List Envy Mark Steadman

If they don’t leave you humming to yourself during your midnight pee, then they don’t qualify.
Standup comic Luke Gallacher joins Mark to discuss films that give them the absolute ick, and put them in the correct order.

(00:00) - We don’t want famous people in our horrors
(00:12) - It begins
(01:26) - In this house we do horror
(02:46) - Luke’s pick: Nightmare on Elm Street
(05:18) - Mark’s pick: Midsommar
(07:46) - Luke’s pick: Paranormal Activity
(10:11) - Mark’s pick: the Babadook
(13:17) - Luke’s pick: Hereditary
(17:50) - Mark’s pick: A Clockwork Orange
(19:21) - Luke’s pick: Smile
(24:42) - Mark’s pick: The Blair Witch Project
(29:50) - Luke’s pick: The Conjuring
(32:07) - Luke’s pick: The Witch
(33:02) - Mark’s pick: Mama
(35:13) - You can open your eyes now
(37:22) - Get List Envy +
(38:52) - Coming up
(39:37) - Building the final list
(42:04) - Honourable mentions
(45:26) - The end…?
Join List Envy + and get bonus content and an ad-free feed.Find Luke at a comedy venue near you. If there’s an open mic or a competition, chances are he’ll be there.

“Let’s get away to this old European castle”, he said. “It’ll be romantic”, he said. Then you find your husband’s EVP meter in your carry-on luggage and you remember you married a writer of real-life ghost stories.
John Olson, author of the Stranger Bridgerland book series joins Mark to discuss places that will creep you the hell out.

(00:00) - The Stair Monster
(00:07) - Introduction
(00:53) - The 100 Year-old House
(04:03) - The Man in the Hat
(05:03) - Where is the evidence?
(06:38) - John’s pick: the Queen Mary
(10:32) - Mark’s pick: 284 Green Street
(12:29) - John’s pick: The Stanley Hotel, Colorado
(16:15) - Mark’s pick: The Catacombs underneath Paris
(19:04) - John’s pick: Pavaglia
(21:19) - Mark’s pick: Aokigahara
(24:06) - John’s pick: Waverly Hills Sanatorium
(26:44) - Mark’s pick: Zvíkov Castle, Czech Republic
(28:21) - John’s pick: The Bigelow Hotel, Ogden
(31:02) - Midamble
(32:36) - Get List Envy +
(34:22) - Coming up
(35:11) - Building the final list
(36:16) - Honourable mentions
(36:55) - Stranger Bridgerland
Join List Envy + and get bonus content and an ad-free feed.Discover Stranger Bridgerland online and follow John on TikTok.
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We’ve got some half-priced cracked ice, codpieces, yellow coats and goldfish shoals nibbling at toes. That can mean only one thing – your podcast app is on the blink again.
Jon Bounds rejoins Mark to discuss their top-5 80s sitcoms from the UK. There is a very long long-list.

(00:00) - Jon moved Dead Elvis
(00:07) - Introduction
(00:53) - What makes a sitcom?
(02:27) - Jon’s pick: Only Fools and Horses
(07:19) - Mark’s pick: The Young Ones
(11:29) - Jon’s pick: Hi-de-Hi
(15:08) - Mark’s pick: Blackadder
(21:15) - Jon’s pick: Yes Minister
(26:49) - Mark’s pick: Red Dwarf
(31:15) - Jon’s pick: Colin’s Sandwich
(33:54) - Mark’s pick: Auf Wiedersehen Pet
(37:27) - You have been watching
(38:18) - Get List Envy +
(40:10) - Coming up
(41:19) - Building the final list
(43:06) - Honourable mentions
(47:18) - Trigger’s Broom
Join List Envy + and get bonus content and an ad-free feed.Keep up with Jon via his website, and to know when his new podcast Trigger’s Broom drops.

