SIM Ep 909 Chops 278: Vulga Drawings for your ears
Cartoonist Lily O’Farrell, who you probably know better as Vulga Drawings, does a fine line in accessible, fun, free, educational, feminist cartoons tackling hot-button topics and the kind of stuff yo...
5 Nov 202348min
SIM Ep 908 Pod 278: Chip stacking, whip cracking and nick-nacking
Poker might be male dominated, but is it a man's game? Is it hell, says science writer and competitive player Alex O'Brien. She talks to Hannah about what poker can teach us about what to do when the ...
1 Nov 20231h 24min
SIM Ep 907 Outside The Box #59
Autumn's usually a jam-packed time for TV schedules, but we're still waiting for some long-promised stuff. In this month's Outside The Box, we catch up with new arrival dates and take a look at some o...
27 Okt 202332min
SIM Ep 906 Pod 277: Killing Jack, Helen’s story and too much ballet
In playwright Sadie Hasler’s new thriller, Killing Jack, she explores women reclaiming the streets today, while honouring the lives of Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary Jane – the women kill...
25 Okt 20231h 10min
SIM Ep 905 Chops 277: Editing Alcott
Louisa May Alcott is best known for perennially popular novel Little Women, but her life, and indeed her mind, was a lot more interesting still. Hannah's been on the Zoom with writer and editor Liz Ro...
22 Okt 202327min
SIM Ep 904 Pod 276: Cosy crime, pool time, and rhythm and rhyme
With “cosy crime” making waves in the literary world right now, journalist Hazel Davis jumped on the Zoom to chat to writer Flic Everett about why we’re forgoing gritty reality, and her new series of ...
18 Okt 20231h 14min
SIM Ep 903 Chops 276: Still making space for girls
Susannah Walker and Imogen Clark are the two (very excellent) women behind Make Space For Girls, and you may remember Mick had a chat with them a couple of years ago when the charity was just nine mon...
15 Okt 202325min
SIM Ep 902 Flicking #42: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Indiana Jones: one of cinema’s greatest characters. It’s big talk from our Mick, who’s in charge of this month’s Flicking and has chosen her favourite (note: not the ‘best’) of the trilogy. Yes, trilo...
14 Okt 202326min
