With Westminster’s political bin-fire still burning bright, Mick caught up with Belfast-based journalist and author Siobhan Fenton to find out how it's affecting what’s going on in Northern Ireland. The team had a natter with writer Bella Heesom about her new play, Rejoicing At Her Wondrous Vulva The Young Woman Applauded Herself , and why we should all be celebrating our lady bits a lot more. Jen chats to terrific hockey birds Kate and Helen Richardson-Walsh about the BBC’s plans to #ChangeTheG...
May 08, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Throughout May, we're treating you to a selection of sporty Chops, in which: Jen chats to Sarah Train from Kick It Out about homophobia – and other forms of discrimination – in football; Jackie Forsyth and Claire-Marie Roberts about their book The Exercising Female and why we shouldn't be lumping men and women's bodies together as one giant interchangeable lump when it comes to sport (or, you know, anything); and we'll have a Women's World Cup Special featuring *gasps* Alex Scott. In this episod...
May 05, 2019•36 min
Forty years after Margaret Thatcher became the UK's first female Prime Minister, she remains one of the most divisive names in British political history. We wanted to explore her political legacy today, so asked 22 women - some of whom knew her, most of who spent their formative years in Thatcher's Britain - about how Thatcherism changed, and continues to change the country we live in. In the second part of our two-part special podcast, we look at what That Bloody Woman did for – or indeed to – ...
May 03, 2019•1 hr 29 min
Forty years after Margaret Thatcher became the UK's first female Prime Minister, she remains one of the most divisive names in British political history. We wanted to explore her political legacy today, so asked 22 women - some of whom knew her, most of who spent their formative years in Thatcher's Britain - about how Thatcherism changed, and continues to change the country we live in. In this first part of a two-part special podcast, we look at the effect That Bloody Woman had on women and mino...
May 01, 2019•57 min•Ep. 225
Clare Balding and Sara Pascoe? On the same show? Oh yes, it's gigcast week and this time we're spoiling you with a recording of the In Conversation show we did on Valentine's Day, where Hannah and Jen asked questions about role models, romance and why everyone should stop talking to Clare about horses, especially if that horse is imaginary. Tuck in! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about y...
Apr 24, 2019•1 hr 1 min
With the London Marathon taking place on April 28, Jen went to meet 84-year-old marathon runner Eileen Noble, to find out why she loves running, what's changed over the 18 marathons (and counting) she's participated in, and why she wishes more people would take up the sport. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Apr 21, 2019•22 min
Scrapping no-fault eviction is a start, but as Georgie Laming of Generation Rent tells Hannah and Jen, there are many more difficulties facing those trying to keep their heads above water in the renting section of the housing market. Natasha Devon is back, this time chatting what’s what with anti-semitism in certain sectors of the Labour Party and how we can all help. And there’s more calls to fight racism, this time in football, as Jenny Off The Blocks finds Jen talking to Sarah Train, one of K...
Apr 17, 2019•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 222
Musical comedian and impressionist Jess Robinson chats impersonations, finding your own voice and what it’s really like on Britain’s Got Talent , as Hannah, Mick and Jen just shout ‘do more voices! at her, like the delightful pricks they are. Jess also attempts to teach the team how to ‘do’ Liza Minnelli, which includes a double hip operation and a sterling effort from our Jenster. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Apr 14, 2019•28 min•Ep. 221
This week the team catch up with comedian and musical impersonator extraordinaire, Jess Robinson (and a few friends, natch). Mick and Jen chat to Natasha Devon, campaigner, author and presenter of Channel 4’s The Naked Beach about body positivity and mental health. There’s T-bots, gory rips and cat chats in the Bush Telegraph while Jenny Off The Blocks looks at Wrestlemania. And Dunleavy Does Dystopia ponders whether size really does matter as Hannah takes in the intense earnestness of Gattaca ....
Apr 10, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Joanne Harris, globally bestselling author of Chocolat (among many other books), chats to our Mickey about her latest novel, The Strawberry Thief , and a whole host of other topics, including empty nest syndrome, magic and folklore, the pinkification of women authors, being badass on Twitter, and that time someone left a machine gun in her garden hedge. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more abo...
