SIM Ep 767 Flicking #29: True Grit
A western? About a spiky teenage girl? With Jeff Bridges? Who could possibly have chosen that? This month, it was (unsurprisingly) Hannah who plumped for the Coen Brothers' True Grit as the film under...
9 Sep 202223min
SIM Ep 766 Pod 220: Tourism, action, and dancing with hairlines
When we think about the average British tourist, we don’t always conjure the most sympathetic image. This week, Hannah chats to Lucy Lethbridge - author of fascinating new book Tourists - about the de...
7 Sep 20221h 25min
SIM Ep 765 Chops 263: Natalie Haynes and the monstering of Medusa
Back last May, when Mick interviewed classicist, comedian and author Natalie Haynes about Pandora’s Jar – her anthology of women in Greek myths – she asked who Natalie’s favourite woman from Greek myt...
4 Sep 202233min
SIM Ep 764 Pod 219: Life under the Taliban, and a man on the edge
It’s a year since US and UK troops pulled out of Afghanistan, in what can only be termed a clusterfuck of mishandling. The Taliban wasted no time in regaining control of the country and, despite a lot...
31 Aug 202255min
SIM Ep 762 Pod 218: Witch prickers, wipeouts, and what a lot of tits
Tracy Dawson had a steep learning curve when she was starting out in screenwriting, as she came to realise the same opportunities didn’t exist for her, deemed as “niche” as a woman, as they did for me...
24 Aug 20221h 25min
SIM Ep 761 Outside The Box #46
It's not been all sport and Love Island on the telly in August. In fact, it's not even been all August on our TVs, as we tuck in to recent offerings as well as some stuff we've been meaning to watch f...
18 Aug 202238min
SIM Ep 760 Pod 217: Hungry women, toxic love, and ‘80s face
What would happen if a food writer became an accidental murderer and deliberate cannibal? In this week’s podcast, Mick finds out as she chats to journalist Chelsea G Summers about her debut novel A Ce...
17 Aug 20221h 34min
SIM Ep 759 Chops 261: Esther Manito knows it’s #NotAllMen
“Being the guy who wanks on the Tube – that’s not aspirational.” Just some of the words of wisdom from this week’s Chops guest, comedian Esther Manito, who has some thought-provoking opinions around t...
14 Aug 202227min
