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.
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 (https://bsky.app/profile/alanmaguire.bsky.social). Juvenalia is his main thing right now but he does a bit of standup sometimes too.
Andrea @AndreaCleary_ (https://bsky.app/profile/andreacleary.bsky.social). Her other podcasts are My Favourite Album With Andrea Cleary and The Nialler9 Podcast. Her newsletter is at https://andrea-cleary.ghost.io/ (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/juvenalia (http://patreon.com/juvenalia)
This episode was produced by Alan.
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
10 Jul 2025
214: Hairspray (1988) with Anna Carey
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 (https://www.instagram.com/urchinette/?hl=en). Her new novel Our Song is out now and she co-hosts the very popular Double Love podcast.
Alan is @alan_maguire (https://twitter.com/alan_maguire). He does a bit of standup but Juvenalia is his main thing right now.
Sarah is @griffski (https://www.instagram.com/sarahgriffski/?hl=en). 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 (http://patreon.com/juvenalia)
This episode was produced by Alan Maguire
Juvenalia is a Tall Tales podcast. Thank you Cassie.
26 Jun 2025
The Juvenalia Book Club: His Dark Materials - The Subtle Knife
Hosts Andrea Cleary and Alan Maguire discuss Philip Pullman's "The Subtle Knife," exploring new characters and the nature of dark matter in the His Dark Materials universe in this book club episode.
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Vicki Notaro
Dee McDonnell
Cassie
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Apple Podcasts (US)
4.9 / 5
14 ratings
Spotify
4.9 / 5
55 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100
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