SIM Ep 371, Pod 109: Hugging, homelessness and Handsy Joe
We all miss hugging our friends, right? But will we ever feel safe to do it again? This week, Mickey got on the phone to psychotherapist Jane Watson to find out why all our emotions are clamouring to ...
6 Maj 20201h 35min
SIM Ep 370 Chops 160: The answer is quizzes
Quizzes are helping make Lockdown UK a bit more bearable, but you already knew that, right? Have a point! Hannah got on the phone with quiz enthusiasts and hosts of the excellent podcast Fingers on Bu...
3 Maj 202033min
SIM EP 369 Pod 108: Helping refugees, saving businesses, and not counting calories
In this week’s podzine, Mick chats to Sam Hudson of the charity Women For Refugee Women about how women refugees in the UK are faring in the Covid-19 pandemic. Meanwhile, on the business side of the c...
29 Apr 20201h 23min
SIM Ep 368 Chops 159: Women, COVID-19 and spotlit inequality
The Fawcett Society has been fighting sex inequality since 1886. Mick caught up with its CEO, Sam Smethers, to talk specifically about women and Coronavirus, and how the pandemic is further highlighti...
26 Apr 202026min
SIM EP 367 Pod 107: Beauty Bankssss, Shakesssspeare and snakesss
Snakes on a podcast! It's almost a theme this week. But not quite. We'll get to the reptiles in odd places, but first journalist, author and beauty guru Sali Hughes chats to Mick about her work as co-...
22 Apr 20201h 24min
SIM Ep 366 Chops 158: pet care in a pandemic
We don’t know about you, but animals are playing a big part in keeping us sane (sort of) in these unsettling times. And so, Hannah and Mick got on the Zoom to Dr Judy Puddifoot – TV vet and all-round ...
19 Apr 202023min
SIM Ep 365 Pod 106: Remembering Brexit, coping with stress and massive worms
With reports of domestic violence soaring in LockdownUK, Mickey gets on the phone to Dawn Redshaw, who runs two women’s refuges in Salford, to learn how they are coping and what we can do to help. We'...
15 Apr 20201h 19min
SIM Ep 364 Chops 157: Rebecca Schiller on Birthrights in the time of Corona
The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on the NHS and among users of the healthcare system, including pregnant women. Currently up the duff, our Jen caught up with Rebecca Schiller co-founder and ...
12 Apr 202032min
