Standard Issue Podcast

Jemima Rooper has been on our screens since the mid ‘90s, featuring in shows such as As If, Hex, and more recently The Split and Geek Girl. Now she’s at London's Park Theatre as Suzanne in one of France's favourite plays, Farewell Mr Haffman. Jen catches up with Jemima to talk about playing a Nazi, life as an actor from a young age, and being that tricky not young/not yet old age of our mid-40s.Farewell Mr Haffmann is at Park Theatre, London, until April 12 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hannah, Yosra and Mick are all big fans of Alice Lowe. But will that translate into loving Timestalker, which she wrote, directed and stars in? Does an excellent supporting cast (Tanya Reynolds, Jacob Anderson, Nick Frost and Aneurin Barnard) get enough to do? And will the fast cuts and repetition leave them confused or swooning? Find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There has been some good news this week, if you squinted right. So we're saying "no thank you" to the White House bullies and "yes please" to big legal developments, potty training, the pursuit of happiness and teaching boys about positive masculinity. Plus, there's boxing news in Jenny Off The Blocks. You're welcome.You can find out more about the Big Toile Project here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The podcast dives deep into the haunting themes of the 1990 film adaptation of a feminist classic. It reflects on women’s rights and the portrayal of a totalitarian society. The hosts critique its male-centric perspective and how it impacts feminist narratives. They explore the struggles of the protagonist against oppression, while also discussing commercial surrogacy's complexities. The conversation balances serious cultural reflections with humorous insights, examining how the film resonates with contemporary gender issues.

Imagine losing it in public, a video going viral and the whole world calling you a bad mother. That's what happens in playwright and actor Anna Morris's new play Son of A Bitch, now at Southwark Playhouse. Anna chats to Hannah about raging in public, viral videos, empathy, and the pressure on women to be mothers. Good mothers. Excellent mothers.You can book tickets for Son of A Bitch here: https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/son-of-a-bitch/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Like many new parents, Emily Callaci - writer and professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison - was amazed by the amount of housework that came with looking after small children. Her new book, Wages for Housework, is a history of the fascinating movement of the same name and explores how feminists before her have approached the dilemma of under-valued and unpaid work. Jen caught up with Emily to talk about the movement, why we could do with it making a comeback, and how different the world might look if essential work was valued differently.Wages for Housework is available now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The women tricked into relationships with undercover police officers have spent a lot of years investigating and campaigning, largely unnoticed. Might a new ITV documentary about their stories finally get them the widespread support they deserve? Hannah chats to one of those women, Alison, and to Lucy Wilcox, the director of The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed to find out more.* Hannah has previously interviewed Alison about her experiences of discovering her partner of eight years was a police spy. You can hear that interview, which also features Helen Steel, on Itunes here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sim-ep-744-chops-255-groomed-gaslighted-ghosted/id1080808404?i=1000568597088* The Undercover Police Scandal: Love and Lies Exposed starts on ITV and ITVX on Thursday 6 March.* You can find out more about the Police Spies Out Of Lives campaign here: https://policespiesoutoflives.org.uk/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hannah and Mick are ingesting and spitting out the news this week, and you’ll perhaps be unsurprised to hear that Trump needs to do better, the BBC needs to do better, the Church of England needs to do better, and Justin Baldoni needs to do better. Still, there’s always the prospect of mice paramedics to bring some cheer. And, for our £5+ patrons, extra rodent content courtesy of Sarah Millican’s Light Relief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bryan Forbes’ 1975 satirical horror, based on the 1972 novel by Ira Levin, is so well known it's entered the lexicon. Is it a dystopian nightmare or does it have something to say about life right now? Why were some feminist groups against it? And if a woman had made it, how might it be different? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eowyn Ivey, the million copy-selling author of The Snow Child, has been wanting to tell the story of her childhood her whole adult life. In her new novel, Black Woods, Blue Sky, she draws upon her experiences of violence growing up, as well as classic fairy tales, such as Beauty And The Beast to do just that. Jen chats to Eowyn about the book, the duality of humans, becoming the literary toast of the town, and Alaska’s main character energy.Black Woods, Blue Sky is available now and you can watch an online event with Eowyn and Rachel Joyce online here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices