SIM Ep 557 Chops 229: The joy and importance of working-class writers
If you’ve been enjoying our working-class content recently – Hannah’s interviews with Sophie Willan and Lynsey Hanley, and our chats about the film Rocks and the documentary Harlan County USA are all ...
17 Okt 202140min
SIM 556 Pod 175: Flushed, free and on the picket line
If you've not been watching Back To Life, you're missing out, as you'll learn from our Mickey's chat with its creator and star Daisy Haggard. They chat about research, old-school romance and crisps. A...
13 Okt 20211h 11min
SIM Ep 555 Chops 228: Lynsey Hanley has class
Been listening to A Home Of Our Own, the Radio 4 series that started this week? You should be. In it, journalist and author Lynsey Hanley explores Britain's broken housing market through the stories o...
10 Okt 202138min
SIM Ep 554 Outside The Box #38
What the hell happened to evenings? If you want to fill the dark hours with some telly, we're here with some suggestions, including Help, Only Murders In the Building, Mr Mayor, Wolfe and The White Lo...
7 Okt 202139min
SIM Ep 553 Pod 174: NDAs, Antigone and – shit me! – it’s David Bowie
The use, or rather mis-use, of non-disclosure agreements is rife in all sorts of nefarious dealings. Zelda Perkins, former assistant to Harvey Weinstein and the first to break her NDA with him, and Ju...
6 Okt 20211h 22min
SIM Ep 552 Chops 227: Sarah Solemani likes good questions
Actor and writer Sarah Solemani has adapted Jo Bloom's novel Ridley Road into a four-part drama for the BBC, which starts tonight. Hannah chats to Sarah about the ups and downs of adapting someone els...
3 Okt 202124min
SIM Ep 551 Flicking #18: Rocks
Sarah Gavron and Theresa Ikoko's 2019 coming-of-age drama Rocks is our Yosra's homegrown pick for this month's deep delve into our favourite films. It’s the story of Shola, AKA Rocks (Bukky Bakray) – ...
2 Okt 202128min
SIM Ep 550 Pod 173: Awkward laughter, being your own champion, and sentient fuckholes
Nothing delights comedian Njambi McGrath more than the spice of uneasy laughter. Ahead of the Soho Theatre run of her standup show, Accidental Coconut, she chats to Mickey about mining humour from har...
29 Sep 20211h 11min
