SIM Ep 244 Chops 103: Period power with Maisie Hill
The menstrual cycle: it and its associated hormones (big hitters = oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone) have a massive impact on women's lives. And it's not all painful cramps and mood swings. Yo...
23 Jun 201934min
SIM Ep 244 Outside The Box #12
A bonus edition of Outside the Box this week, because TV keeps being so relentlessly good. This time we talk Ghosts, Black Mirror, Jessica Jones, The Handmaid's Tale and Years and Years. Plus, there's...
21 Jun 201935min
SIM Ep 243 Pod 77: refugees, elephants, Olympic legends and 1984
Sarah Millican – that’s right, the boss herself! – gets involved in this episode to talk about her new Radio 4 panel show, Elephant In The Room, which starts on Thursday 27 June. Author Dina Nayeri jo...
19 Jun 20191h 1min
SIM Ep 241 Chops 100: Susan Calman is (mostly) Sunny Side Up
Comedian and author Susan Calman chats to Mickey about her new book Sunny Side Up, covering all sorts of stuff, from how to navigate the depressing political environment of people yelling at each othe...
16 Jun 201938min
SIM Ep 242 Chops 101: The politics of drugs
Michael Gove's recent admission that he took cocaine in the past has seemingly affected his chances of becoming our next Prime Minister. But does anyone actually care? And if so, why? We chat to two e...
16 Jun 201931min
SIM Ep 240 Pod 76: Shit therapy, crap laws, but some Calman sunshine at the end of the tunnel
This week we catch up with mental health writer Michelle Thomas about her debut book My Shit Therapist. Frances Ridout, director of the Legal Advice Centre at Queen Mary University London, pops by to ...
12 Jun 20191h 23min
SIM Ep 239 Chops 99: Tin-can cooking with Jack Monroe
With people finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet and growing numbers stockpiling in Brexit bunkers across the land, we caught up with food writer Jack Monroe to chat about her new book Tin C...
9 Jun 201921min
Ep 238 Outside The Box #11
Was May 2019 the best month of TV ever? Our Hannah thinks so. She, along with Mickey and Jen, talk HBO drama Chernobyl, Sally Wainwright's Gentleman Jack, Shane Meadows' The Virtues, the end of Veep A...
7 Jun 201926min
