Standard Issue Podcast

It's gigcast time again and we've another terrific line-up for you. Back in April, our Sarah and Mickey In Conversation-ed with Konnie Huq, Rachel Parris, Shazia Mirza and Lucy Mangan, where they talked stolen shoes, being the face of sex toys, expandable foam and breaking your coccyx.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

In this week's Chops, our Mickey Noonan talks to Laura Kyrke-Smith, director of communications at International Rescue Committee, Europe, an organisation doing incredible work to help refugees in the short and long term. She also chats to Yasmin Kadi (pictured), musician, actor – and refugee. Yasmin and her family were forced to flee their home in Sierra Leone during the blood diamond war and her...

On this week’s podzine, team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord chat 14th century Italian broads and female leaders with business psychologist Paula Gardner; writer Rabiah Hussain talks to us about her debut play Spun, female friendships and micro-aggressions, and we bid “ahoy there!” to journalist Julia Raeside who drops by to talk to us about her Howard’s Way inspired podcast, Always There. Kanye West...

In this week's Sunday Chops our Jen catches up with Kait Borsay, journalist, broadcaster and co-founder of The Offside Rule Podcast, to talk all things World Cup related. They chat about whether or not the England squad can cut the mustard in Russia, top tips for a cheeky flutter, what's going on with women in sports broadcasting and whether or not it's fair to compare Raheem Sterling - or Jen - t...

In this episode, team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord meet Sara Nelson from independent watchdog Transport Focus and go full Partridge to talk about the current trainageddon and how you got to fight for your right to traaaaavel. Mick and Hannah chat to the excellent Lisa Holdsworth from the Writers Guild of Great Britain to discuss the ridiculous gender disparity in screenwriting, and Jen gets her Wor...

It's Sunday Chops time again! This week we have more from that great chat between our Jen and Sarah Clementson from the Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse, a charity doing vital work in Essex. (Which is why we'll be supporting them at our upcoming In Conversation event at the Harwich Festival, please come if you're nearby). In the meanwhile, here's Jen and Sarah talking #MeToo, how CARA is helpin...

On this week’s podzine, Team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord are back, riding high on the crest of a historic wave of a new era in women’s rights. Well, in Ireland, anyway. Literary expert Anne Miller is giving her shout-outs for your summer reading list; Jen chats to Sarah Clementson from the Centre for Action on Rape and Abuse in Essex about how they’re helping women and why women need that help so...

Blimey O'Reilly, it's a corking gigcast for your ears, champs. In this In Conversation, Sarah Millican and Hannah Dunleavy had an excellent time with Ruth Jones, Fern Britton, Wunmi Mosaku and Sally Wainwright. WE KNOW! Chat included the changing world for women on TV, #MeToo, cats bums, cats on trains and that time Sally Wainwright may or may not have killed a man.   Support this show http://supp...

In this week's Chops, Jen and Mick had the pleasure of meeting journalist, broadcaster, activist and straight-up legend Caryn Franklin to talk about feminism and diversity in fashion, ageism and identity, and why it's always better to metaphorically tip over a table. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Lea...

This week team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord get the lowdown on the goings on at a ComicCon from proud geek and cohost of the Strong Female Leads' podcast, Debra-Jane Appelby. Strong Female Leads' other cohost, American comedian Kate McCabe, talks about the big problem of guns in the USA, and Jen and Mick meet broadcaster, journalist, activist and bona fide icon, Caryn Franklin, possibly the fierces...

Mickey and Hannah went to the Houses of Parliament to meet MP for Don Valley, Caroline Flint, to talk about 21 years in the Commons, changing attitudes to women in politics and why Labour has yet to have a female leader. 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....

This week Team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord return to normal podcasting business, with Mick chatting to resident music guru Liz Buckley about Viv Albertine of The Slits, as Albertine publishes her second book, Throw Away Unopened; Hannah and Mick chat to Caroline Flint MP about booze and being a child of an alcoholic, and our Jen has a natter with author Kit de Waal about her new book The Trick To...

