Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the amazing screenwriter and producer JOE BARTON ! Bonus Friday goodness for your ears, as Pip chats with Joe about the whole cinema and film making game from start to end. Everything including the LA power move, house sitting versus living in a place, holiday, being fired, Giri/Haji, The Laz...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the music making mind, soul and (digital) body of JORDAN STEPHENS ! Round two at that! And things get deep very quickly, which is what we like to hear. If you heard the previous chats with Jordan, you'll know that he's an honest and open person and in some ways, we've been charting the course...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the comic with the golden voice IAIN STIRLING ! This is actually a perfect medium to engage with this episode as you'll likely know Iain from his very familiar voice - as heard on Love Island, for one... But as with each episode (which Iain has heard and that is a FACT), the chat branches out...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the incredible Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka SELF ESTEEM ! A huge episode right here, spraypaint-style in content in that it contains so much more than the runtime might suggest. The magnificent Self Esteem joins Pip to talk on all things including creativity, motivation, mental wellbeing, burnout,...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined once more by the wonderful poet, writer, actor and comic TIM KEY ! A multi-hyphenate for certain, Tim Key's blessed the Distraction Pieces podcast stage in previous years but it's a huge treat whenever it happens. Here we find Tim and Pip catching up about Tim's latest podcast appearances, which...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by acting great JACK LOWDEN ! A sureshot favourite of Pip's, Jack has been in a ton of verified excellent television and film over the last decade or more, and the filmography is undeniable. Cast an eye over the IMDB and you'll surely see some bits and pieces that you've take to your own heart o...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by directing legend GASPAR NOE ! Given that Pip had a mere handful of hours to prepare before that nerve jangling Zoom chat admission screen came up, this chat with Gaspar Noe went as smooth as you could possibly imagine. If you're a long term listener, you'll understand the reverence to which P...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by acting superhero BENEDICT WONG ! A marvelous and Marvel-ful episode as Pip has a long overdue catch up with the Salford hero Benedict Wong, which comes equiped with good vibes, positivity and inspiring nuggets from all sides. Kicking off with some record dealings up top, we glide into such ma...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A very special bonus episode as Pip talks with LISA SIMPSON , whose son was killed by police in 2016. Before going in, know that this episode is obviously a heavy one with many nuanced elements. Lisa has been actively vocal about her feelings and experiences with the Black Lives Matter movement since her son Richard Ri...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the fabulous actor and writer EMER KENNY ! Quality actorial goodness is on the table again for your listening enjoyment, as we get to engage in an hour of real nourishing and inspiring chat between Emer and Pip. Highly recommended for Emer fans and those not so aware, and for the latter, you'...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by awesome actor and writer SARAH SOLEMANI ! A lovely episode for those interested in all things actorial, stage and screen as Pip catches up with Sarah about everything process related and all else in between. Everything from her current work with Steve Coogan, to past works and Pip favourites,...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the incredible poet, writer and all round legend KAE TEMPEST ! By all means, this writeup could end there - I mean the name Kae Tempest is essentially an instant download. But if you're still waiting for a hard sell in this description, just know that this is a wonderful, heartfelt, funny, in...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the legendary DJ and broadcaster JO WHILEY ! You can file this one under "Always on the cards / finally happened", if you're keeping scores. Jo's earned her place in the broadcasting hall of fame without a doubt, having been a rock solid and awesome part of radio history for a minute as well...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by journalist, author and presenter HAYLEY CAMPBELL ! You’re probably familiar with the age old dilemma of ‘Cake or death?’ - well, you’re about to hear a podcast which contains firstly takeaway, and then death. So it’s not worlds away, let’s say. This is a well overdue meeting of Pip and Hayley...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A bonus Friday episode for you this week, by of a feed drop for the podcast MUM AND MUMMER ! What is a 'Feed Drop'? GOOD QUESTION. The easiest way to explain is this - Pip hears a podcast either on the DPP Network or from a close pal in the podcasting circuit, and after cordial formalities have been exchanged, it featu...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by author and poet CECILIA KNAPP ! A perfect chance to catch up with Cecilia, and a lovely one to file alongside past episodes with DPP alumni Kae Tempest, Polarbear, Musa Okwonga and so on. Cecilia and Pip go back as far as the days of Bestival, and it’s lovely to hear about the journey she’s t...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by writer, actor and director CRAIG ROBERTS ! For those who know their cinema and tv, you’ll surely be well aware of Craig and his back catalog of goodness but if not, at the very least, you must have seen at least the cover for the film Submarine… Either way - you’re in for a treat of a chat wi...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by writer, actor and singer/songwriter NICÔLE LECKY ! A wonderful chat with Nicôle who has been putting in WORK for a long while now, and a chance to hear about said work including the run up to doing what she does and how those early seeds started growing. Not only that, we get to hear about he...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined, at long last, by national treasure STEPHEN FRY ! Simply using the term ‘national treasure’ doesn’t do any kind of justice whatsoever to who or what Stephen is, does and has done, of course. But it’s pretty tough to dispute. Long term (and casual) Pip listeners will already know the line ‘Thou s...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by comic, writer, actor and podcaster BETH GRANVILLE ! In a kind of mirror-type episode of Wednesday with Lucy Pinder, this is Lucy's podcasting pal from the Smashing Sundays podcast who now has the spotlight fixed firmly on her for an episode! Beth is incredibly busy, as you will surely deduce...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by actress, TV star and podcaster LUCY PINDER ! A delightful chat bringing in loads of feelgood action, with a dash of triumph over adversity in there for good measure. From her days back in Winchester, we hear about her path to publicity and being involved in the world of early 00's lad culture...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined for a second appearance by awesome acting friend, the great TOM DAVIS ! Heavyweight listeners will recall episode 58, back in September 2015, all those years ago, when young Tom joined Pip for a debut appearance. Tom brings up the ribbing he got recently from pal Seapa on said appearance, but by...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the artist formerly known as Prolyphic, it's Strange Famous's MOPES ! The last time Pip saw Mopes was in his former guise in 2013, and hooo boy has a lot happened in the interim... From name changes to all kinds of life stuff, it's a tale as old as time - take a chunk of someone's life and ex...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Youtube geography champ and amazing idea generator GEOWIZARD ! Otherwise known as Tom Davies, of course. Some of you might be all like "Who in the good name of all things Youtubular is Geowizard now?", while some of you might in contrast be all like "Ahh, YES!" - well, either way, both camps...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined for acting masterclass with YOUSSEF KERKOUR ! Seriously, this one goes deep… You might want to bring a notepad to this one if you’re in the least bit interested in the craft of acting because Youssef drops jewels like he keeps his valuables in a fishing net. Even though he’s sleepless through a...