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SIM Ep 794 Chops 233: Kate Nash is Positively Purple
With the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities coming up on December 3, Jen jumped on the Zoom with Kate Nash OBE, the woman behind Purpl…
3 years, 6 months ago
SIM Ep 793 Pod 231: Brexit fallout, lung power, fast women, and cats
Episode 793
Are we still talking about Brexit? You bet your badgers, we are, because it’s still causing – euphemism warning – mischief all over the political, tr…
3 years, 7 months ago
SIM Ep 792 IMD22: Jim Howick & Ben Willbond on the Ghosts of Christmas yet to come
After an eventful series four of everyone's favourite haunted house sitcom, Hannah catches up with two of its stars and co-writers, Jim Howick and Be…
3 years, 7 months ago
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 fir…
3 years, 7 months ago
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 …
3 years, 7 months ago
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…
3 years, 7 months ago
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…
3 years, 7 months ago
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 S…
3 years, 7 months ago
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 n…
3 years, 7 months ago
SIM Ep 785 Pod 228: Cat women, strong women and a woman with an egg
Episode 785
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 n…
3 years, 7 months ago