SIM Ep 506 Pod 156: We are the stigmatists, journalists and weirdos, mister
It’s hard for teenage girls to make their voices heard at the best of times, let alone in the midst of a global pandemic. This week Mick chats to playwright and co-director of Illumine Theatre, Lisa P...
26 Maj 20211h 6min
SIM Ep 505 Chops 207 Transforming drug policy
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Misuse of Drugs Act, so Hannah's been on the Zoom to Jane Slater, of the campaign group Transform Drugs, to talk about where and why reform is needed. They...
23 Maj 202135min
SIM Ep 504 Pod 155: Myths, panic, secrets, and lies
What have the Greek myths ever done for us? Loads, it turns out, as writer, broadcaster, classicist and comedian Natalie Haynes explains to Mickey in this week’s podzine. They chat about how the Class...
19 Maj 20211h 21min
SIM Ep 503 Chops 206: The joy of Rakie Ayola
You’ll no doubt recognise award-winning actor Rakie Ayola from her wide-ranging stuff on the telly – from Black Mirror to EastEnders to Doctor Who to Noughts + Crosses to Holby City – or you may have ...
16 Maj 202130min
SIM Ep 502 Outside The Box #33
Lots of returning BBC comedy series this month, but we still had time to take a look at the finale of Line of Duty, Viewpoint and its ensuing shitshow, Kate Winslet in Mare of Easttown and Ian Wright'...
14 Maj 202148min
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
