Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the brilliant actor and musician NATALIA TENA ! The instant connection that will be of note to Distraction Pieces Network followers, is that Natalia starred next to Brett Goldstein in Superbob - which hopefully you will have seen by now! BUT - consider that something of a sidebar to this conversation as here, we get to hear everything about Natalia in a solo capacity. From boat life, to min...
Mar 08, 2023•58 min•Ep. 503
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the duo of incredible poet and filmmaker SAUL WILLIAMS and stellar actor and playwright ANISIA UZEYMAN ! Saul is back on the Distraction Pieces couch for his second appearance in the show's history (first time was incredible), and as you can well imagine, you're in for treats galore. Not only that, you can double up on said treats by adding the wonderful Anisia Uzeyman into the mix, as the ...
Mar 01, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 502
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is flying solo to answer a flurry of questions from YOU , the listeners and viewers! In keeping with Distraction Pieces tradition, Pip likes to have a week to himself from time to time and here we are, deep in mid-February, to open up the mailbag. Even saying 'mailbag' is such a nostalgia trigger for most of us. Didn't that kind of thing die out not long after the 90's arrived? What was it replaced by? ...
Feb 22, 2023•48 min•Ep. 501
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Join Pip and producer Buddy Peace in a 'quincentenary' celebration as the podcast reaches episode 500! PART 2 of 2! Pip and myself don't often sit down and recount the archives of the Distraction Pieces Podcast in an official capacity. We might refer back to episodes here and there, or talk in a bizarre shorthand only decipherable by us about certain prior events and occurances in the past. But this time we sat down ...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 500
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Join Pip and producer Buddy Peace in a 'quincentenary' celebration as the podcast reaches episode 500! PART 1 of 2! Pip and myself don't often sit down and recount the archives of the Distraction Pieces Podcast in an official capacity. We might refer back to episodes here and there, or talk in a bizarre shorthand only decipherable by us about certain prior events and occurances in the past. But this time we sat down ...
Feb 15, 2023•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 500
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Glasgow-based rapper, author and activist DARREN McGARVEY aka LOKI ! A thoroughly engaging and informative chat to light a fire under you right here, as Pip connects with Darren and jumps in the deep end from the very start! That's how we like it. It's actually perfect because Darren has a lot to say, all of which is guided towards society and shining a light on some of the sides of it that...
Feb 08, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 499
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by acting superhero AMAR CHADHA-PATEL ! Hopefully you will have encountered Disney+'s 'Willow' by now (previously known as the enigmatic 'UNTITLED DISNEYPLUS PROJECT'), or perhaps even the movie 'Dashcam' - if not, and you're yet to become familiar with Amar, this is a wonderful opportunity to make a fast friend and discover someone who you'll certainly want to keep up on... This is an awesome...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 498
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Friends, colleagues, contemporaries... The time has come once more. That time is DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 5! Some of you will legitimately have been waiting all year for this one. I GET IT. It's understandable. What other times of year do you get to hear Pip, Chris and Stu get together and drink and shout and cry and solve the world's problems and generally create podcast gold? Exactly. It is a time to be treasured, hono...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 497
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Friends, colleagues, contemporaries... The time has come once more. That time is DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 4! Some of you will legitimately have been waiting all year for this one. I GET IT. It's understandable. What other times of year do you get to hear Pip, Chris and Stu get together and drink and shout and cry and solve the world's problems and generally create podcast gold? Exactly. It is a time to be treasured, hono...
Jan 26, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 497
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Friends, colleagues, contemporaries... The time has come once more. That time is DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 3! Some of you will legitimately have been waiting all year for this one. I GET IT. It's understandable. What other times of year do you get to hear Pip, Chris and Stu get together and drink and shout and cry and solve the world's problems and generally create podcast gold? Exactly. It is a time to be treasured, hono...
Jan 26, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 497
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Friends, colleagues, contemporaries... The time has come once more. That time is DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 2! Some of you will legitimately have been waiting all year for this one. I GET IT. It's understandable. What other times of year do you get to hear Pip, Chris and Stu get together and drink and shout and cry and solve the world's problems and generally create podcast gold? Exactly. It is a time to be treasured, hono...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 497
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Friends, colleagues, contemporaries... The time has come once more. That time is DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 1! Some of you will legitimately have been waiting all year for this one. I GET IT. It's understandable. What other times of year do you get to hear Pip, Chris and Stu get together and drink and shout and cry and solve the world's problems and generally create podcast gold? Exactly. It is a time to be treasured, hono...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 497
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by English professional wrestler WILLIAM REGAL ! A true wrestling fans dream right here, but as always with these slightly more specific episodes, this is definitely not one strictly for the wrestlers... William Regal is a lovely guest and a treat to have on the podcast, and you can clearly hear the joy in Pip's voice when the two get to speaking. Those who are familiar will know about his cha...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 496
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by actor LENNY RUSH ! This isn't the first time Pip's had a younger guest on the podcast, going back to the days of the 'Where's Your Head At' series where he chatted to his goddaughter, but this time he joined by young Lenny who is 12 years old at the time of recording. Lenny is an incredible actor who's been on a lot of very highly regarded BBC shows (and more obviously!), and this is a wond...
Jan 13, 2023•32 min•Ep. 495
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by national acting treasure RUTH MADELEY ! Pip caught up with Ruth to go in on the actorial sciences in some awesome detail, with Ruth going over some of her amazing roles in an illustrious career and all the 'stuff' that comes with it. Born with spina bifada, she has also worked a ton with the Whizz Kidz charity, so she is very much out there putting in work in the realms of disability repres...