Apr 07, 2019•45 min•Ep. 219
This week Mickey meets best-selling author Joanne Harris to talk about her new book, The Strawberry Thief, returning characters and why she can smell colours. Hannah caught up with documentary maker Liza Williams to find out what The Yorkshire Ripper Files can teach us about how society treats female victims of crime, even today. Jen talks football in Jenny Off The Blocks. And in the first of our new series Dunleavy Does Dystopia, we look at 1987's version of 2019 - The Running Man . Support thi...
Apr 03, 2019•1 hr 4 min
We've all been teenagers, so we asked mum of two of them Sue Elliott-Nicholls if it was as nightmarish-slash-joyous from the other side and what she’s learned along the way. It was also a chance to hark back to the days when we thought we were getting away with smoking, blushed at the sex chats, ran away with our roller skates (Hannah) and that one time Mick's mum panicked that Pro Plus was a gateway to heroin. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast....
Mar 31, 2019•34 min•Ep. 217
London Hughes + Jen Brister + Daisy May Cooper + our baffled hosts, Mickey Noonan and Hannah Dunleavy = an absolute balls-to-the-wall gigcast. Topics covered include getting a world record or four, shitting in the streets, the joy of mispronunciation, why hairy legs and litter don't get on and the potential delights of an on-call tuk-tuk. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choi...
Mar 27, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 216
Sisters, never were there such devoted sisters. Really? Journalist and author Daisy Buchanan chats to our Mick about the complicated relationships of sisterhood – biological, BFFs and feminism. Daisy's new book The Sisterhood is a warm, wise and funny look at those relationships, and she chats body image, teenage girls and magazines, advertising, lifting up other women, visible vulnerability, while Mick reveals the time she put her sister in a bin, sorry, outdoor cupboard. Support this show http...
Mar 24, 2019•50 min•Ep. 214
In one of two Sunday Chops today, we talk to author Sophie Hannah about her book - now also a podcast - How To Hold A Grudge and why she thinks "letting it go" isn't always the best way forward. She also tells us about her next Poirot novel and her new project to help authors "get out of their own way". Tuck in! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...
Mar 24, 2019•29 min
In this week's episode Mick chats to journalist and author Daisy Buchanan about her latest book The Sisterhood , which charts the sometimes complicated relationship between women, especially those we're related to. We catch up with author Sophie Hannah, host of podcast How To Hold A Grudge, based on her book of the same name, and discover why the dictionary along with the rest of the world has got it wrong on grudges. There's side-eye, psychics and Toxic- ity in the Bush Telegraph, and Jen chats...
Mar 20, 2019•57 min
In this week's episode, Jen catches up with Angie Thomas, bestselling author of The Hate U Give and On The Come Up . They natter about Angie's books, the experience of disadvantaged young people, and why it's important not to be condescending to teenagers. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 17, 2019•22 min
Hello March, what you got on the telly for us? In this week's episode, we talk the return of Partridge, Derry Girls and Fleabag , as well as Ricky Gervais' After Life . Plus there's all the controversy of Leaving Neverland and Louis Theroux's The Night in Question . Tuck in. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Mar 15, 2019•30 min
Guest-wise this week, Jen's boxing clever with stone cold legend Jessica Hynes, chatting about her new film, The Fight , and psychotherapist Jane Watson comes in to talk measles, Michael Jackson and the epidemic of denial. Football, rugby, athletics... there's almost too much to mention in Jenny Off The Blocks, and Hannah and Mick are both giddy with excitement: Hannah because Dunleavy Does Disney finally – FINALLY – bows out (with a whimper, thanks Hercules) , and Mick because she gets to say t...
Mar 13, 2019•57 min•Ep. 210
In our fifth episode of our International Women's Day 2019 series, we caught up with Jennifer Rees, former police officer and author of Voices From The Blue , celebrating 100 years of women in the Metropolitan Police. We chatted about the first intake of birds on the beat, institutionalised sexism, and just how accurate an episode of Luther really is. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about...
