Standard Issue Podcast

In one of two Sunday Chops today, we talk to author Sophie Hannah about her book - now also a podcast - How To Hold A Grudge and why she thinks "letting it go" isn't always the best way forward. She also tells us about her next Poirot novel and her new project to help authors "get out of their own way". Tuck in! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. S...

In this week's episode Mick chats to journalist and author Daisy Buchanan about her latest book The Sisterhood, which charts the sometimes complicated relationship between women, especially those we're related to. We catch up with author Sophie Hannah, host of podcast How To Hold A Grudge, based on her book of the same name, and discover why the dictionary along with the rest of the world has got...

In this week's episode, Jen catches up with Angie Thomas, bestselling author of The Hate U Give and On The Come Up. They natter about Angie's books, the experience of disadvantaged young people, and why it's important not to be condescending to teenagers. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more abou...

Hello March, what you got on the telly for us? In this week's episode, we talk the return of Partridge, Derry Girls and Fleabag, as well as Ricky Gervais' After Life. Plus there's all the controversy of Leaving Neverland and Louis Theroux's The Night in Question. Tuck in.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Guest-wise this week, Jen's boxing clever with stone cold legend Jessica Hynes, chatting about her new film, The Fight, and psychotherapist Jane Watson comes in to talk measles, Michael Jackson and the epidemic of denial. Football, rugby, athletics... there's almost too much to mention in Jenny Off The Blocks, and Hannah and Mick are both giddy with excitement: Hannah because Dunleavy Does Disney...

In our fifth episode of our International Women's Day 2019 series, we caught up with Jennifer Rees, former police officer and author of Voices From The Blue, celebrating 100 years of women in the Metropolitan Police. We chatted about the first intake of birds on the beat, institutionalised sexism, and just how accurate an episode of Luther really is. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/st...

British Science Week is about to kick off, so to celebrate, the fourth in our IWD2019 series is a round table about women in science. We got together with the Royal Society of Chemistry to talk hidden heroines, the leaky pipeline, mentoring, and the joy of science with Dr Sohini Kar-Narayan, Dr Gemma-Louise Davies, Dr Claire Murray and Pip Matthews, Inclusion and Diversity Programme Officer for th...

In the third episode of our International Women's Day 2019 series, Jen catches up with two sporting legends: Manchester City and England midfielder, Jill Scott, and Loughborough Lightning and England Women's Rugby captain, Sarah Hunter. Chat includes the forthcoming Women's Football World Cup, the ongoing Women's Rugby Six Nations, and the incredible leaps forward in women's team sports. Image of...

In the second episode of our International Women's Day 2019 series, Hannah and Jen caught up with writer and producer Karla Williams, co-founder of Ms Mono, a production company focused on female-centred stories. They talk representation, complex characters, and how Ms Mono is hoping to shake up the TV industry. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. S...

In the first of our series celebrating International Women's Day 2019, Hannah went to meet writer Lisa Holdsworth to talk about her new play Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, based on the life of working class playwright Andrea Dunbar, who died aged 29. They talk Rita, Sue and Bob Too - including that controversial ending - how Andrea's life and work bled into each other, and the barriers working...

In this week's Chops, we're talking new musical Come From Away. Set on September 11, 2001, and the days afterwards, it tells the tale of what happened in the town of Gander, Canada, where 38 inbound planes were rerouted after America closed its airspace in the wake of the attacks. Hannah managed to grab some time with co-creator Irene Sankoff to talk about a true story full of comedy, tragedy, lov...

Laura Bates, Felicity Ward and Suzi Ruffell joined us back in December for an In Conversation event and here's the result. We talked feminism (natch), meeting a young Ed Sheeran and lizard ownership. Plus that time someone nearly threw up on a tiny child while punting. Spoiler alert, it was Hannah. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...

In this week's Sunday Chops, Jen chats to British writer and activist Mariam Khan, editor of new book It's Not About The Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race. They chat about why Muslim women need to reclaim their own narrative, Brexit and, obviously, Beyonce. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i...

