SIM Ep 501 Pod 154: High hopes, low take-up and driving off a cliff at the end
The old world slowly returns, so Hannah's been on the blower to Standard Issue fave and new comedian Vix Leyton to chat about how she's salvaged a good year from a very bad one and our gradual reset t...
12 Maj 20211h 23min
SIM Ep 500, Chops 205: In the picture with Dr Catherine McCormack
For millennia, men have written the narrative around women's bodies and sexuality, and this applies to visual representations too, says Dr Catherine McCormack, art historian, independent curator, and ...
9 Maj 202138min
SIM Ep 499 Pod 153: Slugs, space and the need, the need for speed
Masturbation, owed orgasms, shame, grief and the word 'moist': all of them get a look-in during Mick's wide-ranging chat with excellent poet Hollie McNish, whose brilliant new book, Slug is a bona-fid...
5 Maj 20211h 22min
SIM Ep 498 Chops 204: Magic, pum-pums and the glory of fuck
Leone Ross’s incredible third novel, This One Sky Day (published as Popisho in the US), is a joyous magic realism adventure into self-acceptance and the power of people. It led to Leone and our Mick ...
2 Maj 202142min
SIM EP 497 Flicking #13: Airplane!
This month Mick takes us on a nostalgic voyage as the team revisits one of her childhood favourites, 1980's Leslie Nielson comedy vehicle, Airplane! Daft as you like and full to the brim with gags, bu...
1 Maj 202126min
SIM Ep 496 Pod 152: Embracing sadness, overturning assumptions, and Big Billy Two Dicks
How do you feel about being sad? It might be hard to feel good about it, but journalist Helen Russell has some excellent reasons to stop fearing it, as she chats to our Jen about her new book, How To ...
28 Apr 20211h 21min
SIM Ep 495 Chops 203: Survivor Stories
Personal testimony is a powerful part of the national debate about sexual abuse and in this week's Chops, Hannah gets on the Zoom with Journalist Lizzy Dening to find out more about her website Surviv...
25 Apr 202130min
SIM Ep 494 Pod 161: The outside world, the outside gym and the friend only you can see
The world is opening up again, but do all of us feel ready for it? Mick's been on the phone with Standard Issue's favourite psychotherapist, Jane Watson, to find out how to ease ourselves back into th...
21 Apr 20211h 12min
