SIM Ep 675 Chops 232: Caitlin Davies's Queens of the Underworld
Author and journalist Caitlin Davies is the cat’s fancy tracksuit when it comes to writing about women, crime and punishment, as first demonstrated in her 2018 book Bad Girls: A History of Rebels and ...
5 Dec 202139min
SIM Ep 674 Flicking #20: Jurassic Park
Dinosaurs! In this month’s episode of Flicking, clever girl Mick tells Yosra and Hannah why she loves, loves, loves Stephen Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park. Do they too feel the excitement?...
4 Dec 202125min
SIM Ep 673 Pod 181 Finding commonality, celebrating difference and throwing a box of JD through a window
Everyone loves a bit of LadyTech, right? Massive sigh. This week, Jen is chatting to CEO and founder of the Peanut app Michelle Kennedy, about finding solidarity among women and why "the ladies" get p...
1 Dec 20211h 22min
SIM Ep 672 IMD21 #5: Men’s Sheds
Think you know what a shed can do? Think again. The UK Men’s Shed Association (UKMSA) is an incredible movement of community spaces for men to connect, converse and create. Sheds combat loneliness and...
28 Nov 202131min
SIM Ep 671 IMD21 #4: Giles Terera and Michael Balogun on Blue/Orange
It's a cliche in theatre to say a play is more relevant than ever, but in the case of Joe Penhall's Blue/Orange, it's 100% true. A new version of it, starring Michael Balogun and Giles Terera is curre...
25 Nov 202146min
SIM Ep 670 Pod 180: Teenage angst, teenage dreams, and a purity spiral too far
After writing a piece exposing the call-outs, draggings and pile-ons rife in the toxic world of YA Twitter, author Kat Rosenfield found herself a target. She talks to Hannah about speaking out, as wel...
24 Nov 20211h 25min
SIM Ep 669 IMD21 #3 Matt Forde and the love Labour's lost
Matt Forde is a comedian whose book, Politically Homeless, charts his progress from working for the Labour Party to disillusionment in the Corbyn years. He's also the host of the excellent podcast, Th...
21 Nov 202157min
SIM Ep 668 Pod 179: Get Off, get empowered and get watching
Comedians Kiri Pritchard McLean and Nina Gilligan have launched Get Off! Live Comedy, an independent and confidential HR support service that deals with sexual harassment in live comedy. Hannah got on...
17 Nov 20211h 12min
