SIM Ep 378 Pod 111: Sex, lies and the worst film of all time

SIM Ep 378 Pod 111: Sex, lies and the worst film of all time

As you probably know, we love old people here at Standard Issue, so our Jen got on the phone to Meryl Davies, chief executive of Re-engage, about respecting your elders and what we can do to help those who are socially distancing right now. We asked journalist and folk music fiend Hazel Davis to get on the phone with musician and ethnomusicologist Dr Fay Hield to chat about how the pandemic is affecting musicians and the inventive ways in which they’re surviving. Hannah chats to Dr Alyson McGregor about her new book Sex Matters and how Covid-19 presents an opportunity to change how we conduct health studies and collect statistics. Jen's talking big money and the chances of skipping the Tokyo Olympics entirely in Jenny Off The Blocks and in DDD, we watch classic bad filmPlan 9 From Outer Space. And in the Bush Telegraph, we're – er - let's just say, we're furious. You can probably guess why. 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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Helen Bain on Syliva Plath’s daffodil days

Helen Bain on Syliva Plath’s daffodil days

For her debut novel, Helen Bain chose one of her heroes as her focus: poet, author, arch-confessionist and genius, Sylvia Plath. The Daffodil Days spans a year and a half in Plath’s life, during which...

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Washing up with Isabel Daly

Washing up with Isabel Daly

Despite very little experience in feature filmmaking, director Isabel Daly teamed up with writer Issy Brett and actor/writer/producer, Carys Glynne, to make Washed Up, their debut feature film on a sh...

16 Mar 26min

Flicking #71: I Swear

Flicking #71: I Swear

Kirk Jones’s biographical drama based on the true life story of John Davidson, the man who taught Britain about Tourette Syndrome, is currently no 1 in the Netflix UK charts. It bagged lead actor Robe...

13 Mar 38min

The Bush Telegraph: Reports of our cognitive decline are greatly exaggerated

The Bush Telegraph: Reports of our cognitive decline are greatly exaggerated

Turns out we all just need to be a little more Linford, a little less Peter. Just one life lesson from Mick and Jen’s look at the news this week. There’s also the issue of savings versus compensation,...

12 Mar 27min

Rated or Dated: Lone Star (1996)

Rated or Dated: Lone Star (1996)

Long regarded as the peak of American indie filmmaking in the 1990s, John Sayles neo-western/murder mystery has a cracking cast and asks a huge moral question. Hannah thinks it's way ahead of its time...

11 Mar 30min

Poorna Bell wants more

Poorna Bell wants more

When she turned 40, journalist and author Poorna Bell decided she’d had enough of being told her best years were behind her – not least because she was seeing so many older women absolutely killing it...

10 Mar 26min

Paula Varjack on Nine Sixteenths and changing the narrative

Paula Varjack on Nine Sixteenths and changing the narrative

A “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Superbowl halftime show caused a huge furore and changed the course of Janet Jackson’s career for decades, while her fellow performer, Justin “Trousersnake” Ti...

6 Mar 28min

The Bush Telegraph: Just because you still have your teeth, doesn't mean you're not trying

The Bush Telegraph: Just because you still have your teeth, doesn't mean you're not trying

Sure, the news is all about the Middle East, but what else is going on? Quite a bit. In this week's Bush Telegraph, Hannah and Jen talk about how "baby brain" is actually good for women, the Telegraph...

5 Mar 24min

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