Hellish
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 damned soul, asking them for the five songs they will meet in Hell: the music that we will use to torment them for all eternity. The condemned take us through songs they are embarrassed to have once liked; songs they can't stand that are otherwise universally adored; songs that remind them of bad times; songs they hate by artists they love; and songs that once stuck in their heads, they can never get out.
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December 14th: Mark Bowles
Hellish
12/14/24 • 12 min
Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand.
In this episode, we welcome back novelist MARK BOWLES, who originally joined us just the other week for episode twenty eight. Check that out here:
https://shows.acast.com/hellish/episodes/mark-bowles-writer
We recorded this before the release of Band Aid 40, so we decided to make our first ever YouTube video while we watched it. That is available here: https://youtu.be/oedCAcGthsM
Come back tomorrow for opening of the next door on the advent calendar of doom!
If you don't want to wait, and would rather scoff all the hellish treats straight away, then Patreon subscribers have access to all the Xmas special RIGHT NOW, plus eight others that will not appear on the main feed. You'll also get longer, ad-free versions of all thirty episodes of season one, and our two pilot episodes. https://www.patreon.com/c/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!
Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on the Christmas 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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12/13/24 • 14 min
Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand.
In this episode, we welcome back historian and podcaster NATALIA MEHLMAN PETRZELA, who originally joined us for episode twenty three. Check that out here: https://shows.acast.com/hellish/episodes/natalia-mehlman-petrzela-historian-podcaster
We discuss an episode of Natalia's podcast, Past Present, which covers controversial Christmas classics. it's great, and you can listen here: https://pastpresent.libsyn.com/episode-405-controversies-over-christmas-classics
Come back tomorrow for opening of the next door on the advent calendar of doom!
If you don't want to wait, and would rather scoff all the hellish treats straight away, then Patreon subscribers have access to all the Xmas special RIGHT NOW, plus eight others that will not appear on the main feed. You'll also get longer, ad-free versions of all thirty episodes of season one, and our two pilot episodes. https://www.patreon.com/c/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!
Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on the Christmas 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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Songs From A Padded Envelope
Hellish
11/16/24 • 1 min
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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05/11/25 • 67 min
Fantasy and SF writer - and genuine podcast pioneer - EMMA NEWMAN gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell!
Emma is the Arthur C. Clarke Award nominated author of the Planetfall, Industrial Magic, and Split Worlds series of books, as well as the creator and host of the classic Tea and Jeopardy podcast. We talked about grief, swearing, public speaking, historical accuracy, and the worst job Emma has ever done.
Emma also treated us to an exciting reading from her new book, The Vengeance, which has just come out. It has pirates and ships and vampires and curse words and you can buy it here
Check out a selection of Emma's other books here
We talked about Emma's podcast Tea and Sanctuary - listen here
We didn't talk about Emma's podcast with Adrian Tchaikovsky, Starship Alexandria, because it didn't exist when we had our chat. But you can - nay, should, listen to it. It's great and it's here.
Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Emma'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
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, a bunch of advent calendar extras, and some other stuff depending which tier you pick.
BUY US A COFFEE! 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 has a bookshop! Order from https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/hellish to help us out!
You can find us/beg for absolution on social media...
Instagram: www.instagram.com/hellish_pod
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/hellishpod.com
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hellish_pod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hellishpodcast
Twitter: www.twitter.com/hellishpod (we're still there, half-heartedly.)
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod
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03/17/25 • 64 min
Musician PAUL CARTER of Flotation Toy Warning gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell!
Paul takes us through the five tracks he will meet in Hell, as well as the formation (and near destruction) of Flotation Toy Warning; what it is like to switch between rock star and day job; and whether being good at guitar destroys your punk credentials. Plus, the worst job Paul has ever done causes Hell's H.R. department something of a moral dilemma...
The excellent 20th Anniversary edition of Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck by Flotation Toy Warning can be found on the Talitres Bandcamp here.
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!
BUY US A COFFEE! 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 has a bookshop! Order from https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/hellish to help us out!
Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Paul'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
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/hellishpod.com
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hellish_pod
Facebook: www.facebook.com/hellishpodcast
Twitter: www.twitter.com/hellishpod (we're still there, half-heartedly.)
TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod
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Mark Bowles, writer
Hellish
11/18/24 • 55 min
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
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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December 18th: Steve Swindon
Hellish
12/18/24 • 9 min
Season one of Hellish may be over, but we are not quite done with you yet. Every day of December we will be bringing back former damned souls to add one more song to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand.
In this episode, we welcome back musician and creative director of TAPE music and Film STEVE SWINDON, who originally joined us for episode twenty. Check that out here: https://shows.acast.com/hellish/episodes/steve-swindon-musician-co-founder-of-tape
In November, Alex and Daniel appeared on Steve's podcast, Songs From a Padded Envelope. You can listen to that here: https://redcircle.com/shows/songs-from-a-padded-envelope/ep/7cc653ac-eed2-4d49-b0e9-7ced698e4f00
Come back tomorrow for opening of the next door on the advent calendar of doom!
If you don't want to wait, and would rather scoff all the hellish treats straight away, then Patreon subscribers have access to all the Xmas special RIGHT NOW, plus eight others that will not appear on the main feed. You'll also get longer, ad-free versions of all thirty episodes of season one, and our two pilot episodes. https://www.patreon.com/c/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!
Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on the Christmas 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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10/13/24 • 16 min
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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10/20/24 • 9 min
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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06/01/25 • 69 min
Musician and co-host of the 'What is Music?' podcast ADAM SCOTT GLASSPOOL gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell!
We can a great time talking to Adam, and as well as extracting his Infernal Playlist we talked about the genesis of 'What is Music?', debated whether or not Charli XCX is serious, discussed who we would nominate to sing ALL of recorded music, AND Adam gave us the worst job he's ever done.
You can hear Adam's music on Spotify here, and you can check out What is Music? here
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!
Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Adam'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
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Hellish have?
Hellish currently has 78 episodes available.
What topics does Hellish cover?
The podcast is about Hell, Music, Writers, Comedy, Podcasts, Comedy Interviews, Interviews and Music Commentary.
What is the most popular episode on Hellish?
The episode title 'Luke Neal, screenwriter & actor' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Hellish?
The average episode length on Hellish is 40 minutes.
How often are episodes of Hellish released?
Episodes of Hellish are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.
When was the first episode of Hellish?
The first episode of Hellish was released on Apr 3, 2024.
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