Junk Dilemmas: An Irvine Welsh Podcast

21/05/2025

Time to say goodbye to one of Irvine's most
loved characters.

(until he is back in July for Men in Love anyway)

Mikey Forrester? Youtube kidney removal videos? What the f**k are you boys on?'

Our next episode - part two on Dead Men's Trousers - is out now.

17/05/2025

As mentioned on the pod, here are the brilliant illustrations of Renton, Spud, Begbie and Sick Boy's DMT trips from Dead Men's Trousers by Dan McDaid.

https://dan-mcdaid.com/

15/05/2025

Renton, Sick Boy, Spud and Begbie are back, but trouble isn't far behind in the form of psychotic coppers, organ traffickers and h***y in-laws.

And, for one of them, it'll be the end of the road.

Part one of our discussion on Dead Men's Trousers, from 2018, is out now.

10/04/2025

You are cordially invited to our latest episode, discussing a tale of forthcoming nuptials, murder, crack (the drug not the craic, bit of that too though), necrophilia and a dash of Northern Soul.

It's Wedding Belles, a film from 2007, directed by Philip John and written by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh.

Here's a (legal) link to the film too, courtesy of Junction Films.

https://www.junctionfilms.com/portfolio/wedding-belles/

10/04/2025

12/03/2025

Choose Jackanory.

26/02/2025

We're off to Miami again, as a sadistic personal trainer breaks in a new client in a way only Irvine Welsh can think up...its our review of the 2014 novel - The S*x Lives of Siamese Twins, out now.

24/12/2024

We got a brand new theme tune for Christmas, thanks to an artist called Aphotic and we ❤️ it

Its on our new episode, check it out and look for him on instagram .music

24/12/2024

We're back with a Christmas special* as DI Ray Lennox returns to catch a serial killer, while still battling his own demons.

It's Crime Series 2, available now.

*Not even remotely Christmassy

06/12/2024

26/11/2024

Just discovered this gorgeous illustrated hardback version of Trainspotting by The Folio Society with artwork by Nicole Rifkin

That's what I call a stocking filler.

Lot's of other amazing illustrated books on their website too.

They're not paying me to say this either.
Chance would be a fine thing.

12/10/2024

Check your feeds, friends, we've a new episode for you.

And lads, best wear a protective cup, as there is a couple of p***s removing maniacs on the loose, in the second installment of the Crime trilogy, The Long Knives (2023)