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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.
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S4E70 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.…
S4E69 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…
S4E68 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…
S4E67 Catie Wilkins, comedian & author
Comedian and author CATIE WILKINS gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell!Catie talks about settling scores in comedy and children's fiction; moving away from stand up and then coming back to…
S4E66 Pete Astor, musician
The Loft frontman PETE ASTOR gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell!Pete told us all about The Loft's new album, Badges, as well as the forty year gap between the band releasing their second…
REDEMPTION SONGS #1: Valerie Phillips
Happy New Year!In this special New Year episode, Alex and Daniel are sent to purgatory to cover holidays. There, they must sit in judgement as a former damned soul offers up their REDEMPTION SONGS in…
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…
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…
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…
22nd Dec 2025: Laura Checkley
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…
21st Dec 2025: Oliver Lansley
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…
20th Dec 2025: Ray Heffernan
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…
19th Dec 2025: Ed Aldridge (altSHIFT)
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…
18th Dec 2025: Molly Naylor
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…
17th Dec 2025: Leoni Jane Kennedy
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…
16th Dec 2025: Katie Gill
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…
15th Dec 2025: Gill German MP
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…
14th Dec 2025: Adam Scott Glasspool
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…
13th Dec 2025: Paul Carter
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…
12th Dec 2025: Catherine Tregenna
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…
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