WANNABE: A Spice Girls Podcast

WANNABE 25!!! Excitement is brewing in the Spice Girls camp with the official announcement of #WANNABE25. What do we have so far? A new vinyl, cassette and an unreleased song from the vault 'Feed Your Love'. So James and John get together to discuss their thoughts on the breaking news and speculate what else might be coming! Are these vinyls enough for the die hard fans? Also, Victoria Beckham and her Pride tee creates a little heat, they need answers - why isn't she posting about the anniversary? Hmm. Thankfully, Emma, Mel B and Mel C are all active with projects - Baby has her new book 'Mama You Got This', Mel B released her short film to support domestic violence and Mel C appears on celebrity gogglebox! So lots to catch up on. Oh and the boys share some details on James' epic Spice Girl themed 40th birthday! #IAmASpiceGirl.

If 2020 was a Spice Girl, she would be called Awful Spice'. James and John decided life needed spicing up so they are back with a Spice Girls 2020 round-up. They catch up on all things Scary, Baby, Ginger, Posh and Sporty. Geri Horner's 'Rainbow Woman' was a hot topic, the new music, well that caused some confusion. Did Melanie C put out more music than Taylor Swift? It seems like it, Sporty never sleeps. They discuss 'Into You' and all the other hits from the album. Mel B seemed to have disappeared but thankfully we got some comeback news. The lovely Emma Bunton has ben keeping us all entertained during lockdown with throwbacks and IG vids, what a shame we couldn't do another Baby Christmas. Then they wrap things up with the other, what's her name? Oh Victoria (Malcolm). What on earth has she been doing? Enjoy and here's to a better 2021

John still hasn't got his second set of COVID results back, James just finished his second dinner so buckle up, you are in for a TV journey. After a quick catch up about sausages the boys pick apart the Real Housewives of Atlanta zoom reunion. Porsha dissing Eva's boobs, Cynthia being half asleep, NeNe being Nay Nay - but did the format work? Switching to the Tinsdale vs Dorita drama in New York, they try to figure out what on earth Dorinda's problem is, where Leah lives in her tiny...

James and John virtually catch up during week 8 of quarantine, they need to vent some frustrations with people breaking social distancing rules before swiftly moving onto the hubbub around Adele's recent birthday photo on IG. What was all fuss about? It wasn't like we got a new album. The boys get opinionated about Sutton, Dorit, Kyle and Erika on the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and James exposes his 3 year long feud with Lisa Rinna! Moving onto the New York housewives, John sympathizes...

Lots to discuss this week - John tested positive for COVID-19 so we get to find all about that. They are both fully invested in RPDR and chat about the online controversy surrounding the recent episode with the female superfans and they chat about their fav queens, Crystal Methyd and Jaida Essence Hall. Somehow they wind up talking about the Desperate Housewives Zoom reunion and get nostalgic for the show. Of course, no episode would be complete without updates on all the Real Housewives...

Another lockdown episode - when will it end? Will this go on longer than the length of John's bush? To help you through this lonely and tough time, James and John bring you all the latest Spice Girls info. Victoria Beckham was dragged in the Uk press about receiving business funds from the COVID-19 relief, wrong or right? James has opinions that may end up getting him in trouble. Eeek. Mel C performed on The James Corden Show and oh how they wish she didn't. This week saw the finale of...

Well, there's whole bunch of Spice Girls activity this week - Victoria Beckham's birthday, Emma Bunton's live tweeting and Geri's useless kitchen skills! James and John will always be bringing you the Spice updates and news but they've started branching out into other pop culture topics. This week gave us the premiere of episode of new season of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills and, whilst other seasons have been a complete snoozefest, this episode rocked their worlds. There was a new...

James and John are transitioning. No, not in that way, yet they fully support their Trans brothers and sisters - what they mean to say is the Spiceworld is getting bigger. The Spice Boys are broadening the topics to all things pop culture. To help ease into it they still have some Mel C news to discuss as she is still the most active Spice Girl at the moment. Things soon turn to their love of reality tv and they discuss all of the Real Housewives - New York, Beverly Hills, Atlanta, New...

Every boy and every girl, just stay inside, people of the world, please stay inside, ahhhhh. Yes, James and John are going slightly mad during the Coronavirus lockdown/quarantine. Thankfully, they aren't locked down together so are dialing into a conference call to discuss all things Spice Girls - the positivity factory. Mel C, Mel B, Geri, Emma and even Victoria have been active recently, so what better time for a special!? The boys decide which album they'd pick to help them through self...

