emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Ashley Walters , originally episode 317 from 2020-03-18. Original writeup below: Okay - in case you don’t recognise that name right there immediately, let’s bring you up to speed. ASHER D FROM SO SOLID. Ring a bell? DUSHANE FROM TOP BOY! Getting through yet? RICKY FROM BULLETPROOF? Don’t make me get all Biff from Back To The Future and knock on your he...
Aug 21, 2025•54 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by hilarious comic and now author RHYS JAMES ! An immediately bubbly and scattered catchup with Pip and Rhys, as they transmit in podcast-time from Rhys's equivalent of what Adam Buxton refers to as his 'nutty room'. On top of all things book related, centring around his very new 'You'll Like It When You Get There', he and Pip check in on many and much including house layouts and room purposes...
Aug 19, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 632
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Kaitlyn Dever , originally episode 475 from 2022-09-21. Original writeup below: 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 R...
Aug 14, 2025•40 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the incredible actor XELIA MENDES-JONES ! Such a great episode as Pip and Xelia catch up over everything involved with life on and off screen (I mean, mainly on-screen - but there's huge amounts on both sides). Xelia has led a unique journey from an initially very promising start in football right up to getting self-tape auditions sent out and landing some major roles in the process. Of cou...
Aug 12, 2025•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 631
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Stewart Lee , originally episode 15 from 2015-01-21. A VERY early episode from the back catalogue but one that is hugely important in the DPP canon. This episode is refered to to this very day, and has remained a firm favourite of you all, the DPP crew. Those of you who have heard it, of course. Something similar happened on Marc Maron's WTF podcast wh...
Aug 07, 2025•1 hr 24 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the glorious actor MICHAEL SOCHA ! Part 2 of 2! Drop right into this really lovely chat with Michael and Pip, who previously chatted in podcast form all them years back in 2016! Verging on a decade. Time marches on doesn't it. It's lovely to hear from Michael this time around with so much passed, but it isn't just re-call from that time, and catching up on those years. It's a typically wide...
Aug 06, 2025•38 min•Ep. 630
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the glorious actor MICHAEL SOCHA ! Part 1 of 2! Drop right into this really lovely chat with Michael and Pip, who previously chatted in podcast form all them years back in 2016! Verging on a decade. Time marches on doesn't it. It's lovely to hear from Michael this time around with so much passed, but it isn't just re-call from that time, and catching up on those years. It's a typically wide...
Aug 05, 2025•43 min•Ep. 630
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Louis Theroux , originally episode 289 from 2019-09-25. Original writeup below: The conversation starts right up top with pseudonyms and nom-de-plumes the moment Louis joins Pip, and things don’t let up from there - Pip and Louis cover much ground in an hour which slips by gently and easily, covering Louis’ love of golden age hip hop and early wishes t...
Jul 31, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by fabulous actor LAUREN LYLE ! A perfect piece of acting-focused chat but of course, not limited to...! Lauren is a very welcome guest, who has been on a proper mission on her way to securing bigger roles and ones that would find those huge audiences. From her artistic origins, spending time in New Zealand and putting in work in various disciplines back in the day, to the real machine work of...
Jul 29, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 629
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Kelly Marcel , originally episode 147 from 2017-04-19. Original writeup below: This week your host Scroobius Pip is joined by none other than his old pal and script/screenwriter Kelly Marcel! A crazy story right here which Kelly unfolds for you, not before she relays how she rescued a fearless but accident prone squirrel and nursed it back to bitey and...
Jul 24, 2025•1 hr 23 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Leeds acting legend RALPH INESON ! We join Ralph in that limbo state of him being wrapped on a film but us, the public, having not yet seen it (at time of broadcast) - but playing the role of Galactus must be quite a trip, and certainly quite a height to come back down to Earth from. Thankfully Ralph is a delightful blend of proud but also humble, and we get to hear a perfect collage of tal...
Jul 22, 2025•46 min•Ep. 628
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Vicky McClure , originally episode 187 from 2018-01-31. Original writeup below: Surely you will have seen Vicky's acting greatness on the big and small screen, having a HUGE part to play in the filmography of the legend Shane Meadows in films such as A Room For Romeo Brass, This Is England and the series of which the film spawned (as ‘Lol’), but if not...
Jul 18, 2025•1 hr 6 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by actor and comic HARRY TREVALDWYN ! A wonderful episode which is a joyous celebration of all things actorial, but certainly not limited to... Harry and Pip have shared screen time by way of The Acolyte (albeit in very different roles) aka the wokest Star Wars ever, but Harry's world has been on a beautiful path throughout. From early days of the pandemic working on The Bubble (a Judd Apatow ...
Jul 15, 2025•1 hr•Ep. 627
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Joe Gilgun , originally episode 284 from 2019-08-21. Original writeup below: Indeed - this is the week, people. Pip’s been hyping it up for a while now, rightfully so, as Joe is an awesome guest who fits right in like hands to a pair of gloves. And boy howdy do Pip and Joe get into it all… From his appearances on the brilliant Two Shot Podcast, to his ...
Jul 10, 2025•51 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by a full assortment of UK spoken word and poetry excellence - KAE TEMPEST, POLARBEAR, HOLLIE MCNISH, MUSA OKWONGA & JODI ANN BICKLEY ! Listeners who got on board in more recent years might not be aware of the incredible XFM radio show that Pip used to host called 'The Beatdown'. It was totally essential listening for those with even a passing interest in Hip Hop and Rap and spoken word po...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 626
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Bob Vylan , originally episode 561 from 2024-03-27. Original writeup below: Speaking of rays of light, the Bobby Vylan album 'Humble As The Sun' comes out on April 5th, so keep that on your agenda. As you know with Distraction Pieces and the work Pip does / has done, the conversations usually dip in and out of music and acting (but not limited too, of ...
