SIM Ep 854 Pod 255: The great outdoors and a colossal prick
Making babies for a chance to win cold, hard cash sounds like something out of a dystopian nightmare, but was something wealthy lawyer and high-level prankster/prick Charles Vance Millar planned for l...
24 Mai 202349min
SIM Ep 853 Chops 255: Cornwall, rural poverty, resilience and writing
Working-class poet and writer Natasha Carthew is Cornish. She grew up in a small village called Downderry, where the rockpools, beautiful beaches and hedgerows were as constant as the low wages, high ...
21 Mai 202329min
SIM Ep 852 Flicking #37: The Truman Show
Good morning listeners! And in case we don't see you, good afternoon, good evening and goodnight. Jim Carrey’s Truman Burbank is the star of this month’s Flicking, but maybe we’re all the subjects of ...
20 Mai 202328min
SIM Ep 851 Pod 254: Lost on your own phone, faking your own death and starting your own day care
Digital frustration affects most of us, which probably explains why comedian Stevie Martin's sketches went viral in lockdown. This week, Mickey catches up with her to talk about all sorts, including h...
16 Mai 20231h 26min
SIM Ep 850 Chops 254: Baz Moffat’s revolution in women’s health and fitness
Born of frustration around a lack of body literacy and taboos hindering progress in women's health and fitness, Baz Moffat, a coach and former GB rower, founded The Well HQ in 2021 with scientist Dr E...
14 Mai 202342min
SIM Ep 849 Pod 253: Pod save the women and girls sector
Now then, it’ll probably come as no surprise to you that we reckon 51% of the population deserve to get a bit more than the 1.8% of the grants awarded to charities in the women and girls sector. That ...
10 Mai 20231h 19min
SIM Ep 848 Chops 253: Messalina - libelled or libidinous?
Messalina was the notorious third wife of Roman emperor Claudius. But is she also history's top shagger? Or its most maligned woman? Or, and hear us out, can she be both? Hannah got on the Zoom with h...
7 Mai 202328min
SIM Ep 847 Pod 252: Welsh strength, weird stuff in boxes, and we-ellll…
Our Mick is a big fan of strength training these days, and so she was delighted to jump on the Zoom with writer Rebecca F John to hear all about real-life Welsh strongwoman Kate Williams, aka Victoria...
3 Mai 20231h 10min
