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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Valerie Phillips, photographer (Extended Patreon Version)

    2025-12-29

    Valerie Phillips, photographer (Extended Patreon Version)

    This is a sort-of repeat of one of our favourite episodes, episode sixteen with photographer Valerie Phillips, which originally went out on August 5th 2024.  It’s a sort-of repeat, because what we’re putting out today is actually the Patreon version of the episode, so you’ll be getting the ‘Artist in Hell’ section instead of adverts in the middle. If you just want to hear the Patreon bit, skip to 37 mins and 2 seconds. We're not fans of podcasts putting repeat episodes out, so we won’t be making a habit of it, and this extended version of the episode will only be on the main feed for a limited time. The reason we’re doing it is: we have a very special episode coming out on New Year’s Day. It’s not a new Hellish, but it is a sort-of sequel to this episode of Hellish, and since there are a lot more people listening now than there were in August 2024, we wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to listen to this one before our special episode releases. So remember to come back on New Year’s Day to hear the special, and until then enjoy meeting - or getting reacquainted with - the awesome Valerie Phillips… BUY US A COFFEE! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/hellishpod FIND US ON SPOTIFY! To hear the songs on every 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 BECOME A PATREON SUPPORTER! 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. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA for Alex's fiendishly impossible weekly picture quiz and loads more... 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 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1 tim 16 min
  2. 24th Dec 2025: Casper & Pam

    2025-12-24

    24th Dec 2025: Casper & Pam

    The Hellish Advent Calendar is ending! Every day in the run up to Christmas we’ve been resurrecting former guests and forcing an extra song on to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand. The final door of the Advent Calendar of Doom creaks open today, to reveal singing sensations CASPER & PAM, who originally joined us for episode 41. (Which was also the first anniversary of the first episode of Hellish!) In this special episode, we even got a special unplugged performance of the Christmas song Pam cannot stand. If you enjoy that, then head over to Bandcamp for all your canine Christmas musical needs! https://casperandpam.bandcamp.com Patreon subscribers have access to six extra advent episodes that will not appear on the main feed. You'll also get longer, ad-free versions of all sixty five episodes of Hellish so far, last year’s extended Advent Calendar, 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. Find us on Spotify 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 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    9 min
  3. 23rd Dec 2025: Alexander Wolfe

    2025-12-23

    23rd Dec 2025: Alexander Wolfe

    The Hellish Advent Calendar is back! Every day in the run up to Christmas we’re resurrecting former guests and forcing an extra song on to their Infernal Playlists: a Christmas song they cannot stand. Today we welcome back musician ALEXANDER WOLFE, who originally joined us for episode 54.  You can pre-order Alexander’s new album EVERYTHINGLESSNESS here https://alexanderwolfe.bandcamp.com/album/everythinglessness-pre-order  Come back tomorrow for the 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 episodes RIGHT NOW, plus six others that will not appear on the main feed. You'll also get longer, ad-free versions of all sixty five episodes of Hellish so far, last year’s extended Advent Calendar, 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. Find us on Spotify 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 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.