By Daniel Whelan & Alex Gale
Welcome to Hellish, the only podcast that comes to you from Hell's waiting room.
In each episode, Hell's receptionist Daniel Whelan and Satan's tea boy Alex Gale interrogate a newly damne
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The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.
Writer MARK BOWLES gives us all his precious Infernal Playlist tracks...
Mark is the author of the Goldsmiths Prize nominated novel All My Precious Madness, which was lauded by critics. It's an incredibly funny book - The Guardian compared it to American comedian Bill Hicks - and Mark did not disappoint with a full-on assault on the 1980s in this episode. He talked us through the process of writing the book, welcomed news that an 1980s double act now hate each other, and of course gave us the five tracks he will meet in Hell.
Head to https://www.patreon.com/hellishpod to access episodes early and ad free, where you will find out which artists our guests will meet in Hell. You'll also get our two pilot episodes, and a bunch of other stuff depending which tier you pick - including the chance to come and work for Hell's H.R. department! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/hellishpod
You can order All My Precious Madness direct from Galley Beggar (rather than from somewhere else: you'd be helping a small independent press to thrive). https://www.galleybeggar.co.uk/paperback-shop/all-my-precious-madness
Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Mark's Infernal Playlist in full, as well as the Ultimate Infernal Playlist which combines the choices of every damned soul we've met so far. https://tinyurl.com/hellishpod
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A short announcement about Songs From A Padded Envelope - a podcast from Ben Clay and our former guest Steve Swindon, which we were honoured to be asked be on.
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Behold! Actor and director TOM BRITTNEY gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell!
Tom is an incredible actor with a CV to match: Outlander, Grantchester, Greyhound, UnReal... He's now turned director, with two short films under his belt and a feature upcoming. We talked about that, as well as his secret dreadlocked past, tattoos, meeting Dolly Parton, tearing Henry Cavill's Superman suit, and of course, his six years as TV vicar Will Davenport in smash hit crime drama Grantchester.
Head to https://www.patreon.com/hellishpod to access episodes early and ad free, where you will find out which artists our guests will meet in Hell. You'll also get our two pilot episodes, and a bunch of other stuff depending which tier you pick - including the chance to come and work for Hell's H.R. department! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/hellishpod
You can order The Whale Tattoo by Jon Ransom - soon to be a major motion picture directed by Tom - from our bookshop https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/hellish You can also get books written by our other guests, and a choice selection of Hell literature. Help us out by ordering from us!
Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Tom's Infernal Playlist in full, as well as the Ultimate Infernal Playlist which combines the choices of every damned soul we've met so far. https://tinyurl.com/hellishpod
You can find us/beg for absolution on social media...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/hellish_pod
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hellish_pod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hellishpodcast
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/hellishpod.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/hellishpod
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod
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We did a spot of enchanting and got writer JOANNE HARRIS to give us the five tracks she will meet in Hell!
Joanne is a prolific writer, having authored over twenty novels, several cookbooks, and a multitude of short stories. (Her latest collection, Maiden, Mother, Crone is out now in paperback, with art by our former damned soul Bonnie Hawkins). Her third novel, Chocolat, is an international bestseller and was adapted into a film starring Juliette Binoche.
She's vocalist and flautist with The Storytime Band, a group she has been in since she was a teenager, and she is also an expert shed wrangler (we talk more about this in the episode too).
The photograph of Joanne in the episode artwork is by Kyte Photography
Head to https://www.patreon.com/hellishpod to access episodes early and ad free, where you will find out which artists our guests will meet in Hell. You'll also get our two pilot episodes, and a bunch of other stuff depending which tier you pick - including the chance to come and work for Hell's H.R. department! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/hellishpod
You can order all of Joanne's books from our bookshop https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/hellish You can also get books written by our other guests, and a choice selection of Hell literature. Help us out by ordering from us!
Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Joanne''s Infernal Playlist in full, as well as the Ultimate Infernal Playlist which combines the choices of every damned soul we've met so far. https://tinyurl.com/hellishpod
You can find us/beg for absolution on social media...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/hellish_pod
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hellish_pod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hellishpodcast
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/hellishpod.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/hellishpod
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod
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Hellish is taking a break until November 4th, so to tide you over we're putting out three mini episodes previously only available to Patreon subscribers.
In our Patreon only section, we ask our guests for the artist they will meet in Hell, the act whose body of work they just cannot get on with.
If you enjoyed this bonus mini-episode, then head over to patreon.com/hellishpod, where you can listen to the artist selections of our twenty four other guests, including Robin Ince, Nina Sosanya, Horatio Clare, Iain Cook, Kelly Shirley, Santiago Cabrera and many more.
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Hellish is taking a break until November 4th, so to tide you over we're putting out three mini episodes previously only available to Patreon subscribers.
In our Patreon only section, we ask our guests for the artist they will meet in Hell, the act whose body of work they just cannot get on with.
