It's the series 5 finale, and we're closing out in style, with a pop quiz, a game show, 3 problems solved, and more book, film and music recommendations than you can shake a stick or a carrot at. From Studio Ghibli to Kate Bush, we've got it all.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2025/02/S05E09.html

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This week, we're helping one pickle deal with an identity crisis, another deal with an annoying colleague, and a third resolve the rage they feel when people get things wrong. And all this while recommending art like The Da Vinci Code, Jimmy Eat World, John Le Carre and much, much more.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2025/02/S05E08.html

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Once upon a time, when Agony Art was just beginning, Liam said he thought our episodes should be 30 minutes long, maximum. Fast forward to 2025, and in one episode of series 5 (this one), the very same Liam spends 30 minutes just talking about Take That. What's that all about?! Listen now to find out.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2025/02/S05E07.html

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We've swapped jobs before, and we're swapping again. This week, Karl's doing books, Liam's on films, and Aaron's the music man, as we help pickles with airing out their laundry, getting into wrestling, and so much more.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2025/02/S05E06.html

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On this week's episode of Agony Art, we're giving our pickles advice on how to reject advice, teaching you how to protect your personal space, and dealing with annoying colleagues. And we're doing this with great art like Liar Liar, MC Hammer, Percy Jackson, Fight Club, and much, much more.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2025/01/S05E05.html

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This week on Agony Art, we're covering up secrets, fixing jealous streaks, and talking Pickles out of committing crimes, all with the help of Janis Joplin, The Simpsons, V C Andrews, The Hangover, and so much more.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2025/01/S05E04.html

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In this week's episode, Alan Partridge helps us get planning permission, Napoleon saves a failing friendship, and U2 help one listener stop his son from drifting away forever.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2025/01/S05E03.html

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This week on Agony Art, Sweeney Todd shows us how to fix bad friendships, Larry David helps our pickles find love at the gym, and Jack and Rose teach us that extramarital affairs are always sinking ships.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2025/01/S05E02.html

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Agony Art is back for series 5, and this week we're talking tattoos with Memento and Moana, fixing relationships with Destiny's Child, and playing Christmas jingles even though Christmas is already over.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2025/01/S05E01.html

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Series 4 of Agony Art is coming to a close, and in this final episode we're teaching you to love dogs, be a good grandparent, and give constructive feedback. Who would have thought we could do all that just by talking about Kelis, Stephen King and Succession?

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2023/11/S04E09.html

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This week, we're helping pickles believe in themselves in the workplace, in confrontations, and in their ability to listen to verbal diarrhoea; and all with the help of Pixar, Katy Perry, and Cormac McCarthy.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2023/11/S04E08.html

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In this episode, we're saving Pickles from will-they-won't-theys, eternal grudges, and lives of crime. All this with the help of REO Speedwagon, Alien Ant Farm, Bonnie & Clyde, Robert Galbraith, and more epic art.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2023/11/S04E07.html

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This week, we prove right out of the gate that we will solve literally ANY problem you send us... and for that, we can only apologise. But to make it up to you, we're helping you all grow up with Goosebumps, Daniel Day Lewis, and a DOUBLE BILL of Liam's Country Corner.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2023/11/S04E06.html

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We're dealing with snobs, inventions, and the environment in today's episode of Agony Art, and we're doing it with some truly great art. Tune in for Motown classics, Wolf Hall, Hidden Figures, The Beatles, Terminator, and so much more...

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2023/10/S04E05.html

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This week on Agony Art, we're tackling problems of arrogance and dishonesty with Treasure Planet and Bob Dylan, and helping one listener choose a baby name using Catch-22, Charles Dickens and The Crown.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2023/10/S04E04.html

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In this week's episode, we're tackling primary school problems, using everything from The Incy Wincy Spider and Bluey to Gladiator, Stoicism and Lincoln.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2023/10/S04E03.html

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This week, we're guessing the net worth of fictional billionaires, helping a pickle hide from naughty artwork, and escaping narcissists with the help of Dorian Gray and Kacey Musgraves.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2023/10/S04E02.html

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We're back for a new series, and we're jumping straight into it with high-brow culture like Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the Fast and Furious family, Ninja Sex Party, and so much more.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2023/09/S04E01.html

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It's the finale of Agony Art series 3, and we're packing this one full of art, from Faithless to John Legend, Pearl Harbour to All Quiet on the Western Front, Jonathan Franzen to Iain Banks... If this episode doesn't have it, you probably don't want to consume it.

Note that this episode was recorded before the death of Maxi Jazz.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2023/01/S03E13.html

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It's another in-depth special this week, and this time we're obsessed with Moby-Dick, or The Whale, by Herman Melville.

Please note that this podcast contains strong language, spoilers, and very, very bad advice. We're not really here to solve your problems, just to entertain you with the music, films and books we love. To that end, you can find links to all the art we recommended in this episode below.

Show notes (complete with corrections for all the mistakes we made):

http://www.agonyartpodcast.com/2022/12/S03E12.html

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