Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the excellent actor NIKESH PATEL ! A great ep with a nice instant camaraderie from the opening moments onwards, which serves as a lovely antidote to otherwise maddening times in the local and global sense. Nikesh has been in front of the camera for a minute, and leaving a trail of fans, happy faces and more of that camaraderie at the end of each project - you will have seen him on variously...
Oct 25, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 480
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by acting heavyweight SOPE DIRISU ! Gangs Of London, His House, His Dark Materials, Humans... Sope's BUSY, and has been putting in work on the stage and screen for a good minute. Here's a perfect opportunity to hear from the person behind the roles, in a really nice and relaxed but satisfyingly detailed chat which covers so much. Process, origin story, the notion of self tapes and how to ident...
Oct 18, 2022•46 min•Ep. 479
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by UK indie treasure JIM BOB (Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine) ! While 'listeners of a certain age' will get instant nostalgia feels from the very mention of Carter USM, this episode is by no means one for them and them alone! For Jim Bob is an eloquent and thoughtful musician with very good insights and understandings on the music scene with experience in the game. Carter blew up on the UK...
Oct 11, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 478
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by wonderful comic LAUREN PATTISON ! Lauren had an amazing run at the Edinburgh Fringe this year, to which Pip shall attest, and this is a huge awesome chat between the two which will cover everything involved! By everything, of course that entails Lauren's childhood and upbringing, influences, process, road to professional status, proper proper Newcastle, the anxiety of ticket sales, and so m...
Oct 04, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 477
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined, once again, for the universal good of podcast listeners, by JORDAN GRAY ! It's a much requested and long awaited return, and so much has happened in Jordan's world since the last visit in actually quite a short span of time. We catch up with Jordan hot off their triumphant return from Edinburgh Fringe which proved to be a VERY full on month of highs, and the two catch up and check in on all o...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 476
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by acting superstar KAITLYN DEVER ! If you are unaware of Kaitlyn in your adventures through the wide world of broadcast media, prepare to make fast friends with a true great, and an absolute gem of a person at that. Kaitlyn's been putting down serious moves since childhood, including a Shakespeare stint at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts for those pondering), and her filmography is stell...
Sep 20, 2022•42 min•Ep. 475
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by director TOM GEORGE ! The second in a two part podcast mini series I guess you could call it, where Pip catches up with one of the people immediately involved with the murder mystery See How They Run. It also happens that the two people in said mini podcast series were ALSO immediately involved with This Country - a mockumentary of which Pip is a card-carrying superfan of. This is a Friday ...
Sep 15, 2022•48 min•Ep. 474
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by actor and writer extraordinaire CHARLIE COOPER ! A long awaited one right here, as long term listeners will already be aware of how big a fan Pip is of This Country... Charlie was one of those responsible for the whole thing (along with his sister Daisy May), but obviously NOT ONLY that... As you'll hear, there's a ton going on with Charlie, including a starring role in See How They Run alo...
Sep 13, 2022•53 min•Ep. 473
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by director BABAK ANVARI ! See Wednesday's episode for the George side of things but this is the other side of the camera right here! Pip and Babak unexpectedly go back a way, as you'll hear up top on this episode, and from then on it's all about Babak - from their surprise meet at Wireless around 2008 , to his background in film assisting with the editor's mind of it all, short films, his fil...
Sep 08, 2022•44 min•Ep. 472
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by UK acting hero GEORGE MACKAY ! A brilliant chat with one of the stars of the excellent ' I Came By ', which is available to your ears and eyes right now in your local [indie] cinema and Netflix! He and Pip share some interesting pinpoints, in a real and cinematic sense, but also connect on the greater art of acting, film making and this whole life thing in general. Street art, starts and en...
Sep 06, 2022•45 min•Ep. 471
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by UK acting superstar JOHN BRADLEY WEST ! We caught up with young John back in October 2016, in those sepia toned and tobacco-tinted days of episode 120, no less... Well, as always, you can only imagine how much life has happened in those interviening 6 years, but John is back to bring us all back to speed! From the weird end time of his tenure on Game Of Thrones and the funky feelings of tha...
Aug 30, 2022•57 min•Ep. 470
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by national acting treasure and Distraction Pieces friend PADDY CONSIDINE ! You may remember back all those years to 2015, when Paddy made his first appearance on the podcast... A huge amount of life has happened since then, and you're about to hear - well, condensed into an hour or so - all about it. We find Paddy in a good place, which is lovely to hear, and delve into the past again, in a n...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 469
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by comic, host and writer FRANKIE BOYLE ! I mean, multi-hyphenate would kind of sum it all up to some degree. This a very welcome catch up with Frankie, as he and Pip check in on everything since September 2016 - so not much to talk about then really...? So let's just say that the tip of the iceberg is approached at the very least, with a lot of Frankie goodness to indulge in including his new...
Aug 16, 2022•58 min•Ep. 468
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by new Distraction Pieces Network signees, the fabulous duo of CHARLIE & NINA ! From - obviously - their podcast entitled Sex With Charlie & Nina. But previously of the podcast 2 Girls 1 Shop, in case you were fortunate enough to catch that one... The joy of the new one though is that it truly requires zero back story. Charlie and Nina talk about sex. And now you're all caught up! But ...
Aug 09, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 467
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! It's Pip's birthday and the party is going OFF in the Whiff Inn, with guests STU WHIFFEN and KUNT ! Part 2 of 2! A glorious nostalgic celebration of music from the three esteemed 80's fellows, who will brighten your day and absolutely unlock a ton of songs you weren't expecting to get stuck in your head today but, so it goes. It's like a naughty friend of the Drunkast episodes so if you know those, you'll know what y...
