Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip

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 BORN HUMAN ! It’s a rare thing, these feed drops (where a podcast features or ‘guests’ on a particular podcast feed), but this one struck a chord with Pip. Andy Chambers, the host of Born Human has been on the Distraction Pieces Podcast before...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by podcasting heavyweight, author and comic DAN SCHREIBER ! Surely you will be familiar with the podcast No Such Thing As A Fish by now - either as a hardcore listener or from seeing it time and time again on top podcast lists. It’s the show you know Dan Schreiber from, being part of the greater...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A bonus treat this Friday as Pip is joined by writer of Channel 4’s new prison drama ‘Screw’ , ROB WILLIAMS ! Rob of course has worked on a great amount of productions and works, but the focus this episode is the series Screw, and how it all formulated including the development and so on. The synopsis for Screw reads:...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by inspirational author and activist EMMA DABIRI ! Recorded at a time of political weirdness (a backdrop as old as time), illicit government parties feel pretty low down the list compared with the content of what Emma gets into with this episode. Just listen to her break down the origins of slav...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by actor, author and activist EVANNA LYNCH ! You may know Evanna from her role as Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films, which is a fine place to begin. But of course Evanna is a whole universe more than an acting role, a glimpse of which you shall have here on this podcast. She catches up wit...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A rare Saturday bonus as Pip hosts an MMA roundtable with Seán Sheehan , Blake Harrison & Stu Whiffen ! One for you MMA heads for sure, so please be aware that if you have little or no interest in all things Mixed Martial Arts, maybe hang tight til next week... That being said - if you ARE a fan of Seán, Blake, Stu...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! The very merriest, happiest and healthiest of new years to you all and all the very best for what's to come in 2022. Let's make it one for the books... Not that any year in previous history has not been one for the books - but still, let's do what we can. All this talk of books though is not helping the cause of todays...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Looking at my Casio, it’s about that time… Folks… It’s DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 5! You are - like it or not - VERY cordially invited to front row seats for the ongoing festive season roll through the wicked and weird wonderland of the three merry men, the three kings, the three drunkateers (not bad uh?) as they present for...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Looking at my Casio, it’s about that time… Folks… It’s DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 4! You are - like it or not - VERY cordially invited to front row seats for the ongoing festive season roll through the wicked and weird wonderland of the three merry men, the three kings, the three drunkateers (not bad uh?) as they present for...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Looking at my Casio, it’s about that time… Folks… It’s DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 3! You are - like it or not - VERY cordially invited to front row seats for the ongoing festive season roll through the wicked and weird wonderland of the three merry men, the three kings, the three drunkateers (not bad uh?) as they present for...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Looking at my Casio, it’s about that time… Folks… It’s DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 2! You are - like it or not - VERY cordially invited to front row seats for the ongoing festive season roll through the wicked and weird wonderland of the three merry men, the three kings, the three drunkateers (not bad uh?) as they present for...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Looking at my Casio, it’s about that time… Folks… It’s DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 1! You are - like it or not - VERY cordially invited to front row seats for the ongoing festive season roll through the wicked and weird wonderland of the three merry men, the three kings, the three drunkateers (not bad uh?) as they present for...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Essex comedy songsmith KUNT & THE GANG!If you know him, you KNOW him. If not? You’ll be in for some fun surprises, as Kunt is a bit of a legend on the comic song scene. If you fall into the “not” category, I’m confident you’ll be hitting the Youtube links and investigating further. Armed with...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by full on stage and screen multi-talent MARK GATISS ! “Full on multi talent” merely scratches the iceberg, as Mark is deeply immersed in almost every angle of the television and film game. An actor, screenwriter, producer, director and more, you’ll more than like be seeing a lot of him this Xma...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the brilliant actor and director WILL SHARPE ! A very rare appearance from Will, who is not usually one for the podcast format, so consider yourselves duly treated! And what a treat it is, as he and Pip connect on tales and fun from the acting world, in and behind the scenes. Will has a ton o...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by one of the UK’s shining acting stars KIELL SMITH-BYNOE ! …but Kiell is not only an actor, as you shall find out. He’s been putting in power moves all across the board for a minute, and maybe in a parallel universe we’d see him sharing stages with old mates Tinchy, Wiley and Skepta, but we’re...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the entire We Are Lizards crew for the conclusion! (this is the concluding part of a 2 part special, so if you haven’t heard part 1, now would be a great time to catch up!) What is We. Are. Lizards, you ask? What, are you kidding me right now? Just playing. For the uninitiated, We. Are. Lizar...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the entire We Are Lizards crew! What is We. Are. Lizards, you ask? What, are you kidding me right now? Just playing. For the uninitiated, We. Are. Lizards is the legendary club night founded, developed and evolved by Pip and the whole entourage right here. It took place in the Book Club in Sh...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Leith’s finest, the amazing writer IRVINE WELSH ! There is no doubt you are familiar with Irvine’s work - maybe you’re a deep diver and know all the novels and work he’s been involved in, or maybe you’ve seen Trainspotting and that’s all. Well, either way, that’s awesome because now’s your ch...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by comedian, writer and actor LIAM WILLIAMS ! A very cool episode right here as we hear Pip and Liam basically meet for the very first time, which is a nice touch! Oh and respect to Alex Beardall by the way, whoever he is. A conversation full of value-packed and rich tangents, from the barber-sh...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by brilliant actor, writer and author KATY WIX ! A really engaging and honest check in about so much on the whole, but with a ton which will certainly appeal to the writers out there on account of the really useful process and practice thoughts. Of course it’s not all about that, but it’s very c...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by acting treasure DANIEL MAYS ! A seemingly long overdue catchup in session right here, as Pip and Daniel talk shop and chop it up like old acting mates in a delightful and wide ranging episode. Daniel’s been busy for years, and chances are you will be familiar with him from more than Line Of D...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by director and screenwriter EDGAR WRIGHT ! For sure one of the more long awaited ones right here, as Pip finally checks in with Edgar in person. Edgar’s on top form as he goes into depth on his latest movie, and depth that will please all film enthusiasts at that. No spoilers given so don’t wor...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by comedian and podcaster PAUL CHOWDHRY ! Pip and Paul catch up on all things life and comedy, including other comedians in the game, Stewart Lee, being a podcaster, the ‘Avalon Route’, comedy circuits and the various paths that comedians take, TV standup, the Apollo, Edgware origins, ruling sta...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the UK’s most notorious music making two man crew, SLEAFORD MODS ! A great opportunity to catch them both in one place (albeit remotely), as Jason and Andrew check in with Pip about everything from then to now… Of course this includes matters pandemical, and how it affected the two musically...