It's the day we celebrate mams, so we decided to ask the excellent Molly Sheridan of Reek Perfume back on the podcast for a chat with her mum – and business partner – Sara Sheridan. Heather Pearson of The Grantidote asks the questions, as Molly and Sara give us the lowdown on what it's like to be part of a smelly mother-daughter enterprise: the highs, the lows and the inter-generational differences in their respective takes on life. Happy Mother's Day! Support this show http://supporter.acast.co...
Mar 11, 2018•42 min
Happy International Women’s Day – up the women! To celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, we’re running a series of interviews with some kick-ass broads. Ayesha Hazarika talks to us about politics, comedy and how the two can go hand-in-hand; Laura Bates chats about her new book Misogynation and some truly startling facts and figues about everyday sexism. Historian and Newnham fellow Dr Gill Sutherland explains the important role Millicent Fawcett played in ...
Mar 09, 2018•17 min•Ep. 89
Happy International Women’s Day – up the women! To celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, we’re running a series of interviews with some kick-ass broads. Ayesha Hazarika talks to us about politics, comedy and how the two can go hand-in-hand; Laura Bates chats about her new book Misogynation and some truly startling facts and figues about everyday sexism. Historian and Newnham fellow Dr Gill Sutherland explains the important role Millicent Fawcett played in ...
Mar 09, 2018•35 min•Ep. 90
Happy International Women’s Day – up the women! To celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, we’re running a series of interviews with some kick-ass broads. Ayesha Hazarika talks to us about politics, comedy and how the two can go hand-in-hand; Laura Bates chats about her new book Misogynation and some truly startling facts and figues about everyday sexism. Historian and Newnham fellow Dr Gill Sutherland explains the important role Millicent Fawcett played in ...
Mar 08, 2018•29 min•Ep. 88
Happy International Women’s Day – up the women! To celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women, we’re running a series of interviews with some kick-ass broads. Ayesha Hazarika talks to us about politics, comedy and how the two can go hand-in-hand; Laura Bates chats about her new book Misogynation and some truly startling facts and figures about everyday sexism. Historian and Newnham fellow Dr Gill Sutherland explains the important role Millicent Fawcett played in...
Mar 08, 2018•31 min•Ep. 87
This week Team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord talk to Anjali Ramachandran about her podcast Nevertheless , and the importance of getting young girls interested in STEM. Lucy Nichol tells us about her book, A Series of Unfortunate Stereotypes, which charts the stigmas surrounding mental health. And Mickey meets Rani Moorthy to learn why the sari inspired her to write a series of plays. Plus Jen's putting the case to save basketball in Jenny Off The Blocks and Dunleavy goes rogue and watches Moana wi...
Mar 07, 2018•1 hr 6 min
Back in January, our Mickey Noonan and Hannah Dunleavy hosted an In Conversation event at Cambridge Junction. They were joined by actress and activist Liz Carr, food writer Jack Monroe, and poet and playwright Hollie McNish, They talked about licking walls, guinea pigs and dreams of being a concierge. And potatoes, lots and lots of potatoes. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad c...
Feb 28, 2018•1 hr 5 min
This week, we have a Chops appropriate subject matter, as our Maddie Hickish, the erstwhile unheard member of the Standard Issue Team, meets columnist, author and one-time Great British Bake Off contender, Ruby Tandoh. They chatted about Ruby's new book, Eat Up! , the "clean eating" backlash, and the joy of food. Plus, remember Supermarket Sweep ? Just WHAT can you buy for less than a tenner in a newsagent, these days? Our Maddie and Ruby find out... Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/...
Feb 25, 2018•30 min
This week Team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord talk to Eve Simmons, who gives us the lowdown on Eating Disorders Awareness Week and her website, Not Plant Based. Our resident music guru, Liz Buckley puts another dime in her jukebox, baby, and chats to Mick about Lorde and the Grammys, and the very excellent Desiree Burch tells us about her show Unfuckable and working in a sex dungeon – we’ve all been there, right? Plus the team ponder “is she fat or is she pregnant?” in Sexism of the Week, Jenny Off...
