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 299 Pod 90: Greenham, Blue Peter and the bright white of another Ice Age

SIM Ep 299 Pod 90: Greenham, Blue Peter and the bright white of another Ice Age

Radical women, bloody-minded women, successful sports women: there's loads of positive stuff in this week's podcast – hurray! Hannah learns all about the excellent Greenham Women Everywhere project fr...

6 Nov 20191h 20min

SIM Ep 298 Chops 133: women smashing it in business with Anna Jones and Debbie Wosskow

SIM Ep 298 Chops 133: women smashing it in business with Anna Jones and Debbie Wosskow

Fiercely successful business brains Debbie Wosskow and Anna Jones, founders of leading women’s network The AllBright and authors of Believe Build Become, chat to Mickey about the power of failure and ...

3 Nov 201942min

SIM Ep 297 Gig 48: Stella Creasy and Taylor Glenn

SIM Ep 297 Gig 48: Stella Creasy and Taylor Glenn

It's rare we open a gigcast with the question "WTF?" but as our guests last month were MP Stella Creasy and US comedian Taylor Glenn it seemed rather fitting. We also talked about what we'd change if ...

30 Okt 201956min

SIM Ep 296 Chops 132: Venus with Sophie Duker

SIM Ep 296 Chops 132: Venus with Sophie Duker

Last week, Mick and Hannah went to the pub with comedian Sophie Duker to find out if life has changed since she became one of the first women of colour to be nominated for an Edinburgh Award. Spoiler ...

27 Okt 201931min

SIM Ep  295 Chops 131: Jemma Neville's Constitution Street

SIM Ep 295 Chops 131: Jemma Neville's Constitution Street

Back in August Jen caught up with Jemma Neville, author of Constitution Street, which charts the real-life stories on one Edinburgh Street. With Brexit looming – possibly, probably, who knows? – now s...

27 Okt 201932min

SIM Ep 294 Pod 89: People power, split screens, and blood lust

SIM Ep 294 Pod 89: People power, split screens, and blood lust

On this week’s pod, Mick chats to Alliance For Choice’s Danielle Roberts about some good news on reproductive and gay marriage rights in Northern Ireland, following changes to the law this week. Hanna...

23 Okt 20191h 27min

SIM Ep 293 Chops 130: Sara Sheridan asks Where Are The Women?

SIM Ep 293 Chops 130: Sara Sheridan asks Where Are The Women?

Back in August, Jen and Mick had a natter with pirate queen (of sorts), writer and wonderful human Sara Sheridan about her new book Where Are The Women: A Guide To A Reimagined Scotland. They talked a...

20 Okt 201928min

SIM Ep 292 Pod 88: Sisters, social media and... soccer (sorry, football)

SIM Ep 292 Pod 88: Sisters, social media and... soccer (sorry, football)

This week best selling author Jung Chang drops by to chat to Jen about her new book Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister, and the joy of archives. Mick and Hannah chat to Sarah Raphael and Naomi Shim...

16 Okt 20191h 25min

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