SIM Ep 773 Outside The Box #47
Not to remind you that the nights are drawing in, but *whispers* they are. So, let us help you plan some TV viewing. In this month's Outside The Box, we talk about The Capture, House of The Dragon, Sh...
30 Sep 202248min
SIM Ep 772 Pod 223: Girlfear, artistic elitism, and all the eff words
We'd take any excuse to chat to award-winning author Kamila Shamsie, and her excellent new novel, Best Of Friends, was more than enough reason for Mick to jump on the Zoom with her. In this episode, t...
28 Sep 20221h 32min
SIM Ep 771 Chops 265: Sophie Melville is Iphigenia In Splott
Austerity and the dangerously stretched state of the NHS have never cut so deep. And yet, that statement felt just as true back in 2015 when Iphigenia In Splott, Gary Owens’ lauded monodrama reimagini...
25 Sep 202227min
SIM Ep 770 Pod 222: Cricketing highs, cashflow lows, and some sexist hoofing
There’s no escaping that tough financial times are only going to get tougher, and so Hannah got on the Zoom with Dr Jodi Gardner to talk about debt, and why the demise of payday loan companies might n...
21 Sep 20221h 1min
SIM Ep 769 Chops 264: Sandy Hook, tragedy and truth
While most of the world was reeling from the shock of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, a conspiracy theory began to form that it was a hoax designed to force through new gun contr...
18 Sep 202236min
SIM Ep 768 Pod 221: Stitching, biting and being dangled out of a window upside down
Jen's taken up clothes making, so who better to get on the Zoom with than winner of 2021's Great British Sewing Bee, Serena Baker? They chat about stitching, sustainable fashion, and her book Serena S...
14 Sep 20221h 14min
SIM Ep 767 Flicking #29: True Grit
A western? About a spiky teenage girl? With Jeff Bridges? Who could possibly have chosen that? This month, it was (unsurprisingly) Hannah who plumped for the Coen Brothers' True Grit as the film under...
9 Sep 202223min
SIM Ep 766 Pod 220: Tourism, action, and dancing with hairlines
When we think about the average British tourist, we don’t always conjure the most sympathetic image. This week, Hannah chats to Lucy Lethbridge - author of fascinating new book Tourists - about the de...
7 Sep 20221h 25min
