Hellish
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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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 44 minutes
- Episodes
- 82
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
John Bleasdale, film critic
Film critic, teacher and author JOHN BLEASDALE gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell!
John tells us all about his new book, The Magic Hours: The Films and Hidden Life of Terrence Malick, inclu…
Janis Pugh, film-maker
Film director and BAFTA winner JANIS PUGH gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell!
Janis tells us all about her excellent debut feature film Chuck Chuck Baby which is now streaming on NOWTV and…
Alex Pheby, writer
Author ALEX PHEBY gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell!
Alex talks to us about his Cities of the Weft trilogy, writing a series, and he gives us the worst job he has ever done. And it might j…
Kieron Gillen, writer of comics
Comics writer KIERON GILLEN gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell!
Kieron talks to us about writing Star Wars, working for Marvel, the concept of a curse record, how writing comics is like bei…
Siân Pattenden, journalist (+ LOADS more!)
Writer, broadcaster, artist, child actor, musician, podcaster, and brief Doctor Who companion SIÂN PATTENDEN gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell!
Siân talks to us about Smash Hits, The Heri…
Dec 24th: Santiago Cabrera
This is it. The Final Countdown has reached its zero. Or its 24. Christmas Eve! Big day tomorrow. Or later today, if you're in most of mainland Europe where they do their celebrating as the first sta…
December 23rd: Nina Sosanya
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 Chris…
December 22nd: Bonnie Hawkins
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 Chris…
ADVENT CALENDAR BIRTHDAY BONUS: neverfine
SURPRISE STOP PRESS BONUS ADVENT CALENDAR OF DOOM BIRTHDAY EXTRA EPISODE!
Hello!
Surprise extra advent calendar episode!
We just found out that today is Ashley from neverfine’s birthday!
To celebrate, we…
December 21st: Joanne Harris
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 Chris…
December 20th: Martin Stewart
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 Chris…
December 19th: Clare Pollard
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 Chris…
December 18th: Steve Swindon
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 Chris…
December 17th: Valerie Phillips
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 Chris…
December 16th: Gary Raymond
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 Chris…
December 15th: Tom Brittney
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 Chris…
December 14th: Mark Bowles
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 Chris…
December 13th: Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
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 Chris…
December 12th: Elena Urioste
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 Chris…
December 11th: Alistair James
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 Chris…