For lovers of pop culture and random information. Join us as we explore the unexplored and break down the barriers between 'high' and 'low' culture. 🌻
✨NEW EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW ✨
Noughties Nostalgia with Bandwagons is available now wherever you get your podcasts 🎊
We are so delighted to be joined this week by the pop culture queens Bríd Browne & Fionnuala Jones to discuss all things 2000s!
Enjoy🥳 https://linktr.ee/breakitdownpodcast
🏆NEW EPISODE🏆
The 2020 Pop Culture Awards is now available wherever you get your podcasts🎊
Before we say goodbye to 2020 forever, we decided to look back on the year and pick out our favourite shows, movies, music and podcasts.
Congrats to all our winners! (listed above) (we could not narrow it down to one per award because there are just too many brilliant people out there!)
Thank you to all our guests and everyone who listened to Break it Down in 2020, here’s to 2021!🎊
*This episode was recorded remotely, there may be slight issues with the sound quality at times but were working on it! :)
✨✨NEW EPISODE✨✨
The Break it Down Toy Show Special is now available wherever you get your podcasts x
On this episode, Hilary and Holly break down Ireland’s Christmas extravaganza, The Late Late Toy Show. They chat about the women that made the toy show possible and reminisce on the show’s most iconic moments throughout the years. They are also joined by a former toy show star, Eva Mitchell, who reflects on her time on the show in 2003.
As this year’s toy show will inevitably be a bit different, we wanted to make this episode extra special and involve our amazing Break it Down community. We asked our listeners to send us in voice notes about their favourite toy show memories and what the toy show means to them, so grab a pack of tissues!
This episode is dedicated to our amazing guests!
Eva Mitchell
Adam Gilroy
Ellie Cunningham
Jack Coughlan
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🎃🎃NEW EPISODE🎃🎃
Happy Halloween everyone!
On this more casual episode, Holly and Hilary discuss their greatest fears growing up, their own ghost encounters and the spookiest places in their hometown. This episode also includes a very frightening tale from Buckley
Just because we are inside this year, it doesn't mean that we can't celebrate Halloween. Dress up, eat loads of sweets & chocolate and watch scary movies!
We were delighted to be interviewed by Rebeckah McCarthy for the latest issue of Motley Magazine! ❤️
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🎃NEW EPISODE 🎃
The Incredible Shrinking Man: Cold War Anxiety & Masculinity is now available! This is the second episode of the Break it Down Halloween series 👻
How would you feel if one day you woke up and started to shrink? Join Hilary and Holly as they take a closer look at one of the most iconic science fiction films of the 1950s, The Incredible Shrinking Man. They break down the Cold War context, how the atom influenced science fiction at the time, what the film reveals about masculinity and the very ambiguous ending and the different ways to interpret it! Dr Miranda Corcoran also joins us to speak about her experience teaching the text and what it reveals about masculinity during the 1950s.
Miranda Corcoran is a lecturer in twenty-first-century literature at University College Cork. Her research interests include Cold-War literature, genre fiction, popular fiction, sci-fi, horror and the gothic. She is currently writing a book titled Witchcraft and Adolescence in American Popular Culture: Teen Witches.
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The first episode of our Halloween series is now available to listen to on all podcast platforms! Oh yes, we are breaking down the quintessential Halloween tune that is Monster Mash! 💀
Have you ever wondered how Monster Mash became a graveyard smash? Join Holly and Hilary as they kick off this four part Halloween Series by attempting to answer that question! They explore Monster Mash’s timelessness and universal appeal by breaking down its context and cinematic and musical influences. Was Bobby Pickett just at the right place at the right time? You decide.
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🎧You can listen to our Culture Night Special wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
We are so excited to announce that our Culture Night special episodes are now available on all podcast platforms!
In this two-part series we chatted with writers Cónal Creedon and Arann Blake about how the city of Cork influenced their writing and many other interesting topics along the way, like embracing change and the current literature scene in Cork.
It was an absolute pleasure to chat with the hugely talented Arann and Cónal, so we hope you head over to your podcast platform of choice and check it out!!
More info about our guests can be found in the episode descriptions.
We hope you enjoy the rest of Culture Night!
Bain taitneamh as do Oíche Chultúir!
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Tonight !!!
Break it Down is a podcast that explores the unexplored in popular culture. For this special Culture Night episode, Holly and Hilary have decided to focus on how a city influences one’s writing. This episode will include interviews with Cónal Creedon and Arann Blake on how Cork inspires their wri...
Break it Down at no.2!! Wooowooooooo!
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We are so delighted to announce that Break it Down is taking part in Cork Culture Night.
For this special episode, we talk with Cork writers Cónal Creedon and Arann Blake and ask them how the marvellous city influences and inspires their writing. Stay tuned - the episode will be available at 5pm on Friday the 18th of September.
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[you can access this episode on any podcast platform - or go to http://culturenightcork.ie/events/break-it-down/ for more details.]
For anyone who missed it, we had so much fun chatting with Fionnula Jones on GoLoud about starting the podcast and our creative process!! Check it out on the link below!
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEtwCxenV76/
Next time on Break it Down!, Holly and Hilary will be exploring the absurd world of CATS!
They will be discussing both the stage musical and Tom Hooper's 2019 film adaptation.
Stay tuned.....
NOW AVAILABLE... Episode 5: Hamilton - Who tells your story? Historiography and Metatextuality is now available!!! You will find the links to this episode in our Instagram bio, or else search Break it Down! on your podcast platform of choice.