Feb 21, 2018•1 hr 27 min
What's that? A bonus Sunday Chops? Our Hannah Dunleavy managed to snag half an hour with Bafta-winning actress Monica Dolan this week and here is the result, a proper good chat about her new play The B*easts , the joys of the Edinburgh Festival, playing Rose West and snogging Alan Partridge in a disabled toilet. 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 ad choices. Visit mega...
Feb 18, 2018•31 min
It's two for the price of one on Chops this week. This plate is a pile of delicious reading, as suggested by Anne Miller, our books expert, QI elf and all-round top bird. She brought three books into the studio: Lucy Mangan's Bookworm , Joanna Cannon's Three Things About Elsie and Gail Honeyman's Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine . The chat also includes tales of Hannah's hunts for land-based smugglers, Mick's adventures with fighty mice and the joyous image of pensioners at the Whitby Goth We...
Feb 18, 2018•29 min
This week, Team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord find out just how loyal you should be with your cash (and how much inertia is costing us) thanks to more solid nous from our personal finance expert Vix Leyton, whose advice is always bang on the money. Anne Miller gives Mickey and Hannah the gen on what books to read right now, and our human film guide Yosra Osman shares her cinematic must-sees as Oscar season gets underway. Jenny Off The Blocks is all over the Olympics, Dunleavy Does Disney's The Bla...
Feb 14, 2018•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 80
This week, Team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord chat to Miss L about the acting industry and @proresting, her Twitter timeline raising awareness of casting call bullshit. Comedian Angela Barnes talks Newsjack and how to write satirical comedy in an era where the news itself has jumped the shark, and journalist Nadine McBay offers a beautiful, lyrical insight into living with Multiple Sclerosis. Jen's letting off steam about grid girls and general sexist nonsense in sport and Dunleavy does Disney's C...
Feb 07, 2018•1 hr 21 min•Ep. 78
The awesome Alison Inman, president of the Chartered Institute of Housing and all-round top bird, joined the team to chat about social housing, how the lack of it affects women (particularly those in abusive relationships), and what can be done to help. Come on you YIMBYs! 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 04, 2018•29 min•Ep. 77
In this episode of In Conversation..., Hannah Dunleavy and Sarah Millican chat with Sally Lindsay and Jo Enright about the best shit daytime telly, birthday epidurals, boiling tea-bags in a kettle and being the shape of a Brown Owl. Recorded at Leamington Spa Comedy Festival, October 2017. 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...
Jan 31, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 76
In this week's Chops, Allison Vale stuns Team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord into almost silence with fascinating tales of women's derring do and achievements. The stories are taken from Allison's new book, A Woman Lived Here , which charts London's remarkable women and the reasons they deserve a blue plaque. 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...
Jan 28, 2018•39 min•Ep. 75
It's Saturday Bitchin' and this time our Mick needs to vent about the (inevitable) backlash to the #MeToo movement. But don't worry, she's also solved the problem of the patriarchy – as long as no one (Hannah) gets too distracted by David Bowie's crotch, Friends or He-Man . 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...
Jan 27, 2018•10 min•Ep. 74
This week, team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord have a good old natter with Hoxton Hall's Artistic Director Karena Johnson about the theatre's new season, Female Parts , Mickey has a chat with Bryony Kimmings about cancer - namely her show, The Pacifist's Guide to the War on Cancer , and we get giddy over story time with Allison Vale, who's talking about her excellent book A Woman Lived Here . Elsewhere, Sarah's answering your life questions, Jen has some thoughts on the best position to play in net...
Jan 24, 2018•1 hr 27 min
This week, skint AF team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord get some tips from consumer queen Vix Leyton about tapping into cash you didn't think you had, Aoife Moore talks Repeal the 8th and how we can all help and Dr Suze Kundu gives us the lowdown on women in science. Bogeys are in, out and all over the shop in Sarah's SMQT, Jen chats a load of isms happening in sport and Dunleavy Does Disney's Toy Story. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast...
Jan 17, 2018•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 72
It's a Chops with a bit of a difference this week as our excellent @inspireajen inspires a you. Jen bloody loves her sportsings, but it wasn't always that way. She talks a bit about how and why her attitude to being active changed and chats to Sport England's Kate Dale about the need for #ThisGirlCan and fitness instructor Wendy Ambrose-Green about how you're never too old, unfit or shy to get into sport. Our Mick is trying to get back into running and shares a few pointers on how to love your t...
