SIM Ep 924 Pod 285: Bold women, busy women, and a couple of camels
The wonderful Lisa Palfrey is back on our screens over the festive period, alongside all of Wales (almost), in BBC One comedy drama, Men Up*, about a 1994 trial for the then-new drug, Viagra. Hannah j...
20 Dec 20231h 28min
SIM Ep 923 Chops 281: Rebecca Roache is not fucking offended
From the lowly F-bomb, all the way over to the spam-faced jizz clown end of the spectrum, we’re big fans of a swear here on Standard Issue. But why is swearing considered offensive when the words don’...
17 Dec 202340min
SIM Ep 922 Outside The Box #61
Sure, you're probably busy with Christmas prep, but if you'd like some recommendations on what to watch during/after, you've come to the right place. This month we're talking about Lupin, Time, Kin, V...
15 Dec 202333min
SIM 921 Pod 284 Homelessness, heroines and Howie (oh, Jesus Christ!)
Milton Keynes, once the UK capital of youth homelessness and dubbed "tent city" by the media, has successfully tackled its rough sleeping crisis. How? Hannah got on the Zoom with city councillor and s...
13 Dec 20231h 21min
SIM Ep 920 Flicking #44: Paddington 2
SPOILER ALERT: It’s a massive love-in on Flicking this month, and rightly so, because our Hannah has picked the glorious Paddington 2. Seriously, what’s not to love? Yosra and Mick are also big fans, ...
9 Dec 202324min
SIM Ep 919 Pod 283: Revolting women, women drivers and knicker issues
Curator Linsey Young spent five years working on the excellent Women In Revolt! exhibition at Tate Britain and, trust us, it was time very well spent. In this week’s podzine, she talks to Mick about p...
6 Dec 20231h 38min
SIM Ep 918 Pod 282: Broken bits, Disobedient Bodies, and an absolutely massive voice
It’s pretty well documented that the beauty industry isn’t particularly kind to women, but why are we accepting the capitalist forces that make us feel almost universally crap about ourselves? And whe...
29 Nov 20231h 11min
SIM Ep 917 Chops 280: Arit Anderson and a big love of trees
Arit Anderson, garden designer, presenter on BBC Gardeners’ World, host of the Growing Greener podcast, and passionate environmentalist, really loves trees. So much so, she’s co-authored a book about ...
26 Nov 202344min