Who lives, who dies, who tells your story? This week, in light of Hamilton’s release on Disney+, Holly and Hilary, joined guests Sarah Cremin and Emma Field, break down Lin-Manuel Miranda’s beloved musical phenomenon. We will be breaking down historiography, legacy, and Hamilton’s meta elements. So, join us in the room where it happens as we break down Hamilton!
**UPDATE**
We have decided to change next week's topic to Hamilton 🎶🎶🎶🎶
Head over to our Instagram to vote in the polls. Also, share your thoughts here. What do you think of Hamilton?
**UPDATE**
NOW AVAILABLE... Food in Film: Stylists and Symbolism is now available!!! You will find the links to this episode in our Instagram bio, or else search Break it Down! on your podcast platform of choice.
Have you ever wondered how food is created for film? On this episode we explore the job of food stylists and how they create the delicious food we see on the big screen. We also delve into food symbolism and discuss our own interpretations of food in films such as The Godfather, Parasite, Inglorious Basterds and many more... So grab some snacks and join us as we break it down!
Shoutouts:
Niamh Barry Film Photography & Videography
2 Friends, 2 Hemispheres Podcast Instagram: https://linktr.ee/2friends2hems
Disclaimer: this post might make your belly rumble.
Food can be used in so many ways either as a narrative device, to convey a character, alter your perception of that character, to portray social dynamics and much much more!!
On next week's episode, we will be exploring the significance of food in film. We'll be discussing food symbolism, the job of food stylists and how food is created for the big screen!
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Films in order:
Marie Antoinette (2006)
Isle of Dogs (2018)
Parasite (2019)
Goodfellas (1990)
Inglorious Basterds (2009)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
Midsommar (2019)
Head over to our Instagram story to vote in the polls for our next episode! On next week's episode, we are going to discuss food in film 🍕🍔🥓🍱🌮🍳🥓
In your opinion, what is the most iconic 'food moment' in film?
Here is a little snippet of talking about manipulative editing in Love Island from our most recent episode!
Episode 3: Love Island: The Hyperreality of Reality TV is now available. Links are in the Instagram bio or else just search Break it Down! on your podcast platform of choice. Next week.... FOOD IN MOVIES. Keep an eye on our story over the next couple of days for more updates! 🥛🍱🍗🍳🥓🍕🌯🥗🍔🌮🌯
NOW AVAILABLE... Love Island: The Hyperreality of Reality TV is now available!!! We are so so excited about this episode because we are joined this week by . You will find the links to this episode in our Instagram bio, or else search Break it Down! on your podcast platform of choice.
Have you wondered how reality tv shows are created? This week we decided to pull Emma Field for a chat, so join to discuss and break down all things Love Island! We will be breaking down the cinematography and editing, hyperreality, the history of reality tv, gender representation, voyeurism and much more!
Thank you so much to UCC and Ciarán Kavanagh for this! We are so honoured and delighted.
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Head over to our Instagram .podcast to vote in this week's poll! If you don't have Instagram, don't worry. You can leave a comment here of which topic you would prefer to hear. 🌻
A little snippet of our more recent episode!
Episode 2: Irish Boybands: Sounds of the Celtic Tiger is now available. Links are in the Instagram bio or else just search Break it Down! on your podcast platform of choice.
Also, be sure to vote on our polls today to decide what next week's episode will be! ☀️☀️☀️
NOW AVAILABLE...
Irish Boybands: Sounds of the Celtic Tiger is now available!!! You will find the links to this episode in our Instagram bio, or else search Break it Down! on your podcast platform of choice.
On this episode, we delve deep into the world of Irish boybands. We chat about Boyzone and Westlife's beginnings; how they reflect the cultural context of Celtic Tiger Ireland; manufactured pop; authenticity and much more!
Hope you all enjoy 🌻
Shoutouts:
Meet your hosts!
Holly (right) and Hilary (left) met many moons ago via a fated FaceTime call and have been partners in crime ever since.
United throughout the years by a shared passion for all things pop culture, and tied together forever by embarrassing teenage memories and iconic disco pictures, they have finally decided to combine their Arts degree superpowers in literature, film and music and level up to a podcast. •
They don't believe in having *guilty* pleasures, but if they each had to admit to one, Holly's would be cheesy 1950s sci-fi movies and Hilary's would be Rogers and Hammerstein musicals.
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We are very happy to announce that next week's episode will be on Irish boy bands! 🍀
We'll be breaking down manufactured pop, authenticity, the cultural context of Celtic Tiger Ireland and much more. Head on to our story to vote in this week's polls!
The clip above is from Boyzone's ICONIC 1993 debut on The Late Late Show. (Full clip available online on the RTÉ Archives)
Next weeks episode is on.......
AT LAST!! Break it Down! is finally available on Google Podcasts!
A snippet of our recent episode on Ringo Starr! ⭐
Love Island or Irish Boy Bands? YOU DECIDE...
head over to our IG story and vote for which episode you want to hear next!
Celebration time! 🎉🎉Thank you so much to everyone that listened to Break it Down! so far.
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NOW AVAILABLE... The Voodoo Queen of Liverpool and Ringo Starr is now available!! Head on to our linktree in the Instagram bio to listen. .
On this episode, we unravel the untold tale of the overlooked Beatle, Ringo Starr, and the mystery behind his unique drumming style. We chat about Ringo Starr's encounters with the voodoo queen of Liverpool; the stigma surrounding being left-handed; exorcisms; Ringo's drumming technique and his overall legacy. Join us as we break down the life of an overlooked legend.
Hope you enjoy! 🌻
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