Author and academic ADAM KOTSKO gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell!

Adam is a scholar of theology, and has written extensively about the devil and demons, so it was a real pleasure to get someone down here who didn't have to go through orientation. That's not all Adam does, however. As well as being a prolific academic with a string of books about politics and Christianity to his name, he also writes about American pop culture, which is where we put most of the chat. His latest Late Star Trek: The Final Frontier in the Franchise Era examines the beloved sci-fi show from the Scott Bakula starring Enterprise to the present day: it's a fascinating book about prequels, and franchise storytelling, that doesn't just appeal to Star Trek fans. You can order a copy here.

Head to 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, and a bunch of other stuff depending which tier you pick - including the chance to come and work for Hell's H.R. department! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/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. Help us out by ordering from us!

Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Adam's 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

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Actor STEPHEN LOBO gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell!

Stephen has appeared in tonnes of huge genre shows, including the X-Files, The Flash, Snowpiercer, Arrow, Travelers, Fringe, and Continuum, in which he played time travelling con-man Kellogg. He also appeared in the excellent Canadian film Donkeyhead, and is currently in the police procedural Allegiance (On CBC in Canada now, due in the UK on U&Alibi in the autumn!)

Head to 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, and a bunch of other stuff depending which tier you pick - including the chance to come and work for Hell's H.R. department! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/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. Help us out by ordering from us!

Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Stephen's 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

You can find us/beg for absolution on social media...

Instagram: www.instagram.com/hellish_pod

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Musician and co-host of the 'What is Music?' podcast ADAM SCOTT GLASSPOOL gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell!

We can a great time talking to Adam, and as well as extracting his Infernal Playlist we talked about the genesis of 'What is Music?', debated whether or not Charli XCX is serious, discussed who we would nominate to sing ALL of recorded music, AND Adam gave us the worst job he's ever done.

You can hear Adam's music on Spotify here, and you can check out What is Music? here

Head to 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, and a bunch of other stuff depending which tier you pick - including the chance to come and work for Hell's H.R. department! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/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. Help us out by ordering from us!

Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Adam's 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

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

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Screenwriter and actor OLIVER LANSLEY gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell!

Oli is an incredibly prolific actor and writer (check his IMDB if you don't believe us!). He's responsible for a number of hit tv shows, including Flack with Anna Paquin and Where's Wanda? on Apple TV+.

As well as getting his Infernal playlist, we asked Oli about how he gets things made, the rules that streamers have for the TV shows they make, what happens to the characters when the show they are in does not get recommissioned, and whether or not he had 'moist' written on his schoolbag. (That last one will make more sense when you listen to the episode.)

We also talk about Oli's sitcom, Whites, which is currently available to buy from Apple's TV store in the UK. You can go here to check it out. (That's the only place we could find it in the UK. You don't need an Apple device to buy it.) In the USA and Canada, it's on Prime and Britbox.

And if you like it, don't forget we also interviewed the show's producer Michelle Farr Scott, and co-star Stephen Wight.

Head to 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, and a bunch of other stuff depending which tier you pick - including the chance to come and work for Hell's H.R. department! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/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. Help us out by ordering from us!

Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Oliver's 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

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

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Songwriter RAY HEFFERNAN gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell! (PART TWO OF TWO)

Things are a bit different on Hellish this week. It's our first two-parter and our first sequel (of sorts). After we discussed the authorship of Robbie Williams's hit song 'Angels' with Emma Newman last week, we thought we'd get in touch with the man who co-wrote it but gets none of the credit, and ask him to tell us the story. We also got to hear about the life of a songwriter and how Ray uses songwriting to teach languages, we got a great break-up story, and generally had a right laugh.

Ray got on to the subject of Robbie Williams and the writing of 'Angels' during our usually Patreon-only 'Artist You Will Meet in Hell' section, and so we've decided to put that out on the main feed this week, for everyone to hear, for free. (Patreons got the full, unsplit version last week - one of the perks of going to patreon.com/hellishpod and signing up.) This made the episode a bit long for the main feed, so we're putting it out in two parts simultaneously.

