Twitter @emiliepine. Notes To Self is getting rave reviews from absolutely everybody and you should read it immediately. Alan is @alan_maguire and Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's first novel Spare And Found Parts is both available now and excellent. Her second novel Other Words For Smoke is out next year. Juvenalia is on

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's Delight's place in it. Claire is an amazing DJ and listening to her talk about the art of DJing was one of the most interesting experiences we've had doing Juvenalia.  Claire is @clairebeck1052 on Twitter. Fear/Fun is on the HeadStuff Podcast Network and Tug Life is on Mixcloud Alan is @alan_maguire and Sarah is @griffski. Sarah's first novel Spare And Found Parts is both available now and excellent. Her second novel Other Words For Smoke is out next year. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  We're doing a live show as part of the Dublin Podcast Festival with The Sunday Sermon on September 30th in the Soundhouse.   Here's the trailer for Fresh Dressed as mentioned by Claire at the end and here's the Amen Break doc   Juvenalia original artwork by&nbs

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 teenz from 2006. We talked about Fionnuala spending hundreds of euro for Superstar status, the Olsen twins, making friends online, Second Life, Love Island, and fashion, fashion, FASHION.  Fionnuala Jones is @FionnualaJay on Twitter Alan is @alan_maguire and Caroline is @czaroline. Caroline's novel Promising Young Women is published by Virago Books and is both available now and excellent. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced and edited by Brian + Alan

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. You have been warned. Topics covered include: good kissing gifs, the evolution of Jess, #LaneDeservedBetter, rich people are bad, and the relative sexlessness of Gilmore Girls.  Ruth Hunter is @ruthokhunter on Twitter. Her show Science Idiot is running at the Edinburgh Fringe from Aug 4-27th in Barbados, Cowgate (Room 6). Alan is @alan_maguire and Ellen is @incogellen. Juvenalia is on all of the social medias, if you search for Juvenalia, you'll find us.  Juvenalia original artwork by Dee McDonnell This episode was produced and edited by Brian + Alan