SIM Ep 219 Chops 92: Joanne Harris, magic, empty nests and the scent of a colour

SIM Ep 219 Chops 92: Joanne Harris, magic, empty nests and the scent of a colour

Joanne Harris, globally bestselling author of Chocolat (among many other books), chats to our Mickey about her latest novel, The Strawberry Thief, and a whole host of other topics, including empty nest syndrome, magic and folklore, the pinkification of women authors, being badass on Twitter, and that time someone left a machine gun in her garden hedge. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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SIM Ep 315 Outside The Box #18

SIM Ep 315 Outside The Box #18

Got a load of Christmas wrapping to do? Then why not park yourself in front of the telly and get viewing? We talk Watchmen, The Crown, His Dark Materials, Ladhood, Guilt and War of The Worlds in this ...

6 Des 201929min

SIM Ep 314 Pod 92: Elections, abuse and awareness

SIM Ep 314 Pod 92: Elections, abuse and awareness

In this episode we chat to Fiona Mackenzie of We Can’t Consent To This, a campaign highlighting the alarming trend of men claiming ‘rough sex’ as a defence against injuring and killing women. Author a...

4 Des 201959min

SIM Ep 313 Chops 137: The (feminist) little mermaid

SIM Ep 313 Chops 137: The (feminist) little mermaid

The Little Mermaid is a much-loved fairy Hans Christian Andersen tale that became a Disney film classic. But boy oh boy is it problematic. Author Louise O’Neill has written The Surface Breaks a cracki...

1 Des 201924min

SIM Ep 312 Gig 49: Cairney and Jones

SIM Ep 312 Gig 49: Cairney and Jones

Gemma Cairney and Rosie Jones join Hannah, Mick and Jen to chat fighting with furniture, sledging for Brexit, starting a commune, pissing yourself on Mastermind, the kindness of strangers, and ham on ...

27 Nov 201951min

SIM Ep 311 IMD 19 #7: Buses4Homeless

SIM Ep 311 IMD 19 #7: Buses4Homeless

Getting solutions to homelessness on the road (well, in a secure site) has become businessman Dan Atkins' passion. Mickey caught up with the founder of Buses4Homeless to find out more about this low-c...

24 Nov 201931min

SIM Ep 310 IMD 19 #6: Lemn Sissay's Name Is Why

SIM Ep 310 IMD 19 #6: Lemn Sissay's Name Is Why

Lemn Sissay's no. 1 Sunday Times' bestseller My Name Is Why tells the story of the poet and broadcaster's childhood in the care system. For the sixth episode in our International Men's Day series, Jen...

23 Nov 20191h 1min

SIM Ep 309 IMD 19 #5: Chris Spencer's Cold War Steve

SIM Ep 309 IMD 19 #5: Chris Spencer's Cold War Steve

Hot on the heels of yesterday's political animals comes Chris Spencer, the man behind radical figure, Cold War Steve. Jen chats to Chris about how Phil Mitchell became the poster boy for Britain's pol...

22 Nov 201930min

SIM Ep 308 IMD 19 #4: Chris Addison and Femi Oluwole

SIM Ep 308 IMD 19 #4: Chris Addison and Femi Oluwole

Politics has become very macho and very toxic in recent years, so in the fourth of our International Men's Day interviews, we invited political activist Femi Oluwole and comedian and writer Chris Addi...

21 Nov 201958min

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