Standard Issue Podcast

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...

In this Chops, the third and final part of our series on fertility, Mickey talks to writer Christine Robertson, former participant in the IVF indignity Olympics, about her experiences trying to get pregnant, how IVF is a big test of a person’s dignity, sense of humour and sanity – and what she did when it didn’t work. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Ac...

In this Chops, Mick, Hannah and Jen catch up with Sarah Knight, self-titled anti guru and author of the bestselling No Fucks Given Guides. She shares her cracking tips on how to deal with anxiety – in its lower case and diagnosed guises – all of which are charted in her latest book, aptly titled Calm The F**k Down. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast...

In this episode, team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord talk feminism, grief and what we can learn from drag queens and the Spice Girls with the truly divine Jayde Adams, and Hannah gets Lara Spirit of the excellent Our Future Our Choice on the blower to ask what the fuck just happened in the bin fire that is Brexit. There's more Australian Open chat in Jenny Off The Blocks, a sporty sexism of the week,...

It's a double helping of Chops – hurray! In our other episode, Jen chats to journalist Abby Ellin, author of the new book Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Conman I Almost Married. They talk about their own experiences of dealing with con artists, why people lie, and how it impacts those around them.  This episode is part two of our three-part series on fertility, and Mick and Jen cat...

It's a double helping of Chops for you lucky lot today. In our other episode - part 2 of our series on fertility - Mick and Jen catch up with fat fertility coach, Nicola Salmon, to talk about her campaign Fat Fertility Matters. In this episode, Jen chats to journalist Abby Ellin, author of the new book Duped: Double Lives, False Identities, and the Conman I Almost Married. They talk about their ow...

It's the first Outside The Box of 2019 and we're back talking telly. More specifically, Murder Mountain, Les Miserables, Sex Education, You, Catastrophe and why Hannah's excited about Stephen Graham. Even more so than usual. 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 megaph...

New week, new podcast and we've another treat for your earballs here. Mickey talks to music mega-mind Liz Buckley about the glorious Patti Smith, Gabby Hutchinson-Crouch talks when armchair criticism goes to far, and Jen chats to journalist Charlotte Runcie about her debut book Salt On Your Tongue: Women and The Sea. Plus there's the Australian Open in Jenny Off The Blocks and #DunleavyDoesDisney...

In the first of our series on fertility, Hannah and Mickey go to Dublin to speak to teacher and single mum Aoife McArdle about going it alone with IUI. She tells us the how, the where and the how much, as well as what she told her daughter about where she "came from". Tuck in!. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

We're back with the first podzine of 2019, with a ray of January sunshine. Standard Issue favourite Paula McGuire is back to give you a five minute guide to keeping your pecker up, or, er being positive. We’re joined by Julie Cohen and Betsy West to talk about their new documentary RBG, about legendary Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Marina Gask swings by to tell us about online magazi...

In this Chops, Mick chats with blogger, vlogger, podcaster and now author, Anna Newton, a woman with her shit together who knows that having together shit doesn’t always come easy. Cue her book: An Edited Life is a (delightful-to-read) manual to getting the best out of the worlds of home, work and life-in-general, penned by someone who knows how to get stuff organised. Our Mick was all ears and no...

In this In Conversation, Sarah and Mickey had a ruddy smashing time with Nigella Lawson, Samira Ahmed and Jodie Prenger, chatting about being a cat, the power of the BBC voice, laughing at funerals, combing cows, excellent letters to Newsround, how to talk buzzard and Roger Moore as God.  This episode was recorded in front of a live audience at Leicester Square Theatre in September. That means a c...

This gigcast is from our one gig of the year where we allow some blokes to do the talking, and Sarah and Mickey had a belly-achingly fun time with Richard Herring, Colin Jackson, David Mitchell and David Morrissey.  Chat included baloney sandwiches, Kes, too many trainers, a fish not called Chris, the power of exercise and the smell of balls.  This episode was recorded in front of a live audience...

