Hellish

Daniel Whelan & Alex Gale
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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. Logo drawn by Nick Roche. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 3d ago

    Hellish presents ... MAKING TROUBLE WITH MOLLY NAYLOR

    Hellish has been taking a break for the last few weeks, but as we didn't want you to be without something to listen to we called in some of our top podcast pals to help us out. We've been running a mini series we're calling 'HELLISH PRESENTS ...' Each week we've introduced you to a podcast we love: there's a short intro from Daniel, and then a whole episode of the show of the week. This week is our final 'Hellish presents ...' and we're presenting MAKING TROUBLE WITH MOLLY NAYLOR. Molly was our guest on episode 56 in September 2025, and she's very kindly loaned us her episode with podmaster ADAM BUXTON. If you're not already a troublemaker, this will make you into one. You're gonna love it. Listen and subscribe to MAKING TROUBLE WITH MOLLY NAYLOR here. Hellish is back next week with episode 72! FOLLOW US 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 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod The Hellish logo was drawn by Nick Roche https://nickrocheart.bigcartel.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Hellish presents ... MAKING TROUBLE WITH MOLLY NAYLOR

  2. Jul 5

    Hellish presents ... THE WELSH MUSIC PODCAST

    Hellish is taking a break for the next few weeks, but as we didn't want you to be without something to listen to we've called in some of our top podcast pals to help us out. We're running a mini series we're calling 'HELLISH PRESENTS ...' Each week we're going to be introducing you to a podcast we love: there will be a short intro, and then we'll let you enjoy a whole episode of the show of the week. This week we're bringing you THE WELSH MUSIC PODCAST. In this show, James Cuff and Neil Collins usually invite a guest to nominate an album by a Welsh artist for inclusion in the Welsh music Hall of Fame. HOWEVER .... in the episode they've given us for your listening pleasure, they present a documentary about the Super Furry Animals album Mwng, with contributions from members of the band! Listen to more of THE WELSH MUSIC PODCAST here FOLLOW US 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 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod The Hellish logo was drawn by Nick Roche https://nickrocheart.bigcartel.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Hellish presents ... THE WELSH MUSIC PODCAST

  3. Jun 28

    Hellish presents .... STARSHIP ALEXANDRIA

    Hellish is taking a break for the next few weeks, but as we didn't want you to be without something to listen to we've called in some of our top podcast pals to help us out. We're running a mini series we're calling 'HELLISH PRESENTS ...' Each week we're going to be introducing you to a podcast we love: there will be a short intro, and then we'll let you enjoy a whole episode of the show of the week. This week we're bringing you STARSHIP ALEXANDRIA. In this show, Emma Newman and Adrian Tchaikovsky take it in turns to recommend a work of sci-fi or fantasy to each other, all from the comfort of the titular spacecraft. There are complex narrative reasons, Emma and Adrian will explain when you hear the show! The peiosde you're about to hear features a discussion on 1980 sci-fi spectacular Battle Beyond the Stars. Listen to more STARSHIP ALEXANDRIA here FOLLOW US 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 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod The Hellish logo was drawn by Nick Roche https://nickrocheart.bigcartel.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Hellish presents .... STARSHIP ALEXANDRIA

  4. Jun 21

    Hellish presents ... SONGS FROM A PADDED ENVELOPE

    Hellish is taking a break for the next few weeks, but as we didn't want you to be without something to listen to we've called in some of our top podcast pals to help us out. We're running a mini series we're calling 'HELLISH PRESENTS ...' Each week we're going to be introducing you to a podcast we love: there will be a short intro, and then we'll let you enjoy a whole episode of the show of the week. This week we're bringing you SONGS FROM A PADDED ENVELOPE. In this show, Ben Clay and Steve Swindon talk to their guests about their old demo tapes. They've had loads of awesome guests, including Stuart Braithwaite, Mike Peters, and James Acaster. The episode you're about to hear, however, has two guests you will all be very familiar with: us. Listen to more SONGS FROM A PADDED ENVELOPE here FOLLOW US 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 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod The Hellish logo was drawn by Nick Roche https://nickrocheart.bigcartel.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Hellish presents ... SONGS FROM A PADDED ENVELOPE

  5. Jun 14

    John Osborne, writer & storyteller

    Writer and storyteller JOHN OSBORNE gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell! Music is a massive part of John's work as a writer and performer: his career kicked off with a Edinburgh show called John Peel's Shed, and he's also written and performed work called The New Blur Album, and My Car Plays Tapes. As well as getting him to select his Infernal Playlist, we talked about the eighties cartoon that has no lore, working with Craig Cash (Early Doors/The Royle Family), 'Three Lions' and why it shows the UK is unfair (again), and the nature of truth when creating something that is presented as autobiography. John also relentlessly tries to make everything into a positive, and Alex and Daniel do their best to foil him. This is Hell, after all. John's Bandcamp, where you can listen to many of his shows, is here John's new poetry anthology Sandy Arse is out now. John says: "it's the first publication from a brand new (tiny) publishing company I have set up with Katie Cooper called Paper Boat ... [it's] a collection of seaside poetry. It has poems from some of our favourite poets, including Salena Godden, Inua Ellams, Luke Kennard, Ella Frears, Joe Dunthorne, Luke Wright, Henry Normal, Phill Jupitus, Martha Sprackland and Anna Jordan."  FOLLOW US 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 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod The Hellish logo was drawn by Nick Roche https://nickrocheart.bigcartel.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    John Osborne, writer & storyteller

  6. Jun 7

    Daisy Buchanan, writer

    Writer DAISY BUCHANAN gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell! Daisy tells us all about her new novel, All Grown Up, which is a modern British reimagining of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. We also talk about tribute bands, indie sleaze, what all the cool kids at the Tory Party Conference listen to, and the ahem suggestive number one record that was bouncing round her head when she had to talk about Salman Rushdie on television. All Grown Up came out on June 4th. Get it here. The bookshop Daisy talks about is Simply Books https://www.simplybooks.co.uk FOLLOW US 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 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod The Hellish logo was drawn by Nick Roche https://nickrocheart.bigcartel.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Daisy Buchanan, writer

  7. May 31

    James Errington (Centuries of Sound), sound artist

    Sound artist, and creator of Centuries of Sound, JAMES ERRINGTON gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell! James tells us all about his fascinating Centuries of Sound project, in which he has been producing an audio collage for every year of recorded sound, which goes back a lot further than you'd think and involves a pig, some ink, and a misguided Frenchman. We also get to hear about the passport mishap that saw him move to the Czech Republic, his love of Pulp, and something called a bug complaint counter. You will find Centuries of Sound here. You can read James's blog on Pulp here. FOLLOW US 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 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod The Hellish logo was drawn by Nick Roche https://nickrocheart.bigcartel.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    James Errington (Centuries of Sound), sound artist

  8. May 24

    Rose Ruane, writer

    Writer and artist ROSE RUANE gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell! Rose talks about moving between art and writing; her love of Manic Street Preachers; the time she walked out of a job AND she names one song in particular a "C*nts' Charter", so that's worth the price of listening alone. (Listening is free. But why not support us on Patreon anyway?) Find Rose on Instagram and BlueSky Get her books This is Yesterday and Birding here. FOLLOW US 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 TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod The Hellish logo was drawn by Nick Roche https://nickrocheart.bigcartel.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Rose Ruane, writer
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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. Logo drawn by Nick Roche. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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  • Creator
    Daniel Whelan & Alex Gale
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    128
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Daniel Whelan & Alex Gale
  • Show Website
    Hellish

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