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. Support this podcast at — h

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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/josie-and-the-podcats-with-maria-lewis-and-blake-h

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 fro

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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/josie-and-the-podcats-with-maria

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? Support this podcast

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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/josie-and-the-podcats-with-maria-lewis-and-blake-howard/donations

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, s

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 Lei

The Josie And The Pussycats movie is officially green lit, with production heading to Vancouver, Canada to shoot. Yet first, the trio of Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, and Rosario Dawson are going to band camp in Los Angeles to figure out how to be believable music superstars on screen. As for writers and directors Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont, they start locking down the rest o

In this week’s bonus episode of Josie and the Podcats we’re talking about the FASHION of Josie And The Pussycats. From tonal dressing to the essential shimmer lip, why not don a pair of flip flop platforms and join us to look at the film’s visual storytelling? Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/josie-and-the-podcats-with-maria-lewis-and-blake-howard/donations