Just like the Spice Girls, James and John never went away, they were just taking care of their families, wearing white, running businesses and prepping for Christmas concerts. Wait? That's not right. Anyway, the boys are back for the first since their SpiceWorld Tour episode for a good old catch up about all things Baby, Sporty, Scary, Ginger and Posh. It's been 4 months and most of the girls have been busy, Melanie B did her speaking tour, Emma Bunton announced her Royal Albert special, Mel...

The SPICEWORLD 2019 Tour review is finally here!!! Emma, Mel C, Mel B and Geri totally spiced up James' and John's lives on Sat 15th June at Wembley Stadium and now you can listen to their entire experience from leaving LA to their post show blues in London. Baby, Scary, Sporty and Ginger put on an epic show and the hosts have plenty to say. Did the Spice Circle live up to hype? What was their favorite moment? Who was Jess Glynne? Where was Victoria? Did they get to go backstage? Everything...

The 2019 Spice Girls reunion is upon us all but before this stadium tour, we had the 2007/08 global arena tour - "Return of the Spice Girls" - the iconic tour that saw all five Spice Girls come back together. Yep, Emma, Mel C, Mel B, Geri and Victoria performed all the classics and danced their little hearts out. John reminisces about all his favorite parts of the tour but, unfortunately, James lived in the middle of nowhere during this time and never got to see it. Thankfully, some amazing...

It's all about BABY LOVE as we wrap up our solo Spice episodes with the incredible career of Emma Bunton. Baby Spice is the only Spice Girl to release recent music with "My Happy Place" so they spend some time talking about those gorgeous covers. Bunton can do no wrong so it was hard the for the hosts to pick their favorite Emma moments within the Spice Girls but "2 Become 1" is a stand out for both of them. They dial it all the way back to when "What I Am" was the theme song to her own show...

Oh Geri Halliwell, you creative genius, thank you for the music! James and John talk all things Ginger Spice, starting with her pre Spice Girl departure and giving their opinions on where she shined best within the group. Touching on her younger years as presenter and topless model on Page 3, they then have to wonder if "Look At Me" was a reference to those early days, they certainly know it's about putting Ginger to rest, as per the iconic music video where Geri holds her own funeral. More...

Oh yeh, Feels So Good, you'll love this one, like you should. An entire episode dedicated Scary Spice, Mel B, Melanie B, Melanie Brown. It turns out to be James and John's longest episode so far because she has such a vibrant career and personal life! They bring on super Spice Girl fan, James Clarke, to help them along on their scary journey and what a wild ride it is. From every hosting every possible talent show like America's Got Talent and X Factor, to starring in movies with Tom Hardy -...

Easy V doesn't come for free and apparently we can't pay her enough to perform at the Spice World 2019 Tour - DEVASTATION. Instead, James and John spend some time looking at Victoria Beckham's entire career spanning the music, the tv, books and the fashion, dahling. Starting with her role in the Spice Girls and what Posh brought to the table and what lead to her first breakout hit 'Out Of your Mind' and there are some tensions between the hosts on if this was a hit or not. Then of course,...

Sporty, Mel C, Melanie C, she's the Spice Girl with biggest back catalogue and all the awards. James and John invite Jake Giles on to chat about Mel C's entire career. Jake is a fellow Spice fan and Mel C is his favorite, so he decided to join them and, quite frankly, school James and John about Sporty's plethora of albums. They start from the beginning and talk a little about Melanie C's pivotal role within the Spice Girls and their favorite and least favorite Mel C moments on some of those...

Forever turned out to be not very long at all. The third Spice Girl featuring Posh, Baby, Scary and Sporty was a whole different sound to what Spice fans were used to and James and John waste no time in dissecting the tracks. Actually, they do waste some time at the beginning as they haven't seen each other for a while and get everyone up-to-speed on what's been happening plus all the current Spice Girls' news: Emma Bunton's new album release, Victoria Beckham's birthday and the reunion tour...

James and John discuss the Spice Girls' dual release singles; Holler and Let Love Lead The Way. Before they dig deep into both singles they discuss some Spice news - the photo circling Twitter of Victoria having an alleged anxiety ahead of the Olympics show, Emma Bunton's new album release in a few days and Youtube's 'The Honest Vocal Coach' mesmerized by the Spice Girls' vocals on a live performance of 'Too Much'. Switching focus they move on to Holler, the RnB number 1 from the new Spice...

Geri Halliwell left the Spice Girls and things will 'Never Be The Same Again'. A slightly somber vibe on this episode because there is no way James and John can talk about the moment that changed music forever. Both of them remember where they were when the heard the shocking news that Ginger had left the band. This, of course, lead to the release of 'Goodbye' - an epic ballad with a cinematic music video. TEARS. TEARS. TEARS. But somehow, through the sadness there is still time for them to...