The Xennial Dome
By Gareth Gwynn & Esyllt Sears
Do you have a hotmail dot com account? Did you Ask Jeeves? Do you still remember your best friend's landline number? Xennial, Gareth Gwynn and other Xennial, Esyllt Sears interview more Xennials and explore their childhoods, peer influences, their politics and hobbies. Has being born between 1977 and 1985, straddling the analogue and digital worlds, truly set them aside from all other generations and does it continue to influence their lives today?
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Latest episode
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The Battle For Baywatch: With SIKISA (Part 1)
In 2021, comedians Esyllt Sears and Stuart Laws bonded over their love of Baywatch - the 1990s action-drama series following a team of lifeguards in slow motion.But trouble was brewing. Which version of the show was superior? Esyllt mai… -
The Battle For Baywatch: With KEN CHENG (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of Esyllt and Stuart's Baywatch Nights themed chat with the brilliant KEN CHENG so if you haven't heard it yet, make sure you listen to Part 1 or you'll be confused (although, having said that, it's about Baywatch Nights so you'll b… -
The Battle For Baywatch: With KEN CHENG (Part 1)
In 2021, comedians Esyllt Sears and Stuart Laws bonded over their love of Baywatch - the 1990s action-drama series following a team of lifeguards in slow motion.But trouble was brewing. Which version of the show was superior? Esyllt mai… -
Little Dome: July 1987 with Dan Thomas! (Live at Machynlleth Comedy Fest)
Coming to you from Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2024, this is a live recording with a special guest (and Xennial) stand-up comedian Dan Thomas!In addition to his dome choice, we also cover July 1987. Dan talks Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sea… -
Little Dome: June 1981 (Serious About Snakes)
Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears are serious about covering June 1981 - something an put-upon umpire in Wimbledon apparently failed to be. We cover John McEnroe's legendary outburst (clip -
Little Dome: June 1977 (God Save The Queen and Alternative 3)
Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears party like it's 1977 i.e. on a trestle table with some disappointing sandwiches and listening to Rod Stewart.In addition to the street parties, the British public marked the Queen's Silver Jubilee by buying… -
Little Dome: June 2000 (Tony Blair vs WI)
We had to have two goes at the second half of this episode so, logicially, it should be twice as good? Maybe? Have a listen and find out as Esyllt Sears has been investigating June 2000 with London's wibbly-wobbly bridge and Tony Blair's wibbly-wo… -
Little Dome: Jason Donovan Re-loaded
Y'know what it's like - you're in an arts centre cafe, browsing the internet and trying to find a video of a topless woman in a circus, when someone turns up and unexpectedly hands you a Jason Donovan board game. That's basically what happened to … -
Little Dome: May 2009 (Expenses, Expenses, Expenses)
Mortgage payments, tudor beams, boilers, tin openers and two toilet seats were just some of the things which came to light in the MP's expenses scandal. Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears have the receipts (or a list of them anyway). Plus a discussion … -
Little Dome: May 1982 (The World's Fair, Expo '82 and The Pope visits the UK)
Gareth Gwynn and Esyllt Sears look back at May 1982, when the Pope visited the UK and Tenessee hosted the Knoxville International Energy Exposition, better known as Expo '82 or the World's Fair. As such they cover everything from knife weilding nu…