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SIM Ep 665 Pod 178: A bawdy woman, a murderous bunch and a big old bum toot Nov 10, 2021

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Zadie Smith taking on Chaucer? Big yes please. This week, Mickey is chatting to actor Clare Perkins about Smith's new play The Wife of Willesden, playing a woman with five husbands and meeting Christopher Walken. Hannah catches up with comedian and top woman Zoe Lyons, who tells us about living with alopecia and why she's decided to talk publicly about it. In Rated or Dated, we're wondering if we'd make it through dinner, as we watch 1996's The Last Supper. And there's sniggering ahoy in The Bush Telegraph, as we discuss THE big story from COP26.

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SIM Ep 664 IMD21 #1: Beating eating disorders Nov 07, 2021

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It's that time of year where we let some dudes talk, for a change. In the first part of our 2021 International Men's Day series, Jen chats to comedian and author Dave Chawner about his experience of having anorexia, as well as Dr Stephen Anderson, an eating disorder psychiatrist and member of the board of trustees at Beat, the Uk's eating disorder charity.

They chat about what it's like to be a man suffering from an illness so typically associated with women, why eating disorders are on the rise in men, and why it's so important for those who are suffering to seek help. If you’re worried about your own or someone else’s health, help is available, and you can contact Beat 365 days a year on 0808 801 0677 or beateatingdisorders.org.uk .

While we've got you, Stephen is raising money for Beat by running the 2278 miles of Route 66 virtually, and has 853 left to go since starting in April. If you want to support him and support Beat, you can do so here: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/stephen-anderson23

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SIM Ep 663 Flicking #19: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet Nov 06, 2021

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O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? HE'S HERE, PAL! Jen, Yosra and Mick recall teenage loins being aflame as, courtesy of Jen's pick, they watch Baz Lurhmann's 1996 take on the 424-year-old romantic tragedy and are reminded just how damn pretty Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes were as the star-crossed lovers. Obviously, Lurhmann gives big Bill a nod in the film's title, but how does his mangling of Sheakespeare's text, frenetic camerawork and extended MTV video vibes stand up 25 years on? Does the fish-tank scene still make us all woozy? And does anyone know what Mercutio's wanging on about in that Queen Mab speech? Find out.

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SIM Ep 662 Pod 177: Extraordinary women, surprising sports, and bring back Buddy's Song, actually Nov 03, 2021

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Pakistani-American artist and author Maliha Abidi is passionate about feminism and diversity, both of which come to the fore in her new book Rise: Extraordinary Women of Colour Who Changed the World. She chatted with Mickey about art for social change, being bigged up by Malala, and staying sane on social media.

In Jenny Off the Blocks, the temperature may be dropping, but rounders is going nowhere. So says Natalie Justice Dearn, CEO of Rounders England, who has some surprising information for Jen about the much-loved "summer sport".

Meanwhile, there's some dangerous snoozing and unwarranted upbeat deliveries in the Bush Telegraph, and the team's swear jar is overflowing in Rated or Dated. Thanks Love Actually. Thanks a fucking bunch.

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SIM Ep 661 Chops 231: The many "a-ha!" moments of Cecelia Ahern Oct 31, 2021

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Cecelia Ahern has written a lot of books, and now she's busying herself with producing and screenwriting, too. Fresh from publication of Freckles, her 18th novel, Cecelia joined Jen on the Zoom to chat aboutfinding your tribe, befriending white van drivers, bringing the written word to the screen, and Sister Act – because why not?

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SIM Ep 560 Gig 60: Millican, Wonfor and Ramsey Oct 27, 2021

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We’re back, baby! Our first gigcast in *checks calendar* a shit-long time and it’s an absolute corker. Obviously. Mickey’s joined by the boss Sarah Millican, journalist and excellent fact-haver Sam Wonfor, and co-host of smash hit podcast Shagged, Married, Annoyed Rosie Ramsey, and the conversation is WIDE RANGING to say the very least.

Cheese, nans, Byker Grove, an innovative way to deal with dust bunnies, being a shit mam, Below Deck, true crime, the boss’s birthday, and bits of the Queen we’ve never thought about before all make the chat.

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SIM Ep 559 Chops 230: Forced adoptions Oct 24, 2021

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Diana Defries was just 16 when, like thousands of unmarried mothers in the UK between the 1940s and 1970s, she was forced to give her baby up for adoption. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has recently announced a new inquiry into these practices, and Diana told Jen about her experience, what an inquiry can achieve, and why the women affected - and their children - deserve and need an apology.

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SIM Ep 558 Pod 176: Fear, a Ford Focus, and 50 shades of shit Oct 20, 2021

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Get ready to hide under your duvet as we travel deep into THE FEAR for this week’s podzine. Hannah’s been on the Zoom with our pal and psychotherapist Jane Watson to talk fear: where it comes from, how to beat it, when to trust it, and why cotton wool is up there with spiders and falling.

Jen catches up with comedy writer Gabby Hutchinson Crouch to chat about her new book, Wish You Weren’t Here, the liminal spooksville of service stations, the horrors of 2016, and how the death of David Bowie might well have opened the Hellmouth.

Sticking with the spooky theme, we’re watching 1991’s The Addams Family and at the very least having a nice time with the theme tune *click click*.

The upcoming W Series finale, and a leaked report investigating bullying and harassment in horse racing are keeping Jen busy in Jenny Off The Blocks. And, because there’s nothing more scary than the real world, the team are dealing with 50 shades of shit in the Bush Telegraph.

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SIM Ep 557 Chops 229: The joy and importance of working-class writers Oct 17, 2021

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If you’ve been enjoying our working-class content recently – Hannah’s interviews with Sophie Willan and Lynsey Hanley, and our chats about the film Rocks and the documentary Harlan County USA are all well worth your ears – then here's another doozy for you, as Mick chats with writer Natasha Carthew, the founder and director of The Working-Class Writers Festival.

Natasha’s everything we love: extremely talented, generous, fiercely proud of being working-class, and a force of nature when it comes to getting fair recognition for working-class – and in particular working-class women – writers in fiction, non-fiction, and for telly and stage.

The Working-Class Writers Festival takes place in real life in and around Bristol, but there are also loads of events that can be attended online. Terri White’s there, Cash Carraway’s there, Val McDermid’s there, Sadie Hasler’s there: it’s going to be brilliant. And what’s more, everything is free. Give the festival a follow @ClassFestival on Twitter or visit bristolideas.co.uk to find out more about the many excellent events taking place October 21 to 24.

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SIM 556 Pod 175: Flushed, free and on the picket line Oct 13, 2021

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If you've not been watching Back To Life, you're missing out, as you'll learn from our Mickey's chat with its creator and star Daisy Haggard. They chat about research, old-school romance and crisps. Always with the crisps, those two. Meanwhile, Hannah's been on the Zoom with Catherine Cranfield to talk about Flushed, her play about premature ovarian insufficiency and in Jenny Off The Blocks, Jen's shocked - SHOCKED - by the findings of a new report into why girls are put off sport. There's a bit of Lego sticking in the throat in The Bush Telegraph, not that anyone should be putting Lego in their mouth, to be clear. And there's some tough, tough women in Rated or Dated, as we watch Barbara Kopple 1976's documentary Harlan County USA. All human life is here.

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