SIM Ep 539 Chops 221: Chasing your dream (and some Olympic medals) with Bianca Walkden and Anna Hopkin
Earlier this month, Team GB finished the Tokyo Olympic games fourth on the medal table with a massive 65 medals, equalling our London 2012 Games haul. That makes us the first country to match its meda...
29 Aug 202126min
SIM Ep 538 Pod 168: Violence, Deceit, and Beefy polymorphs
Violence against women and girls is seemingly never out of the news, but certain necessary conversations just aren't being had. Journalist Rachel Thompson wanted to address these grey areas and she ta...
25 Aug 20211h 23min
SIM Ep 537 Chops 220: The Best Most Awful Job
You may well have heard the rumours that motherhood can be pretty hard work at times. Guess what... the rumours are true. In this week's Chops, Jen chats to two excellent writers, Saima Mir and Mimi A...
22 Aug 202144min
SIM Ep 536 Pod 167: Billie Holiday, accidental up the duffery and terror everywhere
It’s an epic challenge for our resident music expert Liz Buckley in this week podzine, as Mick asks her to cram as much info about the incredible Billie Holiday’s jam-packed short life into a 15-minut...
18 Aug 20211h 18min
SIM Ep 535 Chops 219: Pandora Colin on women, TV, theatre and pirates
Actor Pandora Colin is a human joy, so our Mick was delighted to natter with her about, well, all sorts. They chat the continued dearth of decent – decent being the key word – roles for women over 35 ...
15 Aug 202135min
SIM Ep 534 Outside The Box #36
Women, that's what we like on TV, and this time, we've the full gamut for you. From funny sisters in This Way Up and a hard-pressed working mum in I Am... Victoria to high school girls in Cruel Summer...
13 Aug 202135min
SIM Ep 533 Pod 166: Ghosts, regrets, soul and tiny feet
Regrets, we’ve had a few… and it probably does us the power of good to mention them. So says very wise and utterly lovely Amanda Prowse, the international best-selling novelist whose latest book, Wait...
11 Aug 20211h 19min
SIM Ep 532 Chops 218: Testosterone with Dr Carole Hooven
Is testosterone a feminist issue? Well, after reading Dr Carole Hooven's new book Testosterone: The Story Of The Hormone That Dominates And Divides Us, Hannah totally thinks it is. So, she got on the ...
8 Aug 202144min
