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Back to SearchSIM Ep 854 Pod 255: The great outdoors and a colossal prick
Making babies for a chance to win cold, hard cash sounds like something out of a dystopian nightmare, but was something wealthy lawyer and high-level…
3 years, 1 month ago
SIM Ep 853 Chops 255: Cornwall, rural poverty, resilience and writing
Episode 853
Working-class poet and writer Natasha Carthew is Cornish. She grew up in a small village called Downderry, where the rockpools, beautiful beaches and…
3 years, 1 month ago
SIM Ep 852 Flicking #37: The Truman Show
Episode 852
Good morning listeners! And in case we don't see you, good afternoon, good evening and goodnight. Jim Carrey’s Truman Burbank is the star of this mon…
3 years, 1 month ago
SIM Ep 851 Pod 254: Lost on your own phone, faking your own death and starting your own day care
Digital frustration affects most of us, which probably explains why comedian Stevie Martin's sketches went viral in lockdown. This week, Mickey catch…
3 years, 1 month ago
SIM Ep 850 Chops 254: Baz Moffat’s revolution in women’s health and fitness
Born of frustration around a lack of body literacy and taboos hindering progress in women's health and fitness, Baz Moffat, a coach and former GB row…
3 years, 1 month ago
SIM Ep 849 Pod 253: Pod save the women and girls sector
Now then, it’ll probably come as no surprise to you that we reckon 51% of the population deserve to get a bit more than the 1.8% of the grants awarde…
3 years, 1 month ago
SIM Ep 848 Chops 253: Messalina - libelled or libidinous?
Episode 848
Messalina was the notorious third wife of Roman emperor Claudius. But is she also history's top shagger? Or its most maligned woman? Or, and hear us …
3 years, 1 month ago
SIM Ep 847 Pod 252: Welsh strength, weird stuff in boxes, and we-ellll…
Our Mick is a big fan of strength training these days, and so she was delighted to jump on the Zoom with writer Rebecca F John to hear all about real…
3 years, 1 month ago
SIM Ep 846 Pod 251: Comedy royalty, centring netball and what's happening in Timeline B
Vicki Pepperdine is in some of our favourite comedies, so - of course - we leapt at the chance to have her on the podcast. Vicki chats to Hannah abou…
3 years, 2 months ago
SIM Ep 845 Chops 252: Gushing about The Dry
The Bafta Television Craft Awards get dished out tonight, so Hannah's been on the Zoom with Nancy Harris, one of the nominees in the Best Writer (Com…
3 years, 2 months ago