Episodes

  • James Errington (Centuries of Sound), sound artist
    May 31 2026

    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.

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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Rose Ruane, writer
    May 24 2026

    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.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Catie Wilkins, comedian & author
    May 17 2026

    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 it; being lampooned by Steve Martin; and she reveals very incorrect opinions about one of the five tracks she's chosen, according to Daniel anyway. Oh, and she talks about the time she got done for attempted murder too.


    Catie's website is here - Cafe Chaos book 2 is out now, and you can see Catie live in St Albans in June!

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Pete Astor, musician
    May 10 2026

    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 single and their first album. We talked about the band's very public end on stage in Hammersmith in 1985, their reunion, and - believe it or not - their favoured choice of travel tavern.


    Get Badges by the Loft here

    The Loft are on tour throughout May. Tickets here.

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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • REDEMPTION SONGS #1: Valerie Phillips
    Jan 1 2026

    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 an attempt to escape Hell!


    They are reunited with the photographer VALERIE PHILLIPS, who was the guest on episode 16 of Hellish (which you will find here). Valerie has three songs with which to convince the judge she is worthy of being let out of Hell...will she succeed?


    Valerie's new book is called CANDY CAT HEAD. You can read more about it in this article on Fashion Grunge. It's out now in Japan from Marginal Press, and will be coming to the rest of the world early this year!


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    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.


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    57 mins
  • Valerie Phillips, photographer (Extended Patreon Version)
    Dec 29 2025

    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…


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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • 24th Dec 2025: Casper & Pam
    Dec 24 2025

    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.


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    9 mins
  • 23rd Dec 2025: Alexander Wolfe
    Dec 23 2025

    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


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    10 mins