Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by neuropsychologist and author ANDY MITCHELL ! A wildly interesting chat with Pip about not just the broad area of psychedelics, but the culture surrounding them and some of the modern spins on it all that we might be encountering on our travels. With all the wide world of psychedelics, it's really fascinating to hear about the side that sometimes doesn't get looked at, and to get some light ...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 533
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by actor and director OTTO BAXTER ! ...and joined by PETER BEARD and BRUCE FLETCHER of course. The trio here are responsible for the horror film 'The Puppet Asylum', and the documentary about Otto and the making of said film, 'Otto Baxter: Not A F*cking Horror Story'. Otto lives with Down Syndrome, which is of course not the main focus of this ace human but something that has had an affect on ...
Sep 19, 2023•53 min•Ep. 532
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by actor, writer and comic ANDI OSHO ! Another delightful time right here for you, as Pip and Andi catch up and get right into all things of interest quickly and with no hesitation. So much ground gets covered and it's all super inspiring, including bodies and minds and neuroplasticity, dealing with energies at school, earnestness and not feeling the cynicism, spending time being out of touch ...
Sep 12, 2023•55 min•Ep. 531
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by actor and writer and second time guest SUSAN WOKOMA ! A true delight right here as Susan jumps back in the DPP game for another sureshot episode, and as you'll hear - and as you'd expect - in about 6 years or so SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED. But also, reassuringly there's a lot left on the side so this bodes well for a third appearance in the future...! Amongst the goodness you can expect from Susa...
Sep 05, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 530
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by comic excellence and ace human being JOSH PUGH ! One of those geniunely organic episodes which seems to form from the ground up and find a rhythm and pace all of its own. A lovely look into the mind of Josh, who specialises in comedy and standup but with a very social approach, which feels like it stems from his work in the social sector over the years. That comes up later which is fascinat...
Aug 29, 2023•58 min•Ep. 529
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by dancehall champion and superstar reggae musician SHAGGY ! Very broadly speaking, a lot of you will know Shaggy as Mr Boombastic, or the guy who did Oh Carolina and It Wasn't Me. But dig a little deeper and there are worlds of releases and shows and all sorts of stories from the past that are just too exciting and interesting to pass up on... And that's what makes this last minute convo with...
Aug 22, 2023•51 min•Ep. 528
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by rapper, podcaster, producer, showmaker and all round multi-hyphenate OPEN MIKE EAGLE ! This one's what they call a kinda 'special request' episode, where - to break the 4th wall - I (Buddy ✌🏼) suggested to Pip about getting Mike on again. Mike's been on before but YEARRRS ago and while his episode is obviously well worth checking, this is the more up to date one being a good 8 years after!...
Aug 15, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 527
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by comic, podcaster and writer LOU SANDERS ! A treat for sure, as always with Lou, as we catch up on a bunch of life stuff and cool happenings in her world including healers, spiritual goings on, her past life as a band member, face biting, book writing, growing up in Thanet, sweat lodges, cultural appropriation, marriage and relationships, the concept of 'enough', living a playboy lifestyle a...
Aug 08, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 526
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined for the second time in many years by comic star and friend of the show JOSIE LONG ! It's been a bunch of years since Josie last joined the Distraction Pieces Podcast, and only through reasons of busy-ness and life's carousel is it that we haven't seen a return for a bit. Well it's a welcome reunion as, with all reunion episodes, so much life has happened in the interviening years. Josie's now ...
Aug 01, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 525
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the truly fabulous acting star SASHA LANE ! By now you will have surely seen at least one of Sasha's starring roles in Loki, American Honey, How To Blow Up A Pipeline or presently The Crowded Room - but if not, you'll absolutely want to go and check on what Sasha's up to after hearing this chat. While mainly focusing on the matter at hand which is the last two projects (Pipeline and Crowded...
Jul 25, 2023•45 min•Ep. 524
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by SAM DABB of Newport's finest venue LE PUB ! Being that this is a Grassroots Music Venue Special, who better than to Sam to join Pip to talk about everything that is truly unique, awesome, and hugely important about indie music venues. As you'll hear, Sam has been on a huge lifelong journey with music facilitation, promotion and production, and it is people like this who build up the arts an...
Jul 20, 2023•48 min•Ep. 523
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the Grimsby comic legend LLOYD GRIFFITH ! You'll know Lloyd from hus various outings and aboutings, and maybe more prominently from Soccer AM - but that is far from the extent of Lloyd's talents of course. You might catch him out on the road casually tearing down arenas with Jack Whitehall, of which you'll hear all about right here - including some very pertinent thoughts on the actual real...
Jul 18, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 522
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the amazing action superstar POM KLEMENTIEFF ! An absolute treat of an episode as we meet Pom in full fighting form, ready for a full on packed conversation branching out onto so much of her inspiring career but leaving enough for next time too! Basically - the surface is scratched but the iceberg has much below the surface, to smash a couple of metaophors together. Pom's been involved in a...
Jul 11, 2023•47 min•Ep. 521
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the excellent and always funny comic RHYS JAMES ! You'll have encountered Rhys on a variety of TV goodies over the years, and surely have caught a live show or two along the way, but this is a perfect chance to join in on a catch up with he and Pip in good old fashioned podcast form. It's a great one which branches out onto all sorts of tangents as a good podcast is known to do, from proces...
Jul 04, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 520
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is flying solo to bring you some cinematic hits and favourites for PRIDE FILM CLUB ! A straight from the heart celebration of queer joy and cinema for this episode, folks. I'm sure this goes without saying but if this presents an issue for you, we might suggest proceeding with an open heart to broaden to your love for humanity. But failing that - with all due respect - this isn't really the home for you...
