SIM Ep 267 Pod 83: cats, dogs, mums, babies, and books on fire
Cats in space, dogs in graveyards and other animal biographies come to the fore as Hannah chats with Kimberlie Hamilton, children's author of Rebel Cats; Brave Tales of Feisty Felines and Rebel Dogs: ...
21 Aug 20191h 16min
SIM Ep 266 Chops 116: Dorothy Koomson tells us her secrets
In this episode, Jen catches up with mega-author Dorothy Koomson, who tells her about her 15th book, Tell Me Your Secret. They chat bodily autonomy for women, violence, the "perfect" victim, and Casua...
18 Aug 201923min
SIM Ep 265 Pod 82: reproductive rights, social history and erotic hobbits
This week busy bee Mick chats to Dani Beckett of UK campaign organisation Abortion Rights about what's currently what in England, Scotland and Wales and how BoJo's new Cabinet might impact this and – ...
14 Aug 201952min
SIM Ep 263 Chops 114: Motherhood and monsterhood with Katie Hale.
In this episode, Jen chats to author Katie Hale about her new book I Am Monster, partly inspired by Robinson Crusoe and Frankenstein, as well as the current global political bin-fire. They chatted abo...
11 Aug 201924min
SIM Ep 264 Chops 115: homelessness – and what we can do to help
We wanted to do a homelessness special in the summer, because it’s a situation that gets a lot of attention at Christmas, but is a grim reality for many people all year round. Mick talks to absolute p...
11 Aug 20191h 6min
SIM Ep 262 Outside The Box #14
Orange is The New Black has come to an end and we chat its seventh and final series, as well as its legacy, in this month's Outside The Box. We also talk Dark Money, I Am... and Catch-22. Plus, Hannah...
9 Aug 201935min
Ep 261 Pod 81: Old women, con women and high-fashion monks
Why don't more of us appreciate how interesting older women are? It's a question we put to author and social history fan Kate Thompson, who came to tell us about her new novel Secrets of the Homefront...
7 Aug 20191h 17min
SIM Ep 259 Chops 112: F Off Facebook?
Do social media companies wield too much power or should we all take more responsibility for what we put online? It's a question The National Youth Theatre's new play F. Off is currently asking Edinbu...
4 Aug 201922min