Jan 11, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 494
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Prepare your snacks accordingly (preferably quiet ones) as Pip runs you through his FILMS OF THE YEAR 2022! Happy and prosperous new years to you all! All of us here at Distraction Pieces wish you a wonderful year ahead in all of your endeavours. Here's hoping for a positive one in 2023. As tradition dictates, here is Pip to deliver his timely rundown of all of the films he saw in 2022, broken down into a criteria of...
Jan 04, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 493
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip forms a power throuple with fellow podcasters JOHN & JOEL for the TV SHOWS OF THE YEAR ! A delightful end of year TV roundup from three people who truly know and care about their televisual intake. These are names you can trust, folks. You might know John and Joel from their own film podcast called Dream Factory (the world's greatest user-generated movie creation podcast), which Pip is a true fan of...
Dec 28, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 492
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by director and screenwriter RIAN JOHNSON ! First thing's first, so you know who you're about to listen to. GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY . Okay? Okay. NOW you know! Rian wrote and directed the incredible follow up to Knives Out, which hit cinemas recently and will be with you Netflix possibly right about now. The coverage so far has been nothing but awesome so you'll be in for an absolute...
Dec 21, 2022•35 min•Ep. 491
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip forms a mihghty podcast triumvirate with ADAM BUXTON & RICHARD HERRING ! You already KNOW Adam and Richard from their illustrious podcast careers (The Adam Buxton Podcast and RHLSTP respectively), but surely a ton of you also know them from their comedy or acting careers too, in solo form as well as in double acts. I mean this is all just fluff really because if you listen to Distraction Pieces then...
Dec 14, 2022•41 min•Ep. 490
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip forms a mihghty podcast triumvirate with ADAM BUXTON & RICHARD HERRING ! You already KNOW Adam and Richard from their illustrious podcast careers (The Adam Buxton Podcast and RHLSTP respectively), but surely a ton of you also know them from their comedy or acting careers too, in solo form as well as in double acts. I mean this is all just fluff really because if you listen to Distraction Pieces then...
Dec 14, 2022•54 min•Ep. 490
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by RIO & CHARLIE of the incredible BLOOMSBURY FOOTBALL ! Todays episode is a wonderful chat with coach and mentor Rio Rosenberg, and founder / CEO of Bloomsbury Football Foundation Charlie Hyman! A really nice conversation about what the foundation is, does, and means to those who join. Bloomsbury Football Foundation is all about access to football to those who might have previously faced ...
Dec 09, 2022•33 min•Ep. 489
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined for a Xmas tradition catch-up by old pals POLARBEAR and MUSA OKWONGA ! Part 2 of 2... If you're listening to this podcast, I'll make a pretty safe bet that you will be familiar with spoken word superheroes Polar and Musa. If not, I'll make an equally safe bet that if you like Pip, you've now got two friends in waiting, as this crew go back a long way and share a lot of amazing ground, stories,...
Dec 07, 2022•55 min•Ep. 488
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined for a Xmas tradition catch-up by old pals POLARBEAR and MUSA OKWONGA ! Part 1 of 2... If you're listening to this podcast, I'll make a pretty safe bet that you will be familiar with spoken word superheroes Polar and Musa. If not, I'll make an equally safe bet that if you like Pip, you've now got two friends in waiting, as this crew go back a long way and share a lot of amazing ground, stories,...
Dec 07, 2022•59 min•Ep. 488
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Inbetweeners heroes and OGs JOE THOMAS & SIMON BIRD ! This bonus episode is in partnership with All 4, featuring Joe Thomas and Simon Bird from The Inbetweeners. Pip has been circling these two for a good while now, although Simon has appeared on DPP all those years ago in 2020 - but as a duo, the lads come correct and you know it's a great one. You of course know them from The Inbetwee...
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 487
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by MMA superhero JOHN HATHAWAY ! A truly great chat with Pip and John, and while you may see the initials M, followed by an M, and then an A, in the above description, this isn't necessarily one strictly for the UFC heads. Although you'll surely have a great time if you ARE one. John's been through a whole lot in his journey to perfection, and as you'll hear not every pro fighter is immune to ...
Nov 30, 2022•53 min•Ep. 486
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the superb director JACK SPRING ! A great catchup with Pip and Jack as they get all the way into the film making craft, covering almost every aspect from the journey into it all, to learning the ropes on the business side, funding, casting, all of that good stuff as well as all the extra bits and pieces you would want to hear and know about. A perfect chance to get to know Jack better, and ...
Nov 23, 2022•53 min•Ep. 485
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by TV and film director behind almost everything MARK MYLOD ! An amazing chat with someone who began their storied career working on some cornerstone shows in BBC history like Grandstand, Eastenders and Blue Peter but ALSO Maid Marian which was a huge deal for those of us of a certain age, let's say... Anyway - through a series of chess moves on the board of the industry he currently finds him...
Nov 21, 2022•48 min•Ep. 484
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the brilliant and hilarious comic MAISIE ADAM ! A delightful episode which goes into so much in not that long of a time, but certainly enough to get you fully up to speed on all things Maisie. So much ground is covered, including the Brixton Academy level of popularity, the cost of living crisis not being lost on her in relation to people turning up at shows, a misleading non-recommendation...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 483
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the hilarious and great comic ALISTAIR GREEN ! You could also add actor to that list of accolades as Alistair is busy in front of the camera too, as you will hear. Kicking off with heavy metal nights and the tour t-shirt, it's a fun slip n' slide down the road of tangents as Pip and Al get down to the business of social media and rolling news being too quick for a comic hot take, making vid...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 482
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the multi-hyphenate comic, author and doctor ADAM KAY ! Well maybe doctor in the 'present' tense might not be strictly true but it's a nice trio right there. A really great chat with Adam and Pip as they get deep into the vault of doctoring and the world of medicine. But with a definite truth-telling angle - not to dish the dirt by any means, but really to help the public understand more th...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 481