Jun 27, 2023•48 min•Ep. 519
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by comic, author and actor BRIDGET CHRISTIE ! A really lovely chat and catch up (and missing piece of the long-term Distraction Pieces puzzle) with Pip and Bridget, which comes at a perfect time in sync with Bridget's new series on Channel 4 'The Change'. You'll hear all about the amazing process of getting it off the ground and what else is involved in getting pitches picked and developed (it...
Jun 20, 2023•54 min•Ep. 518
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the all time Saturday morning TV comedy duo TREVOR & SIMON ! "Never again, boys..." Of course, that description is nothing if not reductive, as they have done so much over the years that is way more than just that - but I think a good, hefty wedge of us will have become fast friends with the two from seeing them over multiple Saturday mornings on Going Live or Live & Kicking. Well, ...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 517
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by doctor and musician NISHANT JOSHI ! You might fancy including 'whistleblower' in that description too but only if you use it in the appropriate manner okay? Dr Nishant has been a busy person in ever so many ways since the pandemic began around a quarter of a decade ago (to give it that sense of close history), being a doctor on the frontline during one of the biggest health emergencies of o...
Jun 06, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 516
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by national treasure and rabbit hole journalist, author and podcaster JON RONSON ! Rabbit-hole journalist is of course used in loving jest, as he kind of says the same himself in the course of the podcast. Jon loves a rabbit hole. And it's evident in his work which is pure story-upon-story heaven for the curious minded among us, which will of course appeal to those with a liking for Louis Ther...
May 30, 2023•1 hr•Ep. 515
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Twitch legend BALMER to talk all things parenting and indeed, Twitch! The term 'Twitch legend' is doing all sorts of work there, and for those uninitiated, you may need some assistance. Twitch is the livestreaming platform for people to either observe or take part in art, sports, gaming, music, every conceivable activity that can be filmed essentially. Within appropriate broadcast law, obvs...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 514
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Florence & Reed from the almighty COME CURIOUS podcast ! Of course, the podcast is one aspect of both of their wide and varied skillset, but it's a hugely important and awesome element - even in terms of reframing 'sex positive' as 'sex honest'. Florence and Reed have been making power moves in the world of sex work, including being active within it, fighting for rights and equality, an...
May 16, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 513
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by show favourite, renowned comic and now grand producer JAMES ACASTER ! Some might consider this a kind of trojan horse episode, in that it's not wall to wall "Let's talk about comedy and Taskmaster" - no, this time, Pip catches up with James about his new role as producer and orchestrator behind the new sprawling music project 'Temps'! The project itself is a truly adventurous step to bring ...
May 09, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 512
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the awesome writer, podcaster, curator and film critic ANNA BOGUTSKAYA ! Hopefully you will know Anna and her prolific works at this point but in the event that you've been caught napping, this is a perfect introduction to the encyclopedic film lover herself... This is the perfect episode for all cinephiles, covering so many elements of the on-screen universe and much of the psychology behi...
May 02, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 511
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Drunkast and Hardcore Listing mates CHRIS & STU ! The theme of this week is simple but has vast potential for pure world building... Pip invited Chris and Stu along to do some good old fashioned stuntcasting - where you basically re-cast films and TV shows with a cast of your own assemblage. The results? Chaotic and amazing. But ALWAYS grounds for debate and good old fashioned chat. A w...
Apr 25, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 510
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the warm, ace and uplifting actor JOHNNY HARRIS ! Johnny's been incredibly busy over the last few decades, as a quick glimpse at his storied IMDB page will display. So of course you can expect to hear a ton of good old fashioned acting chat right here. But on top of that, you'll also be treated to a ton of good old fashioned friendly and uplifting back and forth too. Johnny's interests and ...
Apr 18, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 509
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the excellent and hilarious comic JOHN KEARNS ! You might know John from his appearances on Taskmaster. You might know John from his memorable appearance on stage as a comedian (rocking the false teeth and wig). But here's a perfect chance to get to know John as the human behind it all, the master at the controls. It's a brilliant chat which covers all the ground you would hope for, but als...
Apr 11, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 508
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by veteran true crime comedy podcast trio DRUNK WOMEN SOLVING CRIME ! ...of course the three women in question who form the trio have names - Taylor, Hannah and Catie - and all three are here to chat all things podcasts, origin stories and more! A lot more, by the way. It's a joy to hear the team catch up and talk about all the things that maybe even people who listen to DWSC aren't up to spee...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 507
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Enter Shikari's ROU REYNOLDS ! ...and if you remember all the way back to episode 27 where Rou made his debut on Distraction Pieces, you will know that his name is pronounced "Rou like cow, not Rou like moo". But that aside - we welcome back Rou, in this excellent episode which delves into so much more than music. Situating ourselves immediately in the surroundings of Pip's old uni town of ...
Mar 28, 2023•59 min•Ep. 506
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by director BRANDON CRONENBERG ! If half of that name rings bells to those of you not versed too hard in the cinema world, you are indeed correct - Brandon's father is David, who you will surely be familiar with in some way! Brandon's been carving a unique niche in the horror scene with some truly psychedelic adventures in the genre, and you'll be happy to know that he goes into a lot of the t...
Mar 22, 2023•37 min•Ep. 505
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the incredible screenwriter BISHA K. ALI ! An absolute must listen episode, firstly for those interested and invested in the acting and cinema/television kingdom, but also for those who want to hear a straight up brilliant episode full of honesty, truth and heart. Of course you get the shop talk - process, creativity, the whole science of it all (and the Marvel multiverse of course)- which ...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 504