This week, Jen meets comedy legend Helen Lederer to learn about the Comedy Women in Print Prize. Author Hallie Rubenhold dispels some myths about the victims of Jack the Ripper. Jen's talking some good-value sport in Jenny Off The Blocks, Dunleavy Does Disney has its penultimate outing and it's all falling apart in the Bush Telegraph. Have at it!  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/stand...

In Part III of our LGBT History Month series, comedian Rosie Jones comes into the studio to talk LGBT voices in comedy, dating as a disabled person and what it was like to actually have a good year in 2018. A lovely time was had by all. If you've not yet listened to the rest of the series, get that done too. In Part I, comedians Kate McCabe and Debra Jane Appelby talk representation for LGBT women...

Social media doesn't have to be a harbinger of mental health issues and FOMO, as Instagram guru Sara Tasker tells Mickey in this Chops. Sara's debut book, Hashtag Authentic, looks at how women can use Instagram (and other platforms) to positive effect. She and Mick chat about how to navigate social media with your soul intact, stealth feminism, and what Luke Skywalker did with his pants. Support t...

What you going to be watching on the telly this month? We talk True Detective, Russian Doll, Fyre and The Ted Bundy Tapes in February's Outside The Box. And also, oddly, Diagnosis Murder. Tuck in! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we catch up with Alice-May Purkiss, author of new book Life, Lemons and Melons, about being diagnosed with breast cancer at 26 and why we all need to CoppaFeel! Dr Julia Shaw swings by to tell us about her new book Making Evil: The Science behind Humanity’s Dark Side, why all “evil” roads lead back to Hitler, and giving that kitten a squeeze. And there's a sneak peak of this week’s Sund...

Author Kate Thompson's brilliant new book The Stepney Doorstep Society tells us about an East End was run by matriarchs during the Second World War. Hannah went to meet Kate, along with Marie, one of the women featured in the book, to talk the Bethnal Green tube disaster, backstreet abortions, sex education and evacuees. Plus they ponder whether women really can "have it all" in the 21st century....

In the second of our bonus podcasts for LGBT History Month, we talk to NUS-USI President Olivia Potter-Hughes about the campaign for marriage equality in Northern Ireland, what comes next and how the rest of the UK can get involved. Plus, while we had the chance, we chatted about NI's other two hottest potatoes - Brexit and abortion rights. If you haven't caught the first in this series, you're mi...

We've a fascinating chunk of social history coming for you this week as we talk to musician and writer Tracey Thorn about hew book on her childhood in suburbia - Another Planet. Hannah meets author Kate Thompson to find out about life for women in the East End during the Second World War and Kate's new book The Stepney Doorstep Society. Plus one of the women on which the book is based - Marie - sh...

It's LGBT History Month and we've got another series of themed Sunday Chops coming at you throughout February. First up, we asked our friends over at the Strong Female Leads podcast - comedians Kate McCabe and Debra-Jane Appelby - to talk representation of LGBT women in popular culture. They talk where they are represented, how they are represented and who is playing them. And more besides. Tuck i...

In this Chops, Mick and Jen catch up with Caro Howell, director of the Foundling Museum, to talk about Bedrooms of London, the museum’s forthcoming exhibition in partnership with The Childhood Trust and highlighting the lives of children surviving below the breadline in our capital. Photographer Katie Wilson has taken shots of the sleeping spaces of children living in poverty in London, and these...

In this In Conversation, Mick and Hannah had a lovely chat with Lisa Riley, June Sarpong and Stacey Solomon, about the internalised misogyny of Alexa, getting a bit Walthamstow, the perils of wayward loo roll, and knowing your Johns from your Daves. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Leicester Square Theatre in October 2018, so some of the plugs are out of date. But you can s...

In this special In Conversation, sponsored by Twinings Superblends, Mick, Hannah and Jen are joined by writer Sarah Phelps and comedian Sara Pascoe. They chatted about all sorts, from who they’d most like to enjoy a cuppa with, to novel ways to look after your noggin’. This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the Twinings Here For You event in London. Support this show http://suppo...