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SIM Ep 925: Blast from the gigcast past #4 Dec 27, 2023

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We're having a little break for Christmas, but just in case you are jonesing for our voices, here's a favourite gigcast from days of yore. In this episode Hannah's revisiting one from way back in January 2017, when we spoiled you rotten by putting Sarah Millican, Sharon Horgan, Sandi Toksvig and Claudia Winkleman on the same stage. Yes, you read that correctly.

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SIM Ep 924 Pod 285: Bold women, busy women, and a couple of camels Dec 20, 2023

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The wonderful Lisa Palfrey is back on our screens over the festive period, alongside all of Wales (almost), in BBC One comedy drama, Men Up*, about a 1994 trial for the then-new drug, Viagra. Hannah jumped at the opportunity to get on the Zoom with Lisa to talk about the show, as well as Welsh talent, Christopher Guest, and one of Hannah’s faves, the 2014 film Pride.

Mick’s chatting to the legend that is Robyn Davidson, solo adventurer and author, whose wonderful new memoir, Unfinished Woman, explores unexpected fame, the slipperiness of memory and the impact of her mum’s suicide.

In Jenny Off The Blocks, Jen’s talking about history-maker Rebecca Welch, who is set to become the first ever woman to referee a Premier League match. And did our hearts love, or indeed loathe till now? We find out by watching 1998’s Shakespeare In Love, in Rated or Dated.

Meanwhile, given it's nearly Christmas, it's quiz time in BT! Head scratchers pertain to current cabinet ministers and a woman's missing identity. BIG CASH PRIZES!

* Men Up is on BBC1 on Friday, December 29 at 9pm. It will also be available on the iPlayer.

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SIM Ep 923 Chops 281: Rebecca Roache is not fucking offended Dec 17, 2023

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From the lowly F-bomb, all the way over to the spam-faced jizz clown end of the spectrum, we’re big fans of a swear here on Standard Issue. But why is swearing considered offensive when the words don’t really mean anything offensive? Dr Rebecca Roache, philosopher and senior lecturer at Royal Holloway, University of London, was keen to get to the bottom of this topic, which she examines in her book, For F*ck’s Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude and Fun.

In this week's Chops, she joins Jen to chat about swearing in general, what makes anything offensive, the double standard when it comes to women and “industrial” language, and why “cunt” is The Worst Word. Contains strong language.

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SIM Ep 922 Outside The Box #61 Dec 15, 2023

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Sure, you're probably busy with Christmas prep, but if you'd like some recommendations on what to watch during/after, you've come to the right place. This month we're talking about Lupin, Time, Kin, Vigil, Boat Story, Scrublands, The Crown and Squid Game: The Challenge. You're welcome.

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SIM 921 Pod 284 Homelessness, heroines and Howie (oh, Jesus Christ!) Dec 13, 2023

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Milton Keynes, once the UK capital of youth homelessness and dubbed "tent city" by the media, has successfully tackled its rough sleeping crisis. How? Hannah got on the Zoom with city councillor and soon-to-be Labour candidate in the next election (please arrive soon) to find out. Mickey asks theatre director Amy Hodge to pick her favourite kid as they talk about the fantastically great women getting some big rep in the stage show Fantasically Great Women Who Changed the World. In Jenny Off The Blocks, Jen's talking about Joey Barton talking (oh God!), and in Rated or Dated, there's a fiery death and folk music as we watch 1973's The Wicker Man (oh Jesus Christ!). Which is more horrific? You decide. Also, we decide. And in BT, who fancies a pit-stop operation? Anyone?

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SIM Ep 920 Flicking #44: Paddington 2 Dec 09, 2023

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SPOILER ALERT: It’s a massive love-in on Flicking this month, and rightly so, because our Hannah has picked the glorious Paddington 2. Seriously, what’s not to love? Yosra and Mick are also big fans, and there’s even a guest appearance from the bear himself.

It’s not all hearts and flowers, mind, as Hannah revisits a grudge against a cartoon bear from the past.

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SIM Ep 919 Pod 283: Revolting women, women drivers and knicker issues Dec 06, 2023

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Curator Linsey Young spent five years working on the excellent Women In Revolt! exhibition at Tate Britain and, trust us, it was time very well spent. In this week’s podzine, she talks to Mick about punk art, reclaiming bodies, a three-minute scream, working-class humour, constellations not stars, and eating a baby.

Jen has been on the Zoom with historian Kassia St Clair to chat about women drivers, the history of the average motor, sexy (and sexual?) cars, and her new book, The Race to the Future: The Adventure That Accelerated the Twentieth Century.

Meanwhile, in Jenny Off The Blocks, there’s huge news in women’s football, and the news has got Hannah smashing her (poorly) head against her desk in the Bush Telegraph. And seriously, who doesn’t want to see a model village destroyed by pebbles? Just one of Hannah’s excellent points in this week’s Rated or Dated when – is it a bird? (No) Is it a plane? (Kinda) – 1978’s Superman is in the hot seat/spiky starship.

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SIM Ep 918 Pod 282: Broken bits, Disobedient Bodies, and an absolutely massive voice Nov 29, 2023

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It’s pretty well documented that the beauty industry isn’t particularly kind to women, but why are we accepting the capitalist forces that make us feel almost universally crap about ourselves? And where do they even come from? These are questions that writer, academic and broadcaster Emma Dabiri sets out to answer in her new book Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty. And in this week’s podzine she chats to Jen about beauty standards, empowerment and doing beauty better.

Meanwhile, Hannah gets to be a hero just for fixing a hoover, as she chats to Fiona Dear, co-director of UK Strategy and Operations at The Restart Project, which aims to help us fix our own stuff and prevent it going to landfill.

In Jenny Off The Blocks, we're fighting fit again, and Jen’s bigging up Katie Taylor.Plus, we’re appreciating every single one of Jane Horrocks’s voices in this week’s Rated or Dated, as we revisit 1998's Little Voice. Can Mickey ever get over Michael Caine and his bee facts? Should she even try?

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SIM Ep 917 Chops 280: Arit Anderson and a big love of trees Nov 26, 2023

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Arit Anderson, garden designer, presenter on BBC Gardeners’ World, host of the Growing Greener podcast, and passionate environmentalist, really loves trees. So much so, she’s co-authored a book about them with botanist Dr Henrik Sjöman. The Essential Tree Selection Guide, in association with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, is a brilliant, comprehensive, jargon-free look at how which tree we choose to plant where really matters, as well as a tree bible when it comes to their climate resilience, carbon storage and other ecosystem benefits.

Our Mick also really loves trees, so was delighted to get Arit on the Zoom to chat about our arboreal friends, how we can save them, how they can save us, gardening opportunities, starting again in your forties, and how we can all do our bit when it comes to sustainability.

Photograph of Arit by Diana Monkhurst

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SIM Ep 916 Pod 281: Defending, trending and upending Nov 22, 2023

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As you know, we love an angry woman who gets shit done, so Mick's been on the Zoom with Lisa Baskott to find out about 2nd Line of Defence, her award-winning female-focused recruitment agency for the private security sector. Jen's chatting to fashion editor Bay Garnett about her new book Style and Substance: Why What We Wear Matters, thrifting a bargain and sustainable fashion. In Jenny Off The Blocks, Premiership women’s rugby is back and there's news about the environment and missing apostrophes in BT. And in Rated or Dated, are we laughing or wincing or both, as we watch Hannah's pick - 1983's Trading Places?

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