Ep 261 Pod 81: Old women, con women and high-fashion monks

Hannah and Mick are ingesting and spitting out the news this week, and you’ll perhaps be unsurprised to hear that Trump needs to do better, the BBC needs to do better, the Church of England needs to d...

27 Feb 202523min

Bryan Forbes’ 1975 satirical horror, based on the 1972 novel by Ira Levin, is so well known it's entered the lexicon. Is it a dystopian nightmare or does it have something to say about life right now?...

26 Feb 202529min

Eowyn Ivey, the million copy-selling author of The Snow Child, has been wanting to tell the story of her childhood her whole adult life. In her new novel, Black Woods, Blue Sky, she draws upon her exp...

25 Feb 202527min

‘Seasoned feminist hag’ Victoria Smith is sick to the back teeth of women being told to ‘just be kind’. This was catnip to our Mickey, who you’ll already have heard wanging on about Victoria’s 2023 bo...

24 Feb 202526min

Comedian, podcaster, novelist and mum-of-three, Sophie McCartney initially found fame with her hilarious online content, which she started posting when the Covid lockdown put her fledgling stand-up ca...

21 Feb 202525min

Mickey doesn't like jazz, Jen doesn't like long films and Hannah doesn't like Jude Law's face. So how is The Talented Mr Ripley going to go down in this week's Rated or Dated? Only one way to find out...

19 Feb 202527min

Don’t Make Me Laugh is telly writer and broadcaster Julia Raeside’s debut novel. Set in the world of UK standup, Julia’s using pure fiction (honest guv!) and dark humour to look at the men lurking in ...

18 Feb 202525min

Ever got drunk and started a punk band? Playwright Laura Horton has and, in today's podcast, she's chatting to Hannah about Lynn Faces, her play about the impact of coercive control and starting a pun...

17 Feb 202526min