Jul 03, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by national treasure, showrunner, comic and musician JORDAN GRAY ! Pip and Jordan have been pals for a lot of years, and many of you will likely have heard Jordan appear on this very podcast since the 20-teens. The first episode was a pivotal one which is often refered back to with a number of teachable moments that echoed over the years, but whatever your perspective - Jordan's been putting i...
Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 625
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Goldie , originally episode 156 from 2017-06-21. Original writeup below: A proper filfy drum n' bass banger right here this week too as Pip is joined FINALLY after a long bout of scheduling and planning by the one and only, the Metalhead himself, the UK's national drum & bass treasure - Goldie! "The barbarians from within will raise their heads and...
Jun 26, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the UK film titan in town on business for 28 Years Later , it's DANNY BOYLE ! An immense amount of cinematic greatness can be packed into a smaller episode, as you shall witness with this awesome episode with Danny. This was recorded as part of the Converstions @ Curzon series, where the best of the best film folk get to chat about the craft in a perfect environment for such conversations. ...
Jun 24, 2025•33 min•Ep. 624
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Kano , originally episode 288 from 2019-09-18. Original writeup below! A really fun and engaging sit-down with the two, as Pip catches Kano in the midst of a promo run which leads us nicely into the whole thing - from the cycle beginning and ending (and then beginning again), his time served at the notorious Deja Vu station back in the day, teaming up ...
Jun 19, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by a long awaited guest and general acting legend, DOMHNALL GLEESON ! Business first - if Percy Pigs want to come through and sponsor the podcast we're all on board (you're welcome Percy for the free plug btw 🐽). More importantly though of course, this is a fabulous episode which covers so much of the acting science that it's one that aspiring actors (or indeed working ones) could do well to ...
Jun 17, 2025•58 min•Ep. 623
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with James McAvoy , originally episode 133 from 2017-01-18. Original writeup below! A true smash of an episode right here as we welcome aboard the man with many faces, James McAvoy! Pip was able to snag some time with the warm and inviting Glasgow heavyweight to get in deep about his new film 'Split', directed by M Night Shyamalan, which is released on Janu...
Jun 12, 2025•29 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the nicest Hip Hop cast you could assemble in one place - CHILDISH GAMBINO, RUN THE JEWELS, DANNY BROWN, OPEN MIKE EAGLE & JEAN GRAE ! Note: you might hear a different episode number in the intro - pay no mind - this is episode 622! ✌️ Listeners who got on board in more recent years might not be aware of the incredible XFM radio show that Pip used to host called 'The Beatdown'. It was t...
Jun 10, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 622
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Killer Mike , originally episode 12 from 2014-12-31. One from the pre-teen episodes of the podcast, around 600 or so ago now... Imagine... Killer Mike's been on the scene and in people's minds and ears LONG before Run The Jewels, but for those that discovered him through RTJ, a world of dopeness awaited them. This early days and early hours chat with P...
Jun 05, 2025•57 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by a total giant in media and creation, it's RENAY RICHARDSON ! Renay's been hard at work in so many ways and in so many areas of the game, and for such a long time, this is one of those episodes where a choice of lanes must be made, lest the conversation become unweildy and impossible to finish... She's also been a very big piece of the Distraction Pieces puzzle at the very beginning of the r...
Jun 03, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 621
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Ron Perlman , originally episode 262 from 2019-04-10. Original writeup below: ––––––––––––––––––––––––– “…The artform is being preserved by people who are living on the fringes…” Even the post-Friday night spirits of London Town can’t keep Ron down, as he joins Pip outside on a Saturday morning for a wonderful talk on all things film, be it behind the ...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 7 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by one of the greats... it's BENICIO DEL TORO ! "I'm a FAN !" proclaims Benicio at various points in this lovely catch up with Pip, and it's so heartening to hear. Not that anyone ever expected him to be anything less than awesome, but this is actually quite a rare appearance from someone evidently beloved by those involved in cinema and those who view the films alike. While a quick Google sea...
May 27, 2025•47 min•Ep. 620
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Paloma Faith , originally episode 184 from 2018-01-17. Original writeup below: ––––––––––––––––––––––––– A long, long overdue guest on the podcast, as Pip has been pals with Paloma for a good decade or so (their friendship kicked off on the video for ‘ The Beat That My Heart Skipped ’), but it isn’t just mates reminiscing and going over the good old ti...
May 22, 2025•1 hr 12 min
Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by absolute Irish acting royalty SIMONE KIRBY ! A rare treat here with the wonderful Simone catching up and checking in with Pip, in a celebration of so much of what makes the performances we see what they are. Simone's been putting in work on the stage and screen for a minute, and you will have surely witnessed her greatness in such projects as the ones in the episode title (and a cursory gla...
May 20, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 619
emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Charlie Brooker , originally episode 275 from 2019-06-26. Original writeup below: ––––––––––––––––––––––––– …but don’t by any means think that Black Mirror is a one man show, as Charlie himself will ensure you know how important Annabel Jones is in the whole creative process! He and Pip get all the way into the whole Black Mirror phenomenon, how it wor...
May 15, 2025•44 min
