SIM Ep 464 Flicking #10: Mommy
Powerhouse performances, intriguing aspect ratio and fidget-inducing discomfort: Yosra's pick of 2014's Mommy from wünderkind director Xavier Dolan is a fresh watch for Mick and Jen. What do they make...
6 Feb 202127min
SIM Ep 463 Pod 141: African Europeans, The Troubles and ‘anyone for tennis?’
In 2018, Professor Olivette Otele became the UK’s first black female history professor. 2018! She chats to Mick about missing stories, her book African Europeans, and the toppling of Edward Colston. H...
3 Feb 20211h 30min
SIM Ep 462 Chops 192: Cerys Matthews and the origin of the croissant (among other things)
Cerys Matthews – singer, songwriter, author, broadcaster and indisputable champion of unusual sounds on the radio (hello yodelling!) – chats to journalist Hazel Davis about all manner of things in thi...
31 Jan 202131min
SIM 461 Pod 140: Craftivism, cunning characters, and caring
There’s plenty to be making noise about at the moment, but activism can take many different forms, so in this week’s podzine, Hannah gets on the blower to comedian, writer and Standard Issue fave, Jen...
27 Jan 20211h 18min
SIM Ep 460 Chops 191: This is why we all need to resist
Political commentator, indefatigable activist and all-round top woman, Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu is a familiar face fighting the anti-racism fight on TV screens, social media and now, um, Tik-Tok. Her b...
24 Jan 202139min
SIM 459 Pod 139: Resisting, rethinking and remaking a perfectly good dress
January is a good time to try to get on top of your finances, so Hannah's been on the Zoom to author and podcaster Selina Flavius to talk about her new book Black Girl Finance and why we should all ta...
20 Jan 20211h 12min
SIM Ep 458 Chops 190: Mary Beard is inside culture
As America experiences its most contentious transfer of power in generations, Hannah chats to historian Mary Beard about why succession is always a fraught and dangerous time, how society deals with "...
17 Jan 202136min
SIM Ep 457 Pod 138: Science, cancer, and hey The Kids, u ok hun?
Covid is hitting cancer patients especially hard, and Professor Pat Price, chair of the charity Action Radiotherapy and founder of Radiotherapy4Life and the #CatchUpWithCancer campaign, talks to Jen a...
13 Jan 20211h 25min
