About this podcast
John Loveless and Jack Savidge revisit, dissect and occasionally suffer through the more inexplicable ephemera in pop culture history.
Episodes
- Laying Pipes - The Horrors of Ghostwatch · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 14Detritus celebrates its first Halloween season by treating ourselves to a seance with one of television's greatest-ever tricks: Ghostwatch. First broadcast 'live' by the BBC in…
- Does It Offend You, Yeah? - The Folly of Come Fly With Me · 1 h 14 min · Season 1 Episode 13Following the global phenomenon of Little Britain, comedy superstars Matt Lucas & David Walliams returned on Christmas Day in 2010 with Come Fly With Me, reflecting their sudden…
- I Don't Get No Respect! - The Sopranos Video Game, Whatever Happened There... · 1 h 4 min · Season 1 Episode 12Widely regarded as the greatest television show of all time, The Sopranos premiered in 1999, changing the landscape of popular culture with its ambitious, uncompromising…
- Wittgenstein Does Facebook: Revisiting ‘The Dress’, 2015’s Perception Sensation · 1 h 5 min · Season 1 Episode 11Calling all fashionistas, gussy yourselves up for possibly the most fabulous episode of Detritus yet! John and Jack transport back to 2015 to revisit the impact of…. The Dress…
- Pod’s Gettin’ Better (Man!!) - Oasis’s ‘Be Here Now’ 29th Anniversary Spectacular · 1 h 16 min · Season 1 Episode 10E10 - Pod’s Gettin’ Better (Man!!) - Oasis, Be Here Now & Magical Pies All around the world, you gotta spread the word… Because Detritus has reached a monumental TEN…
- Cinematic Jive Turkeys - Royalty-Free Adventures In The Extended Oziverse · 1 h 20 min · Season 1 Episode 9There's no pod like home, there's no pod like home... John and Jack tap their heels together to explore the century-long fallout from one of the world's most recognizable…
- Demand Accountability For Party Rocking - We Are Your Friends, Avicii & The EDM 2010s · 1 h 14 min · Season 1 Episode 8Detritus reaches the inglorious finale of what some (us) are calling The Summer of Love trilogy. After the deeply British, hazy rave memories of Fatboy on the beach and a…
- Gary Economics - Drugs Live: The Ecstasy Trial · 1 h 13 min · Season 1 Episode 7Detritus’ inadvertent Summer of Love continues to unfold with a revisit of Drugs Live - The Ecstasy Trials, Channel 4’s CONTROVERSIAL 2012 study of the effects of MDMA on the…
- A Midsummer Night’s Bants - Fatboy Slim’s Big Beach Boutique II · 1 h 12 min · Season 1 Episode 6John and Jack return from their summer break, tanned and thriving, only to take a trip to the beach. Which beach? Brighton Beach, for Fatboy Slim’s Big Beach Boutique II. The…
- You Did That · 1 h 8 min · Season 1 Episode 5The 'Detritus Boys' return from their summer break with a razzlin', dazzlin' fifth episode at Jack's insistence, leading John to the West End, Broadway, Tokyo, Hamburg, and your…
- Thanks Very Much, Sepp Blatter! · 1 h 34 min · Season 1 Episode 4In defiance of the escalating allegations that the Detritus podcast is “too niche” or even, “too masculine” (?!!?) John and Jack succumb to World Cup fever while they still can…
- Love Them Hoe's · 1 h 13 min · Season 1 Episode 3EPISODE 3 - LOVE THEM HOE’S The course of young love never did run smooth. In 2003, the burgeoning romantic relationship between Eamon Doyle and Nicole Francine Aiello came to a…
- Nothing On The TV, Nothing On The Radio · 1 h 20 min · Season 1 Episode 2John and Jack mark a significant milestone for the Detritus podcast - a second episode - by traveling back to an early peak of their individual and collective powers, the year…
- Mr. Brown's Jersey Boys · 58 min · Season 1For the debut episode of Detritus, John and Jack lock and load their podcast pistols and take aim for Autumn 2003, in order to witness the country’s leading stoic showman and…