To hear Ray performing the original version of 'Angels' - as written by Ray and Robbie Williams in December 1996 - head to https://tinyurl.com/rayangels

Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Ray's 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

Head to 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.

BUY US A COFFEE! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/hellishpod

Hellish has a bookshop! Order from https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/hellish to help us out!

You can find us/beg for absolution on social media...

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BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/hellishpod.com

Threads: https://www.threads.net/@hellish_pod

Facebook: www.facebook.com/hellishpodcast

Twitter: www.twitter.com/hellishpod (we're still there, half-heartedly.)

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Songwriter RAY HEFFERNAN gives us the five tracks he will meet in Hell! (PART ONE OF TWO)

Things are a bit different on Hellish this week. It's our first two-parter and our first sequel (of sorts). After we discussed the authorship of Robbie Williams's hit song 'Angels' with Emma Newman last week, we thought we'd get in touch with the man who co-wrote it but gets none of the credit, and ask him to tell us the story. We also got to hear about the life of a songwriter and how Ray uses songwriting to teach languages, we got a great break-up story, and generally had a right laugh.

Ray got on to the subject of Robbie Williams and the writing of 'Angels' during our usually Patreon-only 'Artist You Will Meet in Hell' section, and so we've decided to put that out on the main feed this week, for everyone to hear, for free. (Patreons got the full, unsplit version last week - one of the perks of going to patreon.com/hellishpod and signing up.) This made the episode a bit long for the main feed, so we're putting it out in two parts simultaneously.

To hear Ray performing the original version of 'Angels' - as written by Ray and Robbie Williams in December 1996 - head to https://tinyurl.com/rayangels

Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Ray's 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

Head to 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.

BUY US A COFFEE! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/hellishpod

Hellish has a bookshop! Order from https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/hellish to help us out!

You can find us/beg for absolution 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

Twitter: www.twitter.com/hellishpod (we're still there, half-heartedly.)

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Fantasy and SF writer - and genuine podcast pioneer - EMMA NEWMAN gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell!

Emma is the Arthur C. Clarke Award nominated author of the Planetfall, Industrial Magic, and Split Worlds series of books, as well as the creator and host of the classic Tea and Jeopardy podcast. We talked about grief, swearing, public speaking, historical accuracy, and the worst job Emma has ever done.

Emma also treated us to an exciting reading from her new book, The Vengeance, which has just come out. It has pirates and ships and vampires and curse words and you can buy it here

Check out a selection of Emma's other books here

We talked about Emma's podcast Tea and Sanctuary - listen here

We didn't talk about Emma's podcast with Adrian Tchaikovsky, Starship Alexandria, because it didn't exist when we had our chat. But you can - nay, should, listen to it. It's great and it's here.

Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Emma's 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

Head to 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.

BUY US A COFFEE! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/hellishpod

Hellish has a bookshop! Order from https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/hellish to help us out!

You can find us/beg for absolution 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

Twitter: www.twitter.com/hellishpod (we're still there, half-heartedly.)

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod

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Singer-songwriter - and incredible guitar player - LEONI JANE KENNEDY gives us the five tracks she will meet in Hell!

Leoni tells us all about musician's apprenticeship playing guitar in pubs from the age of eleven; being named the Freddie Mercury scholar at the Academy of Contemporary Music; playing at the Houses of Parliament at fourteen; and having a Rush tribute band play her fifteenth birthday party.

As well as being a solo artist, Leoni is also in demand as a guitar player, having recently toured with Solstice, and The Anchoress.

The song Leoni talks about during the 'song that reminds you of a hard time in your life' section is called 'Ammunition', and you can hear it in full here.

For future tour dates and releases, you can click here for Leoni's website.

Find us on Spotify to hear the songs on Leoni's 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

Head to 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.

BUY US A COFFEE! If you just want to be nice/bribe your way out of Hell then you can also tip us over at https://www.ko-fi.com/hellishpod

Hellish has a bookshop! Order from https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/hellish to help us out!

You can find us/beg for absolution 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

Twitter: www.twitter.com/hellishpod (we're still there, half-heartedly.)

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/hellishpod

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