The world is full of brilliant broads and we've had loads of them onstage with us in 2018. And so, as our Christmas gift to you, we thought it would be fun to put some of the biggest laughs into one handy 'best of' In Conversation. Please put your hands together for Ruth Jones, Fern Britton, Wunmi Mosaku, Sally Wainwright, Helen Thorne, Ellie Gibson, Sally Phillips, Roisin Conaty, Isy Suttie, Brid...

In this week's double serving of Sunday Chops, we talk to two of our experts to find out what they made of 2018. In the other episode, Mickey talks to our music guru Liz Buckley about her favourite albums of the year, while in this serving of Chops, Hannah met up with our favourite cinema reviewer, Yosra Osman, to talk her films of the year. Tuck in! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/st...

In this week's double serving of Sunday Chops, we talk to two of our experts to find out what they made of 2018. In the other episode, Hannah met up with our favourite cinema reviewer, Yosra Osman, to talk her films of the year, while in this portion, Mickey talks to our music guru Liz Buckley about her favourite albums of 2018. Have at it! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissu...

In this episode, team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord chat to QI elf and human bookworm Anne Miller about the best reads for the festive period – to buy as presents or to curl up with yourself. Hannah and Jen catch up with cracking actor and excellent human Wunmi Mosaku to talk Luther, Idris Elba and the potential perils of being a sidekick, and Jen has a natter with tip-top comedians Rachel Parris an...

In this week’s Sunday Chops we’re offering up an extended version of Jen’s chat from this week’s podzine with founder of Bloody Good Period, Gabby Edlin. Gabby chats to Jen about why she started the charity, which provides period supplies to refugees and asylum seekers, the injustice of period poverty, and the stigma still surrounding our monthly cycles. Support this show http://supporter.acast.co...

Christmas is just round the corner, so we talk (some of the mountains of) festive viewing in this month's Outside The Box. Plus, we chat Young Offenders, Mrs Wilson, Hot Girls Wanted:Turned On, Death & Nightingales, and I'm a Celebrity. And, as it's the last OTB of the year, we decree the best TV programme of the year. Spoiler alert: it's The Deuce. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/sta...

We've another new podcast for you and this week is a corker. Hannah talks to Dr Lauren Arrington from the University of Liverpool about Constance Markievicz, the first woman elected to the Houses of Parliament, 100 years ago this month. Jen meets Gabby Edlin of Bloody Good Period to chat period poverty and how we can all help women and girls over the festive period. And Mickey can't stop thinking...

In this portion of Chops goodness, Mick has a natter with bona fide bad-ass Barbara Lisicki (@wanda_barbara), comedian, fierce disability activist and proud protest T-shirt wearer.  They chat about all sorts of stuff, particularly what Barbara and various allies got up to in their ongoing quest to change the pity-led narrative around people with disabilities. So, revel in Barbara’s telling of the...

Welcome to one of two Sunday Chops today. In this episode, Hannah meets Irish authors Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen to talk about the runaway success of Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling; what it's like to write in a pair, and how Aisling is already heading for the big screen. Tuck in. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

This week the team talk trying not to be a prick with comedian Juliette Burton, whose show Butterfly Effect charts her personal journey to connect with her fellow (wo)man via random acts of kindness. Jen has a natter with Kelly Simmons, Director of the Woman’s Professional Game at the Football Association, as well as bona fide Lioness and Reading midfielder Fara Williams, about what football fans...

In this week's episode of the Sunday Chops, our Jen catches up with Paula McGuire, Standard Issue favourite, writer, speaker and all-round legend. Last year, Paula spoke to Jen about her Big Mad Swim. It didn't go according to plan. Not that Paula's let it stop her journey. They talk anxiety, failure, and facing your fears. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted...

In this special episode to mark World AIDS Day, Mickey chats with HIV advocate Lizzie Jordan, aka 'the Nigella of HIV'. What a moniker! It’s the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day and while advances in science around the virus are simply incredible, raising awareness and funds, fighting prejudice and increasing education remain vital. The stereotypes and stigma around the virus put people in dange...