The Xennial Dome

23/01/2024

The summer of 2005 with Esyllt, Gareth and Sophie Ellis-Bextor.

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02/01/2024

Listen here for Ghostbusters and joyriding content. Happy new year! https://pod.fo/e/20fc4d

31/10/2023

Brand new episode today and it’s October 1999

With extra millennium bug, why it will always be the millennium stadium and John Inverdale being schooled by Clare Balding

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It's a Xennial-themed look-back at another October (contrary to what we said at the end of the last podcast where we were clearly jonesing for a November - sorry!)But not to worry - October 1999 is...

28/06/2023

**Live London Show with Elis James**

Would you like to learn more about Elis James’ formative teenage years growing up in Carmarthen? Where he was when Diana died? And whether, if it came down to it, he’d choose All Saints over the Spice Girls?

Elis joins hosts of the Xennial Dome – stand-up comedian and writer, Esyllt Sears and comedy writer and presenter, Gareth Gwynn on the podcast that questions guests on their early influences – the telly, the tech, the tunes, the calamitous Saturday jobs which defined their lives.

They will be asking the man who famously coined the phrase “are you on email?’ about his earliest experiences of the internet, how Britpop affected his hometown and, how much Italia 90 merch did he own?

Elis James is a stand-up comedian, actor and presenter. He co-hosts the Fantasy Football League on Sky with Matt Lucas and is well-known for his radio show with John Robins, first on Radio X and now on BBC Radio 5 Live.

You won’t want to miss it, especially as there is also another special guest TBA.

Where: The London Welsh Centre, London, WC1X 8UE
When: 7pm, 14th July 2023
How: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/londonwelshcentre

18/04/2023

“The podcast came about like all great podcasts should…from low-level boredom, a penchant for self-indulgence and a deafening sense of one's own mortality. Also, we really wanted to know if Nish Kumar, Isy Suttie and Jess Phillips could remember where they were when Diana died."

Kylie, Karl Kennedy and Princess Di - Esyllt Sears takes the ultimate test.

18/04/2023

Eurotrash, the HMV poster rack and chain letters…a Xennial’s dream with Sunil Patel

Stand-up comedian and presenter of "An Idiot's Guide To Cryptocurrency", Sunil Patel, joins us for our very first live edition of the podcast - recorded at the 2022 Machynlleth Comedy Festival. He ...

11/04/2023

⭐️New ep day! ⭐️

With sports reporter and star of The Socially Distant Sports Bar, Steff Garrero. We discover he and Esyllt spent the Millennium together, find out what languages Welsh schools taught in the '80s (clue: not Welsh) and discuss what proper World Cup coverage should look like: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-xennial-dome/id1587195141

05/04/2023

The Xennial Dome is back for a second series!

⭐️ 10 incredible guest.
⭐️ Hundreds of incredibly niche anecdotes.
⭐️And one important question: “Do you remember where you were when Diana died?”

‎Comedy · 2023

04/04/2023

Series 2 of The Xennial Dome is now!

Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears are back and joined by the inimitable Jess Phillips who covers everything from Margaret Thatcher and German exchange trips, to pen pals and makeshift ouija boards.

Enjoy: https://play.acast.com/s/the-xennial-dome/ep-9-jess-phillips-mp

Edited by Laura Grimshaw

Politician and podcaster, Jess Phillips MP, kicks off Series 2 of the show by explaining to Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears how her upbringing as a member of the Xennial micro generation has influeced her. From watching Margaret Thatcher on Saturday Superstore, to being caught smoking on a German exch...

01/01/2022

Feast on some brilliant offcuts featuring Nish Kumar, Isy Suttie, Mark Watson, Jessica Fostekew and Stuart Laws. There's also an update on Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears's shares in Napster.

https://play.acast.com/s/the-xennial-dome/christmas-leftovers

Gareth and Esyllt offer up a selection of tasty morsels that didn't make it into the first series of The Xennial Dome as there was just too much good stuff to fit in. Feast on some brilliant offcuts featuring Nish Kumar, Isy Suttie, Mark Watson, Jessica Fostekew and Stuart Laws. There's also a timel...

21/12/2021

Happy Christmas from everyone in the Xennial Dome!

We have broken the format for a one-off festive special with every young Xennial's favourites, Trevor & Simon (Trev & Simon's Page)!!

If you ever woke up on a Saturday morning to Moon Monkey or Swing your Pants or We Don't Do Duvets, we reckon you'll enjoy this one.

Have a wonderful festive period ⭐️🎄⭐️🎄⭐️🎄⭐️

https://play.acast.com/s/the-xennial-dome/trevor-simon

As a special Christmas treat Esyllt and Gareth chat with the comedy duo that brought so much joy to young Xennials. Trevor and Simon's influence on an entire (micro) generation can't be overstated. From 'Going Live' to 'Live and Kicking' they were the kings of Saturday morning telly, and they introd...

16/11/2021

Our final guest of this series is Emmerdale, Line of Duty and Hidden actor, Sian Reese-Williams. There is a lot of soap chat and we discuss how traumatised we all are by the public information films of the 80s.

https://play.acast.com/s/the-xennial-dome/ep-8-sian-reese-williams

Star of Emmerdale, Line of Duty and Hidden, Sian Reese Williams explains to Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears how her upbringing as a member of the Xennial micro generation has influeced her. From being inspired to take up acting by public information films, an unfortunate mixup between a friend's horse...

09/11/2021

Crazy bedroom decor, a TV that had to be manually tuned, and a lot of jumper chat. Plus, we make Isy Suttie choose between Zoe Ball and Sara Cox.

This episode has it all.

https://play.acast.com/s/the-xennial-dome/ep-7-isy-suttie

Actress, comedian and novelist Isy Suttie joins Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears to discuss how being a member of the Xennial micro generation sandwiched between Millennials and Gen X has influenced her. From crazy bedroom decor and a TV that had to be manually tuned, to attempts to synchronise major l...

02/11/2021

Baffled by memes? Nostalgic for computer games you were never destined to play? Turned on by major news events? There's something for everyone in this latest episode with comedian Mark Watson, plus a lot of love for Super Furry Animals, SFA.

https://play.acast.com/s/the-xennial-dome/ep-6-mark-watson

Novelist, standup comedian and Taskmaster alumnus Mark Watson visits the dome to discuss all things Xennial with Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears. How did coming of age at a time when the world moved from analogue to digital influence his life? We hear about his romantic reaction to Princess Diana's de...

26/10/2021

Shiny new episode

It's only Athena Kugblenu! We talk about her work as project manager on one of the most exciting events in human history, paper delivery, unambitious predictions in Back to the Future 2 and one gadget she wants to include in the Dome.

https://play.acast.com/s/the-xennial-dome/ep-5-athena-kugblenu

Standup comedian and writer Athena Kugblenu spills the beans on her upbringing as a Xennial (a member of the micro generation trapped between Gen X and Millennials) to Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears. Though best known for performing on shows like 'Mock the Week,' writing for 'Horrible Histories' and....

19/10/2021

A lot of Woolworths chat in ep. 4. Too much, maybe.

18/10/2021

Magician, Paul Daniels was everywhere in the 80s and 90s. So was Huw Stephens aka Huwdini...

Listen to his episode here: https://play.acast.com/s/the-xennial-dome

18/10/2021

A sneak preview of tomorrow's brand new episode. Did your parents use to censor films and TV programmes before you'd watch them in the 90s?