Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the actor writer comic multi-hyphen rocking legend that is JOHN POINTING ! A wonderful catch up with two people that get along famously and always have very entertaining chats, which certainly bodes well for a podcast episode of people talking! John is a welcome friend of the podcast, who has been sighted previously with writing and show pal Jack Rooke, and joins Pip and therefore us all fo...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 558
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Bonus time as Pip makes the pyramid of power with fellow podcasters JOHN & JOEL for the TV SHOWS OF THE YEAR ! * Succession spoiler around 27m - I've added a mini jingle to let you know when... It's about 2-3 minutes long to be on the safe side so BE WARNED if you've yet to see season 4... (Producer Buddy here - I've recklessly recycled a previous writeup for this one because my original is still entirely apt - d...
Mar 01, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 557
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the incredible film maker and director GARETH EDWARDS ! Gareth is responsible for some of the most visually impressive movies in recent memory, and his story stems from creating lo-fi special effects on a consumer-grade bedroom PC. You've llikely seen the recent 'The Creator', and maybe you were in on the ground floor with 'Monsters', but Gareth has a huge amount of productions to his name,...
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 556
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by one of Scotland's finest, the acting heavyweight that is PETER CAPALDI ! Depending on where you caught Peter on his timeline, you may know him as Malcolm Tucker, Dr Who, or even Oldsen if you've seen Local Hero. Point is - Peter's been busy for decades, and continues to be so. He's also an awesome hang, as you will find out as Pip gets a good hour or so in his company. They get into all sor...
Feb 21, 2024•57 min•Ep. 555
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by acting great KINGSLEY BEN-ADIR ! A very good time to catch Ben, as he's been on a whirlwind promo run for Bob Marley: One Love of late - but this is someone who would have been a Distraction Pieces guest soon enough, whatever the weather... Don't let the low-key tea-drinking nature fool you for a second, this is a busy person who has been grinding for a minute. The journey's been long and w...
Feb 14, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 554
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by stuntperson and all round beam of light DAVD HOLMES ! You might have come to know David through the documentary 'The Boy Who Lived', which goes into great detail about his life and the path that led to his stunt work and career in the industry. If you have indeed seen it, you'll know that he's someone who has been through some immense experiences, and lived through one literally life changi...
Feb 07, 2024•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 553
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Shetland superhero, comic, folk expert and Twitch-er MARJOLEIN ROBERTSON ! A fabulous one here which branches out on all sorts of tangents but ONLY for the advancement of the podcast itself. A wonderful meandering and weaving conversation which radiates with history, fun and warmth and will surely leave you with a glorious impression of Marjolein if you're yet unacquainted. Marjolein is up ...
Jan 31, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 552
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by esteemed writer and director ANDREW HAIGH ! A lovely episode for anyone inspired by the craft and creativity of film making, and you know Pip's a geek for this stuff so it won't be a surface level chat by any means! Andrew's been making roundly applauded films for decades now, including 45 Years, Lean On Pete, and the new All Of Us Strangers, but even if you are unfamiliar with those you'll...
Jan 24, 2024•55 min•Ep. 551
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Future Islands lead vocalist, writer, actor and rapper SAMUEL T. HERRING ! What an episode... Samuel was generous enough with his time to give us a full 90mins-ish of pure goodness which will entirely appeal to already-down Future Islands appreciators, but will likely turn a few ears towards their music if not already familiar. Saumel's presence is warm, fun and witty and it's a brilliantly...
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 550
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by film-maker and actor JOEL EDGERTON ! A fabulous episode with Pip and Joel, as we hear the two of them get down deep into the whole mess of life, film, and everything else. As you will expect it's a wide ranging and very honest one, delving into the aspects of pandemic life as an actor and - well - human being, as well as parenthood, empathy, understanding, emotion (including when acting and...
Jan 09, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 549
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! The yearly tradition boldly continues as Pip celebrates a year of incredible cinema with his FILMS OF THE YEAR 2023 ! One of those traditions that comes around every 12 months and makes you realise how much you missed it and how much you wanted to hear it again... A glorious and positive indulgence in a year of awesome movies from all over the world, and all across the spectrum or galaxy of the human soul. As always ...
Jan 02, 2024•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 548
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Gather round, DPP fam... Here we go - it is indeed that time of year once again... DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 5! A welcome return of the Drunkcast gang as we hear from the original formation over five delirious episodes. If this is your first time coming in contact with the Distraction Pieces Podcast, a friendly suggestion would be to perhaps get better acquainted with the podast in regular guest-based form. This isn't any...
Dec 27, 2023•44 min•Ep. 547
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Gather round, DPP fam... Here we go - it is indeed that time of year once again... DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 4! A welcome return of the Drunkcast gang as we hear from the original formation over five delirious episodes. If this is your first time coming in contact with the Distraction Pieces Podcast, a friendly suggestion would be to perhaps get better acquainted with the podast in regular guest-based form. This isn't any...
Dec 26, 2023•59 min•Ep. 547
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Gather round, DPP fam... Here we go - it is indeed that time of year once again... DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 3! A welcome return of the Drunkcast gang as we hear from the original formation over five delirious episodes. If this is your first time coming in contact with the Distraction Pieces Podcast, a friendly suggestion would be to perhaps get better acquainted with the podast in regular guest-based form. This isn't any...
