About this podcast
How did two massive dorks create some of the most bombastically stupid rock opera of all time? Join equally massive dorks Emma Crossland and Sam Wilkinson as they delve into the works of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman.
Every episode our intrepid pair both brings one of Loaf or Steinman's works to the table to dissect in meticulously lazy detail, exploring the torrid lives of music's most on-again off-again best pals one week at a time.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 53 episodes
- 8.1 - It Just Won't Quit | Cry to Heaven · 49 min · Season 8 Episode 1Series eight starts with a little treat as we let ourselves dive back into Bat out of Hell II for a bit with It Just Won't Quit, then it's back to reality when we swing over to…
- Film Club 7 - Wishcraft · 1 h 6 minTime for another dive into Meat Loaf's interesting acting career before we kick off series eight! Wishcraft is a 2002 teen slasher flick with added SPOOKY MAGIC. Spooky magic…
- 7.6 - Tonight is Right For Love | What Part of My Body Hurts the Most · 51 min · Season 7 Episode 6The end of series seven is nigh! But not before we dive into the requests bin and find out why Meat Loaf ended up on South Park and where Jim pulled one last great song out for…
- 7.5 - Love You Out Loud | Peace on Earth · 33 min · Season 7 Episode 5Chat out of Hell marches gleefully onward into a pair of quite forgettable mid-era Meat Loaf tracks. We chat Meat Loaf's love of adultery in Love You Out Loud, then take a quick…
- 7.4 - Band of Gold | If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man) · 43 min · Season 7 Episode 4Time to pay tribute to the dear departed Bonnie Tyler with two song produced (but not written) by Jim Steinman and nary a Meat Loaf in sight. PLUS a bit of chat about why Shireen…
- 7.3 - Bad Attitude | Blind Before I Stop · 42 min · Season 7 Episode 3Meat Loaf's attitude is up for discussion this episode. Is he a sulky teenager or a mean dad? PLUS Roger Daltrey pops up, a demand for new ukulele covers of the lesser Meat Loaf…
- 7.2 - The Future Ain't What it Used to Be | If It Ain't Broke, Break It · 39 min · Season 7 Episode 2Chat out of Hell dives into the soundtrack of the awful Jim Steinman / MTV Wuthering Heights movie this episode, and surfaces with something wonderful. But also a lot of dismay…
- 7.1 - Stark Raving Love | Razor's Edge · 46 min · Season 7 Episode 1We're back to discuss more of the works of music's 93rd most fractious duo. We open series seven with a chat about Jim Steinman's solo effort Stark Raving Love and manage not to…
- Film Club 6 - Wuthering Heights (Not That One) · 42 minTime for a quick film club before we dive into series seven! In a break from Film Club tradition we only interrogate one film this episode, to give us time to talk about…
- 6.6 - Torna a Sorrento | Like a Rose · 52 min · Season 6 Episode 6From high-culture to the lowest of the low, it's Chat out of Hell! As we close out series six with listener requests, Sam pays attention to what Meat Loaf was up to when he sang…
- 6.5 - Love is Not Real | Our Love and Our Souls · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 5Justin Hawkins, Sean McDonnell and a whole load of Our Souls, it's Chat out of Hell! Time to get into the deep Meat Loaf adjactent questions, like: - How many early 2000s ITV…
- 6.4 - Left in the Dark | A Kiss is a Terrible Thing to Waste · 51 min · Season 6 Episode 4Off we go again! Time for us to analyse the saddest Jim Steinman you've ever heard, the fairly saddest Barbra Streisand, and just a regular Meat Loaf. And with those three…
- 6.3 - My Little Red Book | Man of Steel · 37 min · Season 6 Episode 3Don't tell anyone, but Emma went on holiday and Sam forgot to schedule the publishing date of the episode this week. Bit awks. BUT not half as awks as what Meat Loaf gets up to…
- 6.2 - You Never Can Be Too Sure About the Girl | Rock N Roll Hero · 34 min · Season 6 Episode 2We give Jim Steinman a rest on the bench this week, and instead discuss Meat Loaf's Divorced Dad era as he warns us about how you can't trust women in You Never Can Be Too Sure…
- 6.1 -Read 'Em and Weep | Going All the Way (A Song in Six Movements) · 44 min · Season 6 Episode 1Here we go, diving into series six! Two delicious slices of Meat Loaf are served in the forms of Read 'Em and Weep then Going All the Way. And why we enjoy them, we'll mull over…
- Chat out of Hell's Rory Dodd Interview · 1 h 31 minBehold, it's Chat out of Hell's Christmas Surprise! Rory Dodd, lovely man and centrepiece of the Steinman Sound, was kind enough to sit down and chat with us about his life…
- Film Club 5 - Spice World | Wayne's World · 1 h 7 minHo ho ho! Time for a most festive Film Club! We'll be diving into Meat Loaf's worldliest of movies as we take a look at Spice World then realise we've talked for a normal length…
- 5.6 - Somebody Loves Me | Good Girls Go to Heaven (Bad Girls Go Everywhere) · 52 min · Season 5 Episode 6An end of term vibe delayed by a bit of illness brings us to this, the true end of term - Chat out of Hell series five, episode six. Meat Loaf gets all classy and covers Gershwin…
- 5.5 - More Than You Deserve | California Dreamin' · 42 min · Season 5 Episode 5As we cruise towards the end of series five, we’ve time to visit more of Jim’s dodgy musical past, but then cleanse our palate with a very modern dodgy cover of an absolute…
- 5.4 - No Matter What | In the Land of the Pig, The Butcher is King · 42 min · Season 5 Episode 4Chat out of Hell moves as close as it's ever been to boy band territory this episode as we check in with Jim Steinman's collab with Andrew Lloyd Webber, which somehow led to a…
