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Back to SearchSIM Ep 513 Pod 158: Yarl's Wood, the Euros and David Bowie's wang (walk into a podcast)
It's Refugee Week, so Mickey has been on the Zoom with Agnes Tanoh and Sam Hudson from Women For Refugee Women about how Yarl’s Wood is a prison not …
5 years ago
SIM 512 Chops 210: charting Mary Wollstonecraft's love and fury
Mary Wollstonecraft is the subject of Samantha Silva’s latest book, Love And Fury, an historical fiction reanimating the life and legacy of arguably …
5 years ago
SIM Ep 511 Pod 157: Unwell women, Hill without Bill, and RELEASE THE KRAKEN!
Episode 511
Curtis Sittenfeld’s latest novel, Rodham, imagines an alternative history for Hillary Clinton – one in which she never married Bill – and she chats t…
5 years ago
SIM Ep 510 Chops 209: Jane Thynne is in Widowland
Best-selling author Jane Thynne's upcoming novel, Widowland, was inspired by reactions to Jane herself, after the death of her husband, fellow best-s…
5 years ago
SIM Ep 508 Pod 157: Isolation, celebration and parents who need to stay divorced
Ever read a book and thought, "I'd love it if (child I know) could read it, but it's still a bit old for them?" Well, Victoria Hislop has solved that…
5 years ago
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 pla…
5 years ago
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,…
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SIM Ep 504 Pod 155: Myths, panic, secrets, and lies
Episode 504
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…
5 years, 1 month ago
SIM Ep 503 Chops 206: The joy of Rakie Ayola
Episode 503
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…
5 years, 1 month ago
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 shitsho…
5 years, 1 month ago