Dec 22, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 547
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Gather round, DPP fam... Here we go - it is indeed that time of year once again... DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 2! A welcome return of the Drunkcast gang as we hear from the original formation over five delirious episodes. If this is your first time coming in contact with the Distraction Pieces Podcast, a friendly suggestion would be to perhaps get better acquainted with the podast in regular guest-based form. This isn't any...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 547
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Gather round, DPP fam... Here we go - it is indeed that time of year once again... DRUNKAST TIME ! PART 1! A welcome return of the Drunkcast gang as we hear from the original formation over five delirious episodes. If this is your first time coming in contact with the Distraction Pieces Podcast, a friendly suggestion would be to perhaps get better acquainted with the podast in regular guest-based form. This isn't any...
Dec 20, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 547
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! A glorious episode and a long time in the making - this week Pip is joined by acting hero THOMAS TURGOOSE ! A long one in the making not only because this is the longest This Is England reformation in history, but because literally they have been trying to arrange this one for years. And s you will have surely guessed, it delivers on all counts. Thomas is great company, and as a podcast host himself you know for in f...
Dec 13, 2023•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 546
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! Pip is joined for the second time this week by the wonderful actor that is ROSIE MARCEL ! YES this is the much hinted at and inquired about episode from the archives that was never aired, for reasons that - with the passage of time - seem trivial, but at the time itself were very sensitive indeed. What's cool about hearing this episode after the previous newer recording with Rosie is how the ground was looking back t...
Dec 08, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 545
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the incredible acting treasure that is ROSIE MARCEL ! You might know Rosie from her role as Jac on 600 episodes of Holby City - but it's entirely possible that you know her from the vast IMDB list and have never seen an episode of Holby City in your life... OR maybe this is the first time you've seen the name. Well, it goes without saying that Rosie is a genuine treat to have on the podcast...
Dec 06, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 544
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the excellent director WILLIAM OLDROYD ! Another perfect meeting here for Pip and all film heads who listen to this (and as always, anyone into creative process and inspiration), as William talks about all of the intricacies and moments of lightning in a bottle that come together to result in amazing cinema - including his past movie Lady Macbeth and present movie Eileen . It is though, of ...
Dec 01, 2023•46 min•Ep. 543
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by actor, comic and podcaster BILAL ZAFAR ! A lovely meeting with Bilal, which gets into the under the bonnet mechanics of this multi-disciplined superstar with a lot of fun in the process. Bilal balances many different hats including acting, podcasts, comedy and streaming too so it's fascinating to hear how all that works. So much, including the Fringe and the complexities within, streaming a...
Nov 29, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 542
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by musician, writer and comic JOSH WELLER ! ...and by no means a debut appearance from Josh, as you might remember an appearance a LONG while back in October 2018! At time of this episode that's 5 years. How much can happen in 5 years? Well there's a fine Bowie jam about that but in this case, it involves a career arc of launching into standup. No easy thing to do, as literally anyone will tel...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 541
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by actor, writer and director EMERALD FENNELL ! An excellent chat with the very awesome Emerald, whose work you will likely have caught up with over the past few years in any one of her many capacities. Playing Camilla on The Crown, writing on Killing Eve, or writing and directing 2020's brilliant Promising Young Woman. Here we catch up with Emerald in promotionland to hear about her new film ...
Nov 15, 2023•44 min•Ep. 540
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by commentator, activist and rapper LOWKEY ! This is Lowkey's second appearance on Distraction Pieces, in what feels right now like a section that ought to be there every episode. Lowkey is very well versed on matters involving Israel and Palestine and the situation past and present, so this episode was recorded a day before it was released to be as up to date as possible. Pip caught up with L...
Nov 08, 2023•53 min•Ep. 539
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by documentary and film maker AODH BREATHNACH ! Just quickly - a little assist on pronunciations when talking about this episode - AODH is like a capital ' A ', and BREATHNACH is like ' Brennok '. In case you need it! Also - trigger warnings in this episode for knife crime and trauma, in case these subjects cause discomfort for you. Aodh is a skilled and experienced documentary producer, who h...
Nov 01, 2023•59 min•Ep. 538
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by director, screenwriter and producer PHILIP BARANTINI ! This episode has been hinted at for a minute now, and anyone who's picking up crumbs on the acting breadcrumb trail will already be aware that Stephen Grahame is essentially the spiritual godfather of this whole podcast. Well DPP fam, here's Philip - a frequent Stephen collaborator and fellow Liverpudlian, who has spent his fair share o...
Oct 24, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 537
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by writer and director (of 'Host' and more) JED SHEPHERD , and also Chris and Stu from Hardcore Listing ! A celebration of all things slept on TV shows, and many of these you will be forgiven for never having heard of them in your life (I definitely hadn't heard of a bunch). Jed has a new short film on Netflix called 'Flashback' starring your very own Pip, so peep that and all future goodies f...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 536
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the incredible actor and all round "forced Buddha" STEVEN OGG ! A delightful episode which has so much goodness in it, it feels like we have a series on our hands right here. You'll likely know Steven from one or more of his many unique roles in TV and film, but whatever the deal, just come by and drop in on two cool people having a super-chill chat with pure greenlight all the way for posi...
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 535
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by brilliant actor and podcaster LAURA CHECKLEY ! We catch Laura at a really exciting time of life, having been recently married which has also led to greater revelations about the good old fashioned work - life balance. It turns out Laura can take time off after all! I'm sure a lot of us can relate to how huge that revelation can be. On top of all this goodness, Laura expands on an attitude o...
Oct 03, 2023•52 min•Ep. 534
Hello! Pip here, coming to you DIRECT with a little episode of thanks. Barely needs a description to be honest. I don't know what links and stuff Buddy normally puts in here so that's the end of the description. Byeeeeeeee byebyebyebye Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Sep 29, 2023•23 min
