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by Maria Lewis and Blake Howard
Josie and the Podcats is a limited podcast series diving into the history, the production, the music, the legacy, and the fandom surrounding the 2001 cult classic Josie and the Pussycats. From the stars and creators to the obsessive fans, DuJour means this show is a must-listen for all Josie diehards. Hosted by Maria Lewis and produced by Blake Howard.
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- Aug 14, 20203 min
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Josie and the Podcats is a limited podcast series diving into the history, the production, the music, the legacy, and the fandom surrounding the 2001 cult classic Josie and the Pussycats. From the stars and creators to the obsessive fans, DuJour means this show is a must-listen for all Josie diehards. Hosted by Maria Lewis and produced by Blake Howard.
- Aug 14, 202017 min
BONUS: LIVE REUNION
Some 16-years after Josie And The Pussycats is released in cinemas, the whole cast, crew and musical team are reunited for a once in a lifetime event to celebrate the vinyl pressing of the movie’s soundtrack from Mondo Records. There are tears, tunes, and some jerkin’ surprises.
- Aug 14, 202054 min
EPISODE #6: LEGACY
It has taken nearly 20-years, but after crashing and burning at the box-office, the most unexpected thing starts to happen: Josie And The Pussycats becomes a cult classic. In our final major episode of the show, we speak to EVERYONE - Rachael Leigh Cook, Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont, Adam Schlesinger, Bif Naked, Kay Hanley and more - about the movie’s unlikely legacy and hear from musicians who have defined their careers by it.
- Aug 14, 202027 min
BONUS: BOSSY LOVE
She’s someone who was so inspired by the Josie And The Pussycats movie that she started her own internationally famous teenage rock band. We speak to Operator Please founder, frontwoman and guitarist Amandah Wilkinson about teen fame, the pressures of the music industry, and her new act Bossy Love.
- Aug 14, 202035 min
EPISODE #5: RELEASE
Everything is seemingly in line for Josie And The Pussycats to become a box-office hit but instead … it bombs. Immediately “dead on arrival”, we speak to writers and directors Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont about that crushing opening weekend but it finds fans in Rachael Leigh Cook, Letters To Cleo’s Kay Hanley, Bif Naked, Alanna Bennett and … Bono?
- Aug 14, 202037 min
BONUS: THE OG JOSIE
Kay Hanley is the voice of Josie we all know and love, but on this week’s bonus episode we speak to the original singing voice from Josie And The Pussycats - Dee Dee Gipson. And how that all ties into the current Josie on the hit series Riverdale - Ashleigh Murray.
- Aug 14, 202056 min
EPISODE #4: SOUNDTRACK
It's the Josie And The Podcats episode you’ve been waiting for: Soundtrack. To create the sound of Josie And The Pussycats, an eclectic mix of musical maestros get brought in to work on the soundtrack under the direction of Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds. We speak to the voice of Josie herself, Letters To Cleo’s Kay Hanley, writers and directors Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont, star Rachael Leigh Cook, back up singer Bif Naked and the late, great Adam Schlesinger from Fountains Of Wayne.
- Aug 14, 202022 min
BONUS: DUJOUR
Ride on your motorbike with DuJour and into this Josie And The Podcats bonus episode about the unintentional breakout stars of the 2001 cult film Josie And The Pussycats - the parody of 90s boybands, DuJour. Writers and directors Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont talk about crafting the DuJour sound with Kenny ‘Babyface’ Edmonds and pitching a DuJour movie to Netflix. Rachael Leigh Cook shares why they’re her “favourite” part of the movie - even 20 years later - and musicians Eva and Sam Hendricks from Charly Bliss and Amandah Wilkinson of Bossy Love and Operator Please talk about DuJour’s lasting musical influence.
About JOSIE AND THE PODCATS with Maria Lewis and Blake Howard
Josie and the Podcats is a limited podcast series diving into the history, the production, the music, the legacy, and the fandom surrounding the 2001 cult classic Josie and the Pussycats. From the stars and creators to the obsessive fans, DuJour means this show is a must-listen for all Josie diehards. Hosted by Maria Lewis and produced by Blake Howard.
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