If you enjoyed this bonus episode, then head over to patreon.com/hellishpod, where you can listen to the artist selections of our other twenty four guests, including Robin Ince, Nina Sosanya, Horatio Clare, Iain Cook, Kelly Shirley, Luke Neal, Santiago Cabrera and many more.
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Hellish is taking a break for the next three weeks, so to tide you over we're putting out three mini episodes previously only available to Patreon subscribers.
In our Patreon only section, we ask our guests for the artist they will meet in Hell, the act whose body of work they just cannot get on with.
If you enjoyed this bonus episode, then head over to patreon.com/hellishpod, where you can listen to the artist selections of our other twenty four guests, including Robin Ince, Nina Sosanya, Horatio Clare, Iain Cook, Kelly Shirley, Luke Neal, Santiago Cabrera and many more.
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We grill comedian and all-round enthusiast ROBIN INCE for the five tracks he will meet in Hell!
Robin has been a stand-up comedian since the early nineties. He is the author of several books, including I'm A Joke And So Are You and Bibliomaniac, and is the co-creator and co-presenter, with Professor Brian Cox, of BBC Radio 4's The Infinite Monkey Cage. That barely scratches the surface of what Robin does, however: The Guardian called Robin a 'becardiganed polymath' which just about covers it.
Robin talked to us about writing poetry, being in a band, doing comedy in the 90s, vegetarianism, finding his niche, the Scala cinema, meeting George Michael, why he can't drive, AND he gave us seven songs instead of the usual five. He also talked about how he deals with social media pile-ons, and media storms - following this recent interview where he talked about being bullied by Ricky Gervais.
Head to https://www.patreon.com/hellishpod to access episodes early and ad free, where you will find out which artists our guests will meet in Hell. You'll also get our two pilot episodes, and a bunch of other stuff depending which tier you pick - including the chance to come and work for Hell's H.R. department! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/hellishpod
You can pre-order Robin's next book, Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, from our bookshop https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/hellish You can also get books written by our other guests, and a choice selection of Hell literature. Help us out by ordering from us!
Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Robin's Infernal Playlist in full, as well as the Ultimate Infernal Playlist which combines the choices of every damned soul we've met so far. https://tinyurl.com/hellishpod
You can find us/beg for absolution on social media...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/hellish_pod
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hellish_pod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hellishpodcast
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/hellishpod.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/hellishpod
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod
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We press publisher and writer SAM JORDISON for the five tracks he will meet in Hell!
Sam is one half of Galley Beggar Press, the small independent publisher with a bunch of big hits to its name: Eimear McBride's Women's Prize winning A Girl is a Half Formed Thing, Lucy Ellman's Booker-shortlisted Ducks, Newburyport and Alex Pheby's Cities of the Weft trilogy to name but a few.
Sam talked us through what it's like to found and then run a small press, including the economic challenges, and sifting through the submissions pile. He also talked about his writing career, including the now-legendary Crap Towns series.
Check out Galley Beggar Press here: https://www.galleybeggar.co.uk
Head to https://www.patreon.com/hellishpod to access episodes early and ad free, where you will find out which artists our guests will meet in Hell. You'll also get our two pilot episodes, and a bunch of other stuff depending which tier you pick - including the chance to come and work for Hell's H.R. department! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/hellishpod
Hellish now has a bookshop - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/hellish - where you can get books written by our guests, and a choice selection of Hell literature. Help us out by ordering from us! (Though if you're ordering Galley Beggar books, get them direct from them instead)
Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Sam's Infernal Playlist in full, as well as the Ultimate Infernal Playlist which combines the choices of every damned soul we've met so far. https://tinyurl.com/hellishpod
You can find us/beg for absolution on social media...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/hellish_pod
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hellish_pod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hellishpodcast
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/hellishpod.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/hellishpod
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod
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Historian NATALIA MEHLMAN PETRZELA runs through the five tracks she will meet in Hell.
Quite aside from being a Professor of History at the New School, Natalia is the author of two books: Classroom Wars, and Fit Nation, the latter of which takes a fascinating look at the history of exercise as leisure in the United States. She's also a qualified fitness instructor, and a seasoned podcaster: she co-presents the excellent history show Past Present, and was the host of Welcome to your Fantasy, the hit true crime podcast about the Chippendales strip troupe.
Natalia's current podcast series, Extreme: Muscle Men, is about a steroid ring in 1980s California, and is a must listen. Check it out here.
Head to patreon.com/hellishpod to access episodes early and ad free, where you will find out which artists our guests will meet in Hell. You'll also get our two pilot episodes, and a bunch of other stuff depending which tier you pick - including the chance to come and work for Hell's H.R. department! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at ko-fi.com/hellishpod
Hellish now has a bookshop, where you can get books written by our guests, and a choice selection of Hell literature. Help us out by ordering from us!
Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Natalia's Infernal Playlist in full, as well as the Ultimate Infernal Playlist which combines the choices of every damned soul we've met so far.
You can find us/beg for absolution on social media...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/hellish_pod
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hellish_pod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hellishpodcast
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/hellishpod.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/hellishpod
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod
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The podcast currently has 33 episodes available.