SIM Ep 791 Outside The Box #49
In this month's Outside The Box, we're asking all the important questions. Has The White Lotus set itself too high a bar? Will The English be the first Hugo Blick series Hannah likes? Why didn't anyon...
18 Nov 202237min
SIM Ep 790 Pod 230: Poverty, posters and Peter's short shorts
The cost of living is dominating conversations around the country, so, in this week's podcast, Jen chats to Helen Barnard, associate director of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and director of researc...
16 Nov 20221h 25min
SIM Ep 789 Chops 232: Depressed? Blurt it out, says Maddy Dilley
This week in the Chops, we’re chatting depression, because – as we’re seemingly constantly told – it’s okay to not be okay and it’s good to talk. But what do those soundbites really mean and how helpf...
13 Nov 202230min
SIM Ep 788 Flicking #31: West Side Story (1961)
SIM Ep 788 Flicking #31: West Side Story (1961) Our Yosra Osman isn’t alone in loving 1961’s cinematic musical West Side Story, in which love-at-first-sighters Maria and Tony find themselves entangled...
12 Nov 202227min
SIM Ep 787 Pod 229: Brains, balls and not nature's banana
“What’s going on inside our noggins?” is a question we are often terrified to ask, but neuroscientist and Standard Issue favourite Professor Sophie Scott is more than happy to delve right in. She chat...
9 Nov 20221h 18min
SIM Ep 786 Chops 231 Dr Amy Jeffs is wild at heart
Medieval Britain can feel somewhat impenetrable, even for history fans, so thank goodness for Dr Amy Jeffs, writer of the best-seller Storyland and new book Wild: Tales From Early Medieval Britain. Sh...
6 Nov 202224min
SIM Ep 785 Pod 228: Cat women, strong women and a woman with an egg
The expression "cat lady" comes with a lot of baggage, something writer and podcaster Dawn O'Porter couldn't understand. She talks to Jen about her new book Cat Lady, which challenges stereotypes arou...
2 Nov 20221h 20min
SIM Ep 784 Chops 230: Mellany Robinson investigates wicked spirits
In Essex alone, around 1000 people – predominantly women – were accused of witchcraft between the 1500s to 1800s, as part of the now infamous English witch trials. As the jail where many of the accuse...
30 Okt 202232min