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 466
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! It's Pip's birthday and the party is going OFF in the Whiff Inn, with guests STU WHIFFEN and KUNT ! Part 1 of 2! A glorious nostalgic celebration of music from the three esteemed 80's fellows, who will brighten your day and absolutely unlock a ton of songs you weren't expecting to get stuck in your head today but, so it goes. It's like a naughty friend of the Drunkast episodes so if you know those, you'll know what y...
Aug 02, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 466
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by comedian and actor KERRY GODLIMAN ! Top class material from Kerry and Pip, as the two catch up like old pals (which in a sense they are) and get things off to a perfectly familiar start. From all things tech updates, to the size of Glastonbury (but WHICH town is it the same size as...?), making complex stuff sound understandable, Treadstone, bridging the worlds of comedy and acting. people ...
Jul 26, 2022•55 min•Ep. 465
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by comedian and activist MARK THOMAS ! An absolutely riveting episode from start to end, as Pip and Mark get into it from the beginning and simply don't stop til the end. Sure that's how most podcasts go, but it's a level of energy and enthusiasm which is a joy to be a part of. You probably know Mark from his TV work or live shows, but here's a lovely chance to catch up on so much - everything...
Jul 19, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 464
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by host, presenter and actor LAURA WHITMORE ! An interesting one here, as you'll hear from the beginning as it was assembled in a pretty unique way - and of course, you can be sure it's a banger from start to finish! Background story aside, prepare for a really fun and cool episode as we get to hear about the wild and awesome adventures of Laura. From the MTV years, all the way up to Love Isla...
Jul 12, 2022•57 min•Ep. 463
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by director JIM ARCHER ! ...who is of course director of Brian And Charles (featuring previous guest David Earl!), as well as Big Boys (featuring previous previous guests Jack and Jim) and so much more. A lovely addition to the David chat from Wednesday, which will cover a lot of ground and behind the scenes goodness that may have not been gleaned from David's episode. This is a really cool in...
Jul 07, 2022•47 min•Ep. 462
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by comic, podcaster, film-maker and Twitcher DAVID EARL ! ...who, of course to some of you, may be known as Brian Gittins. If you don't know David, let this be a lovely introduction as he and Pip catch up over so much, including tattoos, Twitch, early mornings, podcasts, comedy, growing with a character and without it (including said character Brian Gittins), Cumbo, film making and process, an...
Jul 05, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 461
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the fantastic actor and musician RITU ARYA ! Maybe you know Ritu from Umbrella Academy, or maybe from the band Kin, but either way - what an episode! Get better acquainted or start on the ground floor, as Pip and Ritu get into the whole thing... Acting origin stories, the humble holylands of Guildford, studying astrophysics, charity work, Idina Menzel, the band (Kin), A LITTLE SHOW CALLED U...
Jun 28, 2022•55 min•Ep. 460
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the wonderful comic writing and acting pair behind Big Boys JACK ROOKE & JON POINTING ! You may have caught some episodes already as the awesome Channel 4 are currently showing it, but if you didn't know Big Boys is out there waiting for your eager eyes and ears! A marvelous show from Jack and Jon, featuring a brilliant cast and some truly great writing, Big Boys is a fantastic piece of...
Jun 21, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 459
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the amazing screenwriter and producer JOE BARTON ! Bonus Friday goodness for your ears, as Pip chats with Joe about the whole cinema and film making game from start to end. Everything including the LA power move, house sitting versus living in a place, holiday, being fired, Giri/Haji, The Lazarus Project (pka Extinction), "Untitled Batman Project" (let's hope that name sticks), Cloverfield ...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 458
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the music making mind, soul and (digital) body of JORDAN STEPHENS ! Round two at that! And things get deep very quickly, which is what we like to hear. If you heard the previous chats with Jordan, you'll know that he's an honest and open person and in some ways, we've been charting the course of his growing and maturing in the music and acting world for a few years now which leads to all so...
Jun 14, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 457
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the comic with the golden voice IAIN STIRLING ! This is actually a perfect medium to engage with this episode as you'll likely know Iain from his very familiar voice - as heard on Love Island, for one... But as with each episode (which Iain has heard and that is a FACT), the chat branches out into every direction including the all important origin story, foundation years, paths to glory and...
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 456
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the incredible Rebecca Lucy Taylor aka SELF ESTEEM ! A huge episode right here, spraypaint-style in content in that it contains so much more than the runtime might suggest. The magnificent Self Esteem joins Pip to talk on all things including creativity, motivation, mental wellbeing, burnout, band psychology, getting ahead of potential comments, catharthis through lyricism, touring and how ...
May 31, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 455
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined once more by the wonderful poet, writer, actor and comic TIM KEY ! A multi-hyphenate for certain, Tim Key's blessed the Distraction Pieces podcast stage in previous years but it's a huge treat whenever it happens. Here we find Tim and Pip catching up about Tim's latest podcast appearances, which might seem meta being that this is happening while he's appearing on a podcast, but you know it's a...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 454
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by acting great JACK LOWDEN ! A sureshot favourite of Pip's, Jack has been in a ton of verified excellent television and film over the last decade or more, and the filmography is undeniable. Cast an eye over the IMDB and you'll surely see some bits and pieces that you've take to your own heart over the years - including the forthcoming ' Benediction ' of course... This is a great chat with loa...
May 17, 2022•48 min•Ep. 453
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by directing legend GASPAR NOE ! Given that Pip had a mere handful of hours to prepare before that nerve jangling Zoom chat admission screen came up, this chat with Gaspar Noe went as smooth as you could possibly imagine. If you're a long term listener, you'll understand the reverence to which Pip applies to the director of Irreversible, Enter The Void, and new film Vortex among others, and so...
May 10, 2022•53 min•Ep. 452
