Bryony Byrne is a Fan/Girl
Writer, performer and comedian Bryony Byrne loved playing football at primary school. So why can’t she remember any footballers post 1998? She explores this, as well as gender stereotypes, and female ...
13 Aug 202424min
Harriet Constable on Anna Maria della Pieta: the orphan who made Vivaldi famous
Anna Maria della Pieta. Chances are you’ve heard of Antonio Vivaldi, but you’ve never heard of Anna Maria or her fellow female orphans at the Ospedale della Pieta, which in 18th century Venice boasted...
12 Aug 202424min
Bribing horses with Kerenza Bryson
Here at Standard Issue, we love the Olympics - because who doesn't? But we especially love the modern pentathlon, which got underway at this summer's Games on August 8 and continues until the final da...
9 Aug 202426min
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
