Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip

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STEVEN KNIGHT (Peaky Blinders / Taboo / Serenity) • Friday Rewind Aug 14, 2026

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This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Steven Knight, originally episode 256 from 2019-03-06.

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Chances are that if you are a Distraction Pieces Podcast listener (god bless you), you will be fully versed on Steven’s work. Pip references his work with a great and contagious fondness and for very good reason - he makes some incredibly fine film and television! This is a perfect opportunity to hear from the man in that director seat behind the curtain on a huge amount of topics and angles including the rule-based world of film making, his work on Locke, Peaky Blinders, Taboo and all the rest in his insane body of work, his new film Serenity and how he lucked out on getting his first choice cast picks, playing with reality, how we are all the lead roles in our own realities, the BBC leaving him alone in creating, the far and wide fans of Peaky, how one gets a cast together and that old unfinished story of Florence Pugh trying to smuggle she and Pip into Peaky too! Let’s see if the inception works, shall we? Great one here folks, enjoy!

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20 YEARS OF PIP (Part 2) • featuring Chris Glasson & Buddy Peace! #683 Aug 12, 2026

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!

This week Pip is joined by Hardcore Listing homie and long term real life homie CHRIS GLASSON, and podcast producer / DJ / beatmaker BUDDY PEACE for the second in a 3 part series of celebration episodes!

The continuation in the three part saga, on some Lord Of The Rings / Back To The Future / Godfather type ishh but right there in the middle. A lot more ground to cover here including the later stages of the music making, progressing into podcasting via radio, the London clubnight, and how the podcast itself spawned many other podcasts to follow... So much to get through - ENJOY!

HARCORE LISTING

BUDDY

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SOUAD MEKHENNET (I Was Told To Come Alone / The Eternal Nazi) • Friday Rewind Aug 07, 2026

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This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Souad Mekhennet, originally episode 169 from 2017-09-20.

Original writeup below:

You may have heard Pip hyping this one up for a minute, and quite rightly so - ladies and gentlemen, please welcome journalist, author, writer, Souad Mekhennet! A huge episode here, as Pip sits down with Souad for a nice good while to really get into her own story... And what a deep, heavy and truly daring life she has led, from beginning to present day - hear her recall some chills-inducing tales and truly unique meetings, from getting in deep into situations with Isis commanders, her interview with 'Jihadi John', and her career covering all manner of terrorist activities over the years, and SO much more, made all the more fascinating due to her being Muslim and female, which positions her uniquely for her line of writing and interviewing. It's also fascinating hearing her thoughts on what creates a perfect situation for men to become radicalised, and how it can mainly stem from a broken family life. This is an absolutely gripping conversation, to which this writeup would never do justice, and it's a wonderful commentary companion to her book 'I Was Told To Come Alone', which you should (and surely will) snap up at your nearest convenience.

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20 YEARS OF PIP (Part 1) • featuring Chris Glasson & Buddy Peace! #683 Aug 05, 2026

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!

This week Pip is joined by Hardcore Listing homie and long term real life homie CHRIS GLASSON, and podcast producer / DJ / beatmaker BUDDY PEACE for the first in a 3 part series of celebration episodes!

To be exact, a celebration of 20 years of Scroobius Pip, dating back to the first musical output and initial starting point in the entire journey. This goes back to those very first days, the days of Myspace and the four track limit (makes you feel nostalgic doesn't it...), the street art world, making music on a four track recorder and the lo-fi home studio setups, Björk and Sage Francis as early influences - and speaking of influences - the spoken word scene and pals made around that, early touring including the performances outside gig queues, booze as a prop, and all sorts of fun lil' Easter eggs and such. The cliff-hanger is a goody too... Enjoy!

HARCORE LISTING

BUDDY

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WIM HOF (Wim Hof Method 🥶) • Friday Rewind Jul 31, 2026

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This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Wim Hof, originally episode 136 from 2017-02-08.

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Don't get all wrapped and warm for this one - it's going to get incredibly frosty up in here... Chances are you may not already have made Wim's acquaintance - that's fine, for after this podcast you will most likely be digging around online and listening to his glorious cadence for hours to follow... If you have already broken the ice (skate over that pun) (and that one) with the man, you will surely be up to speed on The Wim Hof Technique, his apparently superhuman abilities to withstand cold, his infectiously positive and inspiring tones and talking points and his many accomplishments in the field of human endurance. Either way, this is a brilliant conversation (recorded from Wim's home in the outskirts of Amsterdam) which goes into everything you might want to know about the intriguing fellow himself.

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BLAINE HARRISON (MYSTERY JETS) • 2 decades & counting of perfect indie music (A Hole To See The Sky Through / 20 yrs of 'Making Dens'!) #682 Jul 29, 2026

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!

This week Pip is joined by Mystery Jets OG BLAINE HARRISON!