Sequins, ethnic-sounding instruments, scantily-clad androgynous gimps, wolves in tailored suits. It’s here. It’s Eurovision. Get used to it.
Cat Turner joins Mark to sift through all 37 Eurovision 2024 semifinalists to discover which are objectively the best 5.

(00:00) - Who chooses hockey over Eurovision?
(00:08) - Introduction
(02:00) - Memories of Eurovision past
(04:28) - How Mark got Eurovision wrong
(05:13) - Cat’s pick: Baby Lasagna - Rim Tim Tagi Dim
(07:36) - Mark’s pick: Aiko - Pedestal
(10:26) - Cat’s pick: Joost Klein - Europapa
(12:39) - Mark’s pick: Bambie Thug - Doomsday Blue
(14:22) - Sweden don’t want to host again
(15:25) - Cat’s pick: 5Minust x Puuluup - (Nendest) Narkootikumidest ei Tea Me
(18:24) - Mark’s pick: Nemo - The Code
(21:17) - Cat’s pick: Electric Fields - One Milkali (One Blood)
(22:57) - Mark’s pick: Ladaniva - Jako
(25:05) - Cat’s pick: Olly Alexander - Dizzy
(27:23) - Mark’s pick: Windows95man - No Rules!
(29:51) - Vote now!
(30:41) - Get List Envy +
(31:43) - Coming up
(33:00) - Building the final list
(33:57) - Honourable mentions
(36:32) - See you at the finals
Join List Envy + and get bonus content and an ad-free feed.Hear the full playlist on YouTube

Those “You had to be there” moments; the jokes that made you cry but you can no longer remember; the savage putdown of the ambitious heckler. These are the moments that distinguish live comedy from what you can get on Netflix.
This week, new standup Dave Bond joins Mark to discuss their top-5 British standups you can currently see live… and simply must!

(00:00) - A first
(00:08) - Introduction
(00:55) - Make ‘em laugh
(03:55) - Dave’s pick: Peter Kay
(08:01) - Mark’s pick: Daniel Kitson
(10:25) - Dave’s pick: Jimmy Carr
(13:58) - Mark’s pick: Sarah Millican
(17:27) - Dave’s pick: Neil Delamere
(19:55) - Mark’s pick: Ross Noble
(23:03) - Dave’s pick: James Cook
(24:05) - Mark’s pick: Nina Conti
(27:13) - Dave’s pick: Greg Davies
(28:41) - Intermission
(31:52) - Get List Envy +
(33:10) - Coming up
(34:50) - Building the final list
(38:44) - Honourable mentions
(41:48) - More of Dave Bond
Join List Envy + and get bonus content and an ad-free feed.Watch Dave’s first piece of standup

Everyone’s pretty, everyone eventually gets down to it, no-one throws up, and occasionally steam comes out of someone’s ears. Is there more to cute Korean dramas than this?
Turns out yes, yes there is, as positive psychologist and K-drama stan Anya Pearse explains.

(00:00) - A lot of thought wente into this
(00:11) - Introduction
(00:57) - What makes K-dramas different?
(04:39) - Anya’s pick: Extraordinary Attorney Woo
(09:02) - Mark’s pick: I am Not a Robot
(12:50) - Anya’s pick: Are You Human?
(16:21) - Mark’s pick: Strong Girl Bong-soon
(22:03) - Anya’s pick: Navillera
(25:58) - Mark’s pick: Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
(30:10) - Anya’s pick: Rookie Historian Goo Hae-ryung
(34:13) - Mark’s pick: It’s OK Not to be OK
(38:27) - Anya’s pick: 100 Days My Prince
(40:42) - Mark’s pick: Queen of Tears
(42:31) - We’re on a break!
(44:24) - Get List Envy +
(45:37) - Back to the show
(45:46) - Building the final list
(46:45) - Honourable mentions
(47:40) - Strong female leads need not apply
Join List Envy + and get bonus content and an ad-free feed.If this episode has made you happy and you want to keep feeling happy, Anya’s Unlocking Happiness online summit is available to watch for free.