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SIM EP 478 IWD 2021 #3: Lifting with Laura Hoggins
You can't win as a woman with a body, for being too fat, too thin, too muscly and so on, but Laura "Biceps" Hoggins, PT and co-director of The Foundry gym, has learnt to give zero fucks, about this. In the third part of our International...
SIM Ep 477 IWD 2021 #2: Katy Wix
In the second of our International Women's Day 2021 podcasts, Hannah chats to actress Katy Wix about her soon-to-be-released book Delicacy: A Memoir about Cake and Death. They discuss body image, the first time they heard the wor...
episode 476: SIM Ep 476 IWD 2021 #1: Harriet Wistrich and the fight for justice for women
Feminist lawyer, fierce campaigner for women’s rights, founder of the Centre For Women’s Justice, a charity and public interest law firm holding the state to account for violence against women and girls, and co-founder of campaigning ...
SIM 475 Chops 197: Francesca Specter, lone star
Being alone - be that physically or emotionally - gets a bad rap, something Francesca Specter is trying to change. In this week's Chops, she and Hannah talk about living alone vs never getting a minute to yourself, how the nation views lo...
SIM Ep 474 Flicking #11: County Lines
This month's Flicking is an important but challenging watch, in the shape of Henry Blake's 2019 directorial debut, County Lines. But how does the film deal with stereotypes relating to "gang" culture, and can our i...
SIM Ep 473 Pod 145: Fearless, seeking justice and kinda funny looking
The pandemic has highlighted many things, not least that motherhood is hard work. In this week's podcast, Jen talks to Pregnant Then Screwed's Joeli Brearley about the fight for rights for pregnant women and mothers, and her...
SIM Ep 472 Chops 196: Why aren't we talking about violence against shop workers?
Well, we're talking about it - obviously - but as incidents of verbal and physical abuse against shop workers rockets, the media remains pretty quiet on the subject. Hannah's been on the phone to Usdaw (Union of Shop, Distributive an...
episode 471: SIM Ep 471 Pod 144: death, hormones and the worst toilet in Scotland
Salena Godden’s Mrs Death Misses Death is receiving rave reviews and has already been snapped up for film and telly by Idris Elba’s Green Door Pictures, so we got Hazel Davis to talk to the poet, author, standup and activist about her oddly prescient d...
SIM Ep 470 Chops 195: Lucy Worsley has Blitz Spirit
Eighty years since The Blitz terrorised the British public, we find ourselves back in confusing, scary and dangerous times. In this week's Chops, Hannah chats to chief curator of Historic Royal Palaces and TV historian extraordinaire...
SIM Ep 468 Pod 143: Selfishness, swallows, and sleeping with a hat montage
Knowing what is or isn't going to give you a hangover is essential lockdown intel, so Mick gets busy herding delightful comedy cats and hosts of the Spit or Swallow podcast, Lou Conran and Sally-Anne Hayward, to find out more. Je...