Mystery Jets are a total indie band sureshot, who are currently in the 20th anniversary year of their debut 'Making Dens' debut. They've been total crowdpleasers since the first days, rocking any venue they've graced (including Banquet Records to name one, who get flowers in perpetuity). Back then it was a VERY different time, and a near-unrecognizable media terrain in which many bands were assigned a persona, or vibe, or aura by the music press. The Jets were not immune to this and were often saddled with this and that from various publications, but thankfully forged ahead, and always retained pure love from their fanbase. Pip catches up with original member Blaine, who is such an easy breezy chat subject and has his own questions here and there too (Jets and Pip share 20th anniversary celebrations this year!). It was a really vibrant era back in 2006, but it's so valuable to see a successful band who are still rocking it with no loss of passion or ambition. A really fascinating episode which, as always, will appeal whether you're a Jets-head or you've never heard of 'em. ENJOY!

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STORE

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING (accessibility charity)

FLEA JOINT

BOY WHO RAN AWAY

EEL PIE ISLAND

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FRANK TURNER (Campfire Punkrock / Tape Deck Heart / Undefeated) • Friday Rewind Jul 24, 2026

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This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Frank Turner, originally episode 287 from 2019-09-11.

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…and about time too, as it’s been over 250 episodes since they last had a proper chat! As you can hear, the gap immediately disappears as they pick up effortlessly and gain quick ground about what’s been happening in their lives in the interim. Expect to hear all about the Frank Turner years, moving with ease through such topics as the parallels of touring and wedding organisation, the effects of extensive touring on a person’s life, the blowout cycle and mental health, tour PTSD and habit forming, the perils of talking about fame while being very self aware, cultural satnav and tour hacks, “grebos”, the plus side of the internet in terms of hunting for music, gateway bands, festival thoughts, the punk and non-punk ethos of opening for anyone, and most importantly - his 8TH SOLO ALBUM! With that comes his newfound respect for podcasters, the issue of a man writing about women and then where the path goes from here. PACKED AND AWESOME is what it is. You enjoy yerself!

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'TALES FROM NO MAN'S LAND' podcast

NO MAN'S LAND album

SISTER ROSETTA live

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CHRIS, STU & KUNT • Hardest Kids In School (Hardcore Listing / Off The Beat & Track / Kunt & The Gang) #681 Jul 22, 2026

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip!

This week Pip is joined by longtime podcast and life friends CHRIS & STU & KUNT for a roundtable episode!

Quick catch-up if you're new to the show (trigger warning for repeated "kunt" usage): Chris & Stu host the Hardcore Listing podcast, Stu does Off The Beat & Track and a ton of others, and Kunt is the frontman of the band Kunt & The Gang. Stu and Kunt also do the Acceptable In The 80's podcast. Pip, Chris & Stu form together to do the 'DrunkCast' episodes of Distraction Pieces, where they drink and generate like 5+ whole hour long episodes. So there we go!

Now we're all on the same page, here is the hypersquad teamup (minus booze) to chat about the hardest kids in school. Whether you remember them from back in the days (whatever era), or you're familiar with them right now if you're in school at the moment, this roundtable chat will ring bells with you for sure. For those who've led a charmed tough-kid-free life and are over 40, think Gripper Stebson from Grange Hill. There are definitely worse than that but we're using shorthand here! Names have been shortened or indeed redacted, but the memories are mostly clear and chances are that you'll start to recall the kids from your school as the episode unfurls. Or maybe you were the hard kid yourself. Which leads us to the existential side-quest - does a hard kid know they're a hard kid? One to consider. Enjoy! PS: the catchup at the start is mainly due to those unfamiliar with the entire cast here - cos you'll be hearing the word Kunt over about 80-90 minutes more than you might have before. As alwyas with these ones, go steady if you're playing it out loud in a situation with younger fam-folk!

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ACCEPTABLE IN THE 80s

OFF THE BEAT & TRACK

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ISY SUTTIE (film / theatre / TV / podcast) • Friday Rewind Jul 17, 2026

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This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Isy Suttie, originally episode 97 from 2016-05-10.

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A slammer of a show lies ahead of you ready for your listening enjoyment, as we welcome one of the UK's finest acting/writing/musical talents, the multi-threat herself, ISY SUTTIE! A wonderful and whimsical (license to use that word has been officially granted by Isy herself, you'll see) chat with Pip and Isy as we begin on the subject of hot beverages in some depth and take off from there! And from Tea Corner we do indeed take off into some awesome places, hearing from Isy on her wide ranging skills as an author/actor/musician, her podcast and radio show and her own early versions of these as a young child, Edinburgh Fringe experiences and the recent juggle of all this while being a mother! SO much more besides... Powerhouse business right here - get inspired and enjoy this wonderful chat.

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