Jan 14, 2018•41 min•Ep. 71
It's Saturday Bitchin' and our Hannah's getting her tits in a twist again. Know who'd probably tweet about that? Toby (fucking) Young, Titmaster General and all-round ridiculous egg. Since we recorded this, he's stepped down from the Office for Students, presumably to concentrate on tweeting about the lady lumps, but there are many MANY reasons he should never have got the role in the first place. Over to you, Dunleavy. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted ...
Jan 13, 2018•12 min•Ep. 70
This week, team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord get back on the news trail, Karen Campbell shares some tips on how to get your shit together on all life fronts and Dotty Winters gives us the lowdown on surviving self-employment. Hannah's back Outside The Box, with a host of excellent TV programmes to get you through January's dark nights and sad bank balance, Jen chats to Sport England's Kate Dale about This Girl Can, Sarah's comparing her dog and her husband and Dunleavy Does Disney's The Princess ...
Jan 10, 2018•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 69
In this episode of In Conversation..., Hannah Dunleavy and Sarah Millican chat with... men. That's right. Gender inequality is shit for everyone so for International Men's Day, we did a one-off In Conversation with bona fide blokes Elis James, Richard Osman, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Tom Allen. Topics include reading reviews, catching trains, never being able to finish the Internet and Pinterest, the place of dreams. Recorded at The Shaw Theatre, London, on November 19. Support this show http://suppor...
Jan 03, 2018•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 67
In this episode of In Conversation..., Mickey Noonan and Sarah Millican chat with Jessica Fostekew, Grainne Maguire and Julia Raeside about Don Draper, Hillary Clinton, throwing bricks at TVs and that time the Queen got well excited about cows. Recorded at Hen & Chickens, London, on September 19, 2017. 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...
Jan 03, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 68
In this episode of In Conversation..., Hannah Dunleavy and Sarah Millican chat with Stephanie Beacham, Suranne Jones, Jojo Moyes and Deborah Frances-White about getting sacked in front of John McEnroe, first dates, disasters at nativity plays and how we should all just be a lot more like Stephanie Beacham. Recorded at Leicester Square Theatre on December 14, 2017. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Lea...
Dec 27, 2017•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 66
This week, team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord talk to consumer rights queen Vix Leyton about what's what when it comes to shopping and returns (and bad hairdressing experiences), and journalist Alice Hutton explains why we should all give a shit about the slow death of local newspapers. Jen chats to filmmaker and activist Daisy May Hudson about Half Way , her award-nominated documentary about hidden homelessness, and our Sarah tells us about her brilliant #joinin campaign that takes place every Ch...
Dec 20, 2017•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 65
As part of our Sarah's book tour, Hannah caught up with her in Cambridge for a chat about all sorts of stuff from confidence to class, as well as some questions from the audience. Lovely stuff. 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...
Dec 17, 2017•58 min•Ep. 64
In this episode of In Conversation..., Mickey Noonan and Sarah Millican chat with Jess Phillips MP, Katherine Ryan and Alex Jones about massive babies, stand-up poos, exploding seagulls, adorable feet and the fear of potential Frankencunt. Recorded at Leicester Square Theatre on November 5, 2017. 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...
Dec 16, 2017•1 hr 7 min
This week, team Noonan, Dunleavy and Offord get some excellent pass-agg Christmas gifts ideas from comedy writer Sarah Morgan that'll piss off your homophobic uncle while putting cash in various charities' coffers – win! Music guru Liz Buckley talks to Mick about her favourite albums of 2017, and Dannie Grufferty, co-ordinator of The Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness, tells the team all about the commission and how we can help people suffering from loneliness. Our Sarah gets her Doctor Doolittle o...
Dec 13, 2017•1 hr 41 min
This week our Hannah and Jen are joined by resident film buff, Yosra Osman to talk films of the year. They had a good old natter about Oscar gaffes, monkeys in dystopian societies and the loveliness of Jamie Bell. 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...
Dec 10, 2017•35 min•Ep. 61
