SIM Ep 865 Pod 261: Unsafe data, moist cakes and a woman trying to better herself
We all need to worry about laws impinging on our right to keep our data, and specifically our phones, private. That's according to Kate Stonehill, director of new feature documentary Phantom Parrot. J...
27 Jun 20231h 6min
SIM Ep 864 Chops 260: Jude Kelly is a Primadonna
In a career spanning more than 40 years, Jude Kelly – theatre director, and CEO and founder of the WOW Foundation – has done A LOT. As well as her previous role as artistic director of London’s Southb...
25 Jun 202329min
SIM Ep 864 Pod 259: Love Island, Brokeback Mountain and Global Thermonuclear War
Ruth Kelly’s debut thriller, The Villa, is a sharp social commentary on the dark side of reality TV, as well as a total page turner. She tells our Mick about her time watching people in a glass box in...
21 Jun 20231h 29min
SIM Ep 863 Chops 259: McLennan & McCartney (Australia's Lennon & McCartney?)
Amazon's new murder-mystery series Deadloch is the latest project from Australian comedy pairing Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney. So, it's got many jokes and zero naked dead women. Hannah got on the ...
18 Jun 202331min
SIM Ep 862 Flicking #38: The Philadelphia Story
STOP PRESS: Hannah Dunleavy – yes, *our* Hannah Dunleavy – has only gone and picked a rom-com for Flicking. In the face of such a shocker, will Mick and Yosra even be capable of speech in order to sha...
17 Jun 202326min
SIM Ep 861 Pod 258: Three Women and a Rosemary's Baby
It’s British Summer Time (almost)! What better way to celebrate than with some new music on the beach? In this week’s podzine, Jen catches up with Jessie Maryon Davies, musical director and composer, ...
14 Jun 20231h 13min
SIM Ep 860 Chops 258: Opening the window on the Shubbak Festival
Shubbak Festival is the UK's largest biennial celebration of contemporary Arab culture, bringing new and unexpected voices together with established artists to London – and other parts of the UK. It r...
11 Jun 202325min
SIM Ep 859 Pod 257: Unbreakable, unlikeable and lousy with virginity
We're back to the witch hunts this week, albeit of a different kind, as Hannah chats to Sophie Perrins, producer of new documentary Forced Out. They chat about the hard reality of what it meant to be ...
7 Jun 20231h 25min