On May 25, Ireland votes on whether to allow women access to safe and legal abortions for the first time. In a special, two-part documentary, we look at the campaign to Repeal The 8th and talk to some of the women at the heart of it. About the current situation. About current attitudes. About the campaign's chances of success. And we ask what the future might hold for the women of Ireland and othe...

On May 25, Ireland votes on whether to allow women access to safe and legal abortions for the first time. In a special, two-part documentary, we look at the campaign to Repeal The 8th and talk to some of the women at the heart of it. About the current situation. About its repercussions. About the sad history of reproductive rights in Ireland. And about how to win hearts and minds on this tradition...

In this Chops, Mick and Hannah basically listen in awe as Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton deputy assistant commissioner of the London Fire Brigade, expert psychologist, author and all-round top bird, talks fire safety, the humans behind the badge, why there's space for more women in the service and how we can learn to help ourselves. Seriously, she's incredible and when her book – Through The Fire – comes...

In this episode, team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord chat what's hot on DVD in the next few weeks with film buff Yosra Osman. Mick catches up with author Julia Pierpont to talk The Little Book of Feminist Saints and the fierce women that inspired it, and Hannah and Mick get all hot and flustered in the presence of Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton, deputy assistant commissioner of the London Fire Brigade, psyc...

In this In Conversation, Sarah Millican and Mickey Noonan had a corking time with Isy Suttie, Bridget Christie and Roisin Conaty. Chat included foreign bodies in places they shouldn’t be, the joy of shame, fast dog ejaculation, watching telly on all fours, why you should never accept a drink from Isy and a strange photo request from Roisin.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardiss...

Hannah, Jen and Mickey talk news, reviews and the best things to watch on TV this month. This week Hannah's tackling the return of Roseanne, Idris Elba's In The Long Run and why you should never go with a hippy to a second location. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

In this episode, team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord chat to Russian standup Olga Koch about the state of the world right now, and wish they were as bold as Christine Robertson who quit Facebook five years ago and hasn't looked back. Mick chats to Maria Harris, owner of Tall Bird Records, about opening a record shop and what's happening for Record Store Day on April 21. Jen catches up with super-cool...

This week, team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord speak to all-round brilliant woman Mara Clarke, founder of the Abortion Support Network, about the forthcoming Irish referendum on May 25 (#repealthe8th #trustwomen). TV vet and absolute smasher Dr Judy Puddifoot chats National Pet Month, #BreedToBreathe, why Hannah's cats are so weird and whether Mickey’s old boy wanted to date her, and Mick and Hannah...

Beetles, bugs and Blue Peter badges: our time chatting with author and all-round top bird Maya “MG” Leonard was funducational as fuck. Writing her Beetle Boy trilogy meant Maya had to gen up on the insect world and allowed her to wow team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord with tales of beetle derring do and overcoming creepy crawlies giving you the heebie-jeebies. Also, Hannah puts her hand on a barbecu...

Team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord are back with more delightful witterings for your ears. This week, they are joined by comedian and all-round legend Jess Fostekew to talk about her new podcast Hoovering, and the joy of grub. And on a less delicious, but equally awesome note, author Maya Leonard tells us why creepy crawlies shouldn’t give us the heebie jeebies. Plus Mick catches up with amputee poe...

It's Sunday Chops time again and this week Hannah met up with award-winning businesswoman and founder of THEYA Healthcare, Ciara Donlon. They talked about how the company's bamboo bras are helping women recovering from breast cancer, as well as the hurdles for women in business, top tips for starting your own firm and Repeal The Eighth. Get stuck in. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/st...

In this In Conversation, Mickey Noonan and Hannah Dunleavy had a proper marvellous time with Desiree Burch, Jo Caulfield and Jennifer Saunders. You heard us. Topics included cat wrangling, Neopolitan poo, whether there are actually any women in history and how easy it is to get chewing gum stuck in your pubes.  Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. Se...

It's Sunday Chops time again and this week we've a bit more from that cracking interview with Anglia Ruskin University's Dr Terri Simpkin. We asked the expert on Impostor Phenomenon to fix Hannah and she gave it her best go. And dished out some interesting facts and handy tips while she was at it. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...