Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 261 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A great proper conversation right here with JAMIE EAST, the man of many talents, jobs and podcasts! As you’ll hear from those golden tones, Jamie is a pro broadcaster - there’s a nice little soundcheck at the start just to give you a cool intro into that world! But besides that, Jamie is absolutely a med...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 260 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Full on comedy goodness with a little grief sprinkled in there for good measure, as Pip is joined by the very funny and very insightful JAYDE ADAMS! A seamless tapestry of conversation for you here in the episode, as Pip and Jayde roll through a feature length episode easily and smoothly. From the seasid...

Welcome, welcome, and once more, welcome, to episode 259 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This right here is a BONUS EPISODE SITUATION! Don’t say we don’t bless you here at Distraction Pieces… A superb, powerful sit down with star of ‘Black Panther’, ‘Us’ and a huge amount before and on the way - it’s WINSTON DUKE! “You’re not always able to tell what that impact’s gonna be, s...

Welcome, welcome, and once more, welcome, to episode 258 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A very powerful deep dive into mental health and wellbeing, depression, symptoms and potential remedies with author of ‘Chasing The Scream’, ‘Lost Connections’ and more - it’s JOHANN HARI! “I keep thinking this about my book about depression, that in some ways, I feel like I’m giving peop...

Welcome, welcome, and once more, welcome, to episode 257 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week is a very special episode featuring a guest whose name you may not know, but after this you’ll be a huge fan - it’s PC Leon McLeod! You’ll hear how Pip got to meet Leon in the intro to this episode, and all will be made clear, but as a brief summary Leon was one of the first on...

Welcome, welcome, and once more, welcome, to episode 256 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A very deep look into the expansive universe of writing and directing here, as Pip chats at length to STEVEN KNIGHT, writer and creator of Peaky Blinders, Taboo and Locke (among MANY others), and his film Serenity! Chances are that if you are a Distraction Pieces Podcast listener (god ble...

Welcome, welcome, and once more, welcome, to episode 255 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Heavyweight comic realness this week, as Pip is joined by cast iron champ STEPHEN MERCHANT! “…you realise you’re sort of somewhere between Rocky and A Star Is Born” An absolute legend right here, in not only TV, stage and film but the good old Wild West days of podcasting! A solid in-dept...

Welcome, welcome, and once more, welcome, to episode 254 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A marvellous one this week (I mean, when are they not?), as Pip is joined by comedian and transatlantic actor LOLLY ADEFOPE for a lovely wide-ranging chat! …and what better way to begin than by Pip dreaming of Lolly the previous night? All shall be revealed and certainly not spoiled here...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 253 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A power packed episode is upon you, as Pip take a moment to stop and chat with writer, director and all round awesome person JOE CORNISH! Consider this the counterpart to the much earlier Adam Buxton episode, if you will, what with Joe being Adam long term co-conspirator and collaborator! Between them th...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 252 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Ladies and gentlemen, we are in the presence of R&B and soul royalty right here… Please be standing and welcome MARY J. BLIGE! “…When you give your all, you win…” Absolute solid gold crown wearing greatness for you here, as Pip sits down with the phenomenal Ms. Blige for a thoroughly entertaining and...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 251 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! With the release of the film ‘Boy Erased’ on the horizon, please welcome actor, film-maker, director, producer and now friend of the podcast JOEL EDGERTON to the Distraction Pieces hotseat! “…Usually the moment you put the brushes down, sadly, is the point where you have the least amount of objectivity…”...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 250 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A glorious check in this week with one of England’s true treasures and gifts to the acting world, not to mention two watch-wearing Pip-twin, it’s Richard E. Grant! Hopefully you will have caught his perfect video reaction to being nominated for an Oscar, which is of course well overdue but greatly deserv...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 249 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! We are BLESSING you this week with a full power bonus episode - oh you thought the week was over? Nah, not even close. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the director of surely some of your favourite films, it’s ADAM McKAY! His new film ‘Vice’, which features Christian Bale as Dick Cheney alongside a s...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 248 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A treat as much for Pip as it is for you this week, as he is joined by the actual living superhero of Marvel and Netflix (and an incredible amount more) - Mark Millar! “…All I wanted to do was the stuff I loved growing up…” Creator of just so much goodness in the greater superhero and comic book universe...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 247 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is the first official guest of 2019 right folks, and what a way to kick things off this year - ladies and gentlemen, prepare for a full on acting masterclass with none other than EDDIE MARSAN! “…It is both an interpretive and collaborative artform…” Before you begin, however, just take a little scro...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 246 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is the one we’ve all been waiting for… Yes indeed ladies and gentlemen… More notorious than Richard Nixon’s enemies list… More important than the list of commandments… Here is the highly anticipated FILMS OF 2018 list from Pip’s lips to your ears! Live and direct from One Tree Hill in Essex (you’ll...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 245 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A very warm and welcome HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all, it’s wonderful to have you back for what is guaranteed to be a HEAVY year for the Distraction Pieces Network! We begin with the conclusion of the four part DrunkCast spectacular, yes people, it’s that time where we say goodbye to the squad but not just y...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 245 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! You did it! You made it through Christmas and with a PERFECT SCORE! What a legend. Congratulations. Your reward? What else were you expecting? It’s PART 3 of the Christmas DrunkCast with Pip and the boys! From us all at Distraction Pieces, we truly hope you had a tremendous time yesterday and that the tr...

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 245 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Assuming you made it through episode one, congratulations and welcome back to episode two. You are now 25% completed in your end of year DrunkCast commitments! Let’s carry on shall we… What do Nicholas Lyndhurst and Tyson Fury have in common? Well as KRS One famously said, they both hate corny-ass soft c...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 245 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Please be seated and comfortable, not to mention very open minded, as we welcome the OG DrunkCast crew to the microphones for - would you believe - VOLUME 10 of the DrunkCast circus! This is part one… There’s a lot of ground to cover… LET’S GO… Beginning with a little Patreon dilemma which may be solvabl...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 244 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A full on luxurious comedy extravaganza here as Pip is joined by the relentless powerhouse that is RUSSELL KANE! A deep and dense but thoroughly engaging and very entertaining chat with Pip and Russell, covering a huge amount of goodness and insider knowledge, with comedy and politics and further beyond...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 243 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Another very long awaited one here, as Pip is joined by director of the glorious indie hit ‘Sorry To Bother You’ and long-standing member of Oakland rap group The Coup - it’s Boots Riley! “…as I went on I realised the main thing that I needed to give people was passion…” Pip’s been lining this one up for...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 242 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A directorial gemstone right here this week as Pip is joined by ‘Old Man & A Gun’s DAVID LOWERY! “…that’s one of the things I always look for when I start writing, is like, how can i make this autobiographical… I need to find that thing that makes it connect to me…” A fascinating sit down here, which...

Welcome, welcome, welcome to episode 241 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A full on ‘inside the director’s studio’ gem here this week on your Friday bonus episode, as Pip sits down with writer/director MATT PALMER! “…you just have to make your peace with the fact that things take time…” First off - have you seen Calibre on Netflix? Yes? Perfect. No? You know what? Also perfect...