Rated or Dated – The Karate Kid (1984)
This week it’s Jen’s pick, ably assisted by Mick, who suggested 1984’s Rocky for kids, The Karate Kid. Why was she was so keen to rewatch that, we wonder. In unrelated news, how will Mick’s crush on R...
7 Aug 202432min
Leave Juliet Cowan alone
Twenty-five years after making the final of So You Think You're Funny, Juliet Cowan has taken her first show to the Edinburgh Fringe. She talks to Hannah about taking the estrogen goggles off, the ras...
6 Aug 202426min
Anna Akana warns us It Gets Darker
US comedian Anna Akana’s tagline might as well be ‘hello darkness my old friend’, because she travels into some pretty dark places for her comedy. This included talking about the stalker who hounded h...
5 Aug 202423min
Amy Conway invites you to a controversial funeral
Actor, playwright and civil celebrant Amy Conway's new one-woman show Catafalque opened at the Fringe last week and is soon to head off on a short tour of Scotland. In today's podcast, she's chatting ...
2 Aug 202423min
The Bush Telegraph: Choppy waters and gratuitous tits
Mick and Jen are on Bush Telegraph duties this week and trying not to get seasick as they negotiate the choppy waters of the Seine, remaining buoyed by Flavor Flav’s unlikely appearance in a pool. Mea...
1 Aug 202430min
Rated or Dated: Parenthood (1989)
Hannah's picked one of Jen's faves, so how's that going to pan out? This week, we're watching Ron Howard's comedy about raising kids, that comes with an all-star cast. Does Frank deserve redemption? D...
30 Jul 202431min
Sue Elliott-Nicholls’ History Social Club
London's East End has inspired hundreds of books, films, TV programmes and characters. Now, there's a new podcast dedicated to its history, courtesy of writer, actor, and broadcaster Sue Elliott-Nicho...
30 Jul 202428min
Susannah Walker goes feral, walking The Hard Way
Susannah Walker is one of the co-founders of brilliant charity Make Space for Girls, which campaigns for parks and other public spaces to be as welcoming for teenage girls as they are for teenage boys...
29 Jul 202422min
