SIM Ep 665 Pod 178: A bawdy woman, a murderous bunch and a big old bum toot
Zadie Smith taking on Chaucer? Big yes please. This week, Mickey is chatting to actor Clare Perkins about Smith's new play The Wife of Willesden, playing a woman with five husbands and meeting Christo...
10 Nov 20211h 15min
SIM Ep 664 IMD21 #1: Beating eating disorders
It's that time of year where we let some dudes talk, for a change. In the first part of our 2021 International Men's Day series, Jen chats to comedian and author Dave Chawner about his experience of h...
7 Nov 202143min
SIM Ep 663 Flicking #19: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? HE'S HERE, PAL! Jen, Yosra and Mick recall teenage loins being aflame as, courtesy of Jen's pick, they watch Baz Lurhmann's 1996 take on the 424-year-old roma...
6 Nov 202127min
SIM Ep 662 Pod 177: Extraordinary women, surprising sports, and bring back Buddy's Song, actually
Pakistani-American artist and author Maliha Abidi is passionate about feminism and diversity, both of which come to the fore in her new book Rise: Extraordinary Women of Colour Who Changed the World. ...
3 Nov 20211h 17min
SIM Ep 661 Chops 231: The many "a-ha!" moments of Cecelia Ahern
Cecelia Ahern has written a lot of books, and now she's busying herself with producing and screenwriting, too. Fresh from publication of Freckles, her 18th novel, Cecelia joined Jen on the Zoom to cha...
31 Okt 202130min
SIM Ep 560 Gig 60: Millican, Wonfor and Ramsey
We’re back, baby! Our first gigcast in *checks calendar* a shit-long time and it’s an absolute corker. Obviously. Mickey’s joined by the boss Sarah Millican, journalist and excellent fact-haver Sam Wo...
27 Okt 202154min
SIM Ep 559 Chops 230: Forced adoptions
Diana Defries was just 16 when, like thousands of unmarried mothers in the UK between the 1940s and 1970s, she was forced to give her baby up for adoption. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human R...
24 Okt 202139min
SIM Ep 558 Pod 176: Fear, a Ford Focus, and 50 shades of shit
Get ready to hide under your duvet as we travel deep into THE FEAR for this week’s podzine. Hannah’s been on the Zoom with our pal and psychotherapist Jane Watson to talk fear: where it comes from, ho...
20 Okt 20211h 17min
