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SIM Ep 457 Pod 138: Science, cancer, and hey The Kids, u ok hun? Jan 13, 2021

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Covid is hitting cancer patients especially hard, and Professor Pat Price, chair of the charity Action Radiotherapy and founder of Radiotherapy4Life and the #CatchUpWithCancer campaign, talks to Jen about what that means in human terms, the state of the NHS, what can be done, and how the Catch Up With Cancer campaign can help.

The miracle of science that is Dr Suze Kundu gets on the Zoom with Mick to talk vaccines, what’s happening in the world of STEM, how to tackle those home-school science lessons and – of course – how it's going for women and girls in science.

Over on Jenny Off The Blocks, Jen’s explaining why those “business meetings in Dubai” have made for a bad week for the Women’s Super League, while in Rated or Dated, the team asks "What's with the kids today? Erm, sorry, in the ‘50s?" as they watch 1955 classic, Rebel Without A Cause. Plus, in the Bush Telegraph, there's all sorts of GOOD news. We shit you not.

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SIM Ep 456 Chops 189: Getting Niix fit with Nicki Philips Jan 10, 2021

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Since it's January, and you might be thinking about getting all Joe Wicks for the new year, Jen caught up with pilates expert, PT and founder of wellness brand Niix, Nicki Philips. They chatted about the new fitness app the brand has launched, how Covid has changed the fitness world, and why it just doesn’t matter if you want to eat that doughnut.

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SIM Ep 455 Flicking #9: The Straight Story Jan 09, 2021

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Rev up your petrol lawnmower, clamber aboard and come on a journey of discovery as Yosra watches Mick's pick of 1999's The Straight Story for the very first time. Does she like it? Is Hannah happy to sit through it again? And what magic happens when Walt Disney, David Lynch and an old cowboy get together?

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SIM Ep 454 Pod 136: Debt, Driving Forces and ¿donde esta el water sword? Jan 06, 2021

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As the UK teeters on the edge of another economic crisis, Hannah gets on the blower to Dr Jodi Gardner to chat about austerity and what the Government could be doing to avoid the mistakes of the past. Is it, do we think? *hollow laughter* Jen chats to Judy Murray about her new women’s sports series, Driving Force, and how to turn your kids into tennis champions. And hold on to your stolen leather jackets, because in this week’s Rated or Dated, we’re taking an inappropriate extra-curricular play date with 1996’s Dangerous Minds. Plus, coming live from tier nine thousand eight hundred and twelve, the gang discuss new rules, shambolic schools, and just how Spanish you have to be, to be, well, Spanish.

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SIM Ep 454 Gig 59: Millican, Dunleavy, Noonan and Offord Jan 03, 2021

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What a year, eh? The almost constant doom and gloom of 2020 is why we decided to record a relentlessly chipper gigcast for the start of 2021. And so we got the Standard Issue family – Mick, Hannah, Jen and the boss Sarah Millican – together for a Zoom natter.

Chat includes flotation tank horror, contouring with Marmite, tiny hats for rats, playing find the poo, Penguin Ski Sunday, book recommendations, and the unmitigated joy of a good cackle.

This podcast was recorded at the beginning of December.

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SIM Ep 453: Review of the Year with Hazarika and Lewis Dec 30, 2020

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2020 has been wild/weird/traumatic/a relentless knobhead (delete where applicable) so for our review of the year we've brought in the big guns: Ayesha Hazarika and Helen Lewis. We talk about how the Government has coped with the pandemic and how the public has coped with the lockdown, as well as cancel culture, woke capitalism, Biden's victory and zombie minks. Tuck in!

* This podcast was recorded on December 16, 2020

* The tale of the exploding whale is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPuaSY0cMK8

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SIM Ep 452 Outside The Box #29 Dec 27, 2020

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Christmas probably hasn't been what you planned this year, but we can at least help keep you entertained for the rest of December. In this month's Outside The Box, we talk about the Ghosts Christmas special, Ridley Scott's HBO sci-fi Raised By Wolves and the upcoming Beeb mini-series Black Narcissus. And we're doing a TV review of the year and chatting about some of our faves of 2020, including I May Destroy You, I Hate Suzie, Crip Camp, The Plot Against America, The Mind of Aaron Hernandez, Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus, Home, What We Do In The Shadows, Bojack Horseman and In My Skin.

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SIM Ep 451: Games, Hope and charity this Christmas Dec 23, 2020

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Our Christmas interview special has light, shade, laughs and a slice of Hope. Ellie Gibson – games journalist, co-host of the Extra Life podcast, and "the common one " (her words) from the Scummy Mummies – is here to tell you all about the joys of gaming. She chats to our Mick about navigating the uber-male world of gaming, letting your kids loose online, and the strangely therapeutic powers of virtual farming.

Meanwhile, our Jen chats to Liz Scowcroft, head of research and evaluation at Samaritans, about loneliness at Christmas and what can be done to keep an eye on those that might be struggling, and she also catches up with mental health campaigner and writer Hope Virgo, about something to look forward to in January – finally! – with the charity's Brew Monday, and new book How To Listen.

You'll also hear our Hannah with a reminder that anyone feeling lonely on Christmas Day should definitely check out the boss's excellent Twitter love-in #JoinIn, which will be bringing people together online for the tenth year running.

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SIM Ep 450 Chops 188: Sian Harries is Frothing Dec 20, 2020

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We can all agree there has been too much news this year, right? So, our final Chops of 2020 is all about froth, as Hannah chats to screenwriter Sian Harries, co-host (with her husband Rhod Gilbert) of the podcast, The Froth. They talk about the joys of figuratively chatting shit, why this so often turns into literally chatting shit, why Four Seasons Total Landscaping is 2020's funniest joke, how Wales has fared during the pandemic and who - WHO? - is missing their signed photo of Judi Dench. Tuck in!

This podcast was recorded in mid-November

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SIM Ep 449 Pod 135: TV history, amateur dramatics and thank God for bungee cords Dec 16, 2020

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Should there be a disclaimer on The Crown that it’s a drama not straight history? It’s just one of the questions about television’s depictions of history that Hannah puts to historian and author Hallie Rubenhold, as they chat accuracy in period dramas. Hazel Davis and Jenny Landreth share their love of amateur dramatics, wonder why some people *cough* are a bit sniffy about it, and talk Break A Leg, Jenny’s book extolling the joys of community theatre.

In Jenny Off The Blocks, Tom Allen’s been trying his hand at commentating and Jen’s all for it. She’s also chatting Stonewall's Rainbow Laces campaign, netball outfits and voting for Hollie Doyle in this year’s SPOTY. There’s a lot to love (life-size Jesus doll on a cross) despite a bad taste in the mouth (dated language and some punching down) as the team watch 1999’s Drop Dead Gorgeous. But will they be able to agree if it’s Rated or Dated? Plus there’s gunships, extra cash, elf-wear, and snack revelations in the Bush Telegraph.

Lob us a party egg, we’re proper giddy!

The audio of Tom Allen and Mark McAdam is from Sky Sports News' Gillette Soccer Saturday Live Scores from Saturday 12 December.

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