Mar 08, 2019•28 min
British Science Week is about to kick off, so to celebrate, the fourth in our IWD2019 series is a round table about women in science. We got together with the Royal Society of Chemistry to talk hidden heroines, the leaky pipeline, mentoring, and the joy of science with Dr Sohini Kar-Narayan, Dr Gemma-Louise Davies, Dr Claire Murray and Pip Matthews, Inclusion and Diversity Programme Officer for the Royal Society of Chemistry. Have at it! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissue...
Mar 07, 2019•42 min
In the third episode of our International Women's Day 2019 series, Jen catches up with two sporting legends: Manchester City and England midfielder, Jill Scott, and Loughborough Lightning and England Women's Rugby captain, Sarah Hunter. Chat includes the forthcoming Women's Football World Cup, the ongoing Women's Rugby Six Nations, and the incredible leaps forward in women's team sports. Image of Sarah Hunter courtesy of the RFU Collection via Getty Images. Support this show http://supporter.aca...
Mar 06, 2019•33 min
In the second episode of our International Women's Day 2019 series, Hannah and Jen caught up with writer and producer Karla Williams, co-founder of Ms Mono, a production company focused on female-centred stories. They talk representation, complex characters, and how Ms Mono is hoping to shake up the TV industry. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...
Mar 05, 2019•27 min
In the first of our series celebrating International Women's Day 2019, Hannah went to meet writer Lisa Holdsworth to talk about her new play Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile , based on the life of working class playwright Andrea Dunbar, who died aged 29. They talk Rita, Sue and Bob Too - including that controversial ending - how Andrea's life and work bled into each other, and the barriers working class youngsters face when entering the arts. More information about Lisa's new play can be found ...
Mar 04, 2019•29 min
In this week's Chops, we're talking new musical Come From Away . Set on September 11, 2001, and the days afterwards, it tells the tale of what happened in the town of Gander, Canada, where 38 inbound planes were rerouted after America closed its airspace in the wake of the attacks. Hannah managed to grab some time with co-creator Irene Sankoff to talk about a true story full of comedy, tragedy, love and fear. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. S...
Mar 03, 2019•18 min
Laura Bates, Felicity Ward and Suzi Ruffell joined us back in December for an In Conversation event and here's the result. We talked feminism (natch), meeting a young Ed Sheeran and lizard ownership. Plus that time someone nearly threw up on a tiny child while punting. Spoiler alert, it was Hannah. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 27, 2019•1 hr 8 min
In this week's Sunday Chops, Jen chats to British writer and activist Mariam Khan, editor of new book It's Not About The Burqa: Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race . They chat about why Muslim women need to reclaim their own narrative, Brexit and, obviously, Beyonce. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Feb 24, 2019•31 min
This week, Jen meets comedy legend Helen Lederer to learn about the Comedy Women in Print Prize. Author Hallie Rubenhold dispels some myths about the victims of Jack the Ripper. Jen's talking some good-value sport in Jenny Off The Blocks, Dunleavy Does Disney has its penultimate outing and it's all falling apart in the Bush Telegraph. Have at it! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your...
Feb 20, 2019•59 min
Social media doesn't have to be a harbinger of mental health issues and FOMO, as Instagram guru Sara Tasker tells Mickey in this Chops. Sara's debut book, Hashtag Authentic , looks at how women can use Instagram (and other platforms) to positive effect. She and Mick chat about how to navigate social media with your soul intact, stealth feminism, and what Luke Skywalker did with his pants. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy ...
Feb 17, 2019•33 min•Ep. 198
In Part III of our LGBT History Month series, comedian Rosie Jones comes into the studio to talk LGBT voices in comedy, dating as a disabled person and what it was like to actually have a good year in 2018. A lovely time was had by all. If you've not yet listened to the rest of the series, get that done too. In Part I, comedians Kate McCabe and Debra Jane Appelby talk representation for LGBT women in popular culture. In Part II, Hannah chats to Olivia Potter-Hughes from the NUS-USI about the bat...
Feb 17, 2019•29 min
