SIM EP 332 Chops 144: Portraying Pregnancy at the Foundling Museum

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

Putting the men into mental health, treating yourself as an ongoing project, accepting your parents as people, being a "woke feminist geezer", and when it's absolutely inappropriate to windmill – ther...

20 Nov 201958min

In the second of our International Men's Day 2019 specials, Hannah and Jen caught up with George Alagiah – journalist, author, and main dude at the BBC News at Six. They chatted living in a relentless...

19 Nov 201942min

In the first of this year's International Men's Day interviews, Hannah and Mickey went to London's Old Vic to meet actor Paterson Joseph, who is about to appear on stage as the Scrooge in Jack Thorne'...

18 Nov 201945min

In this episode, we're joined by comedian and Standard Issue fave, Jen Brister to chat about her new book The Other Mother. We talked about what it's like to be the "other" or non-biological mother of...

17 Nov 201935min

Dr Jen Gunter, gynaecologist, expert on women’s health, and author of bestseller The Vagina Bible, chats to Mickey and busts some myths about the vulva and vagina. From Greek statues to white knickers...

17 Nov 201930min

In this week’s podzine Hannah chats to author Anna Cosslett about her new book Your Life As I Knew It, about bringing up her severely autistic son, Huw. We’re joined in the studio by our resident cons...

13 Nov 20191h 23min

Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey are the two Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporters that broke the Harvey Weinstein story back in October 2017. It kickstarted the #MeToo movement, which continues...

10 Nov 201934min