Standard Issue Podcast

Michael Gove's recent admission that he took cocaine in the past has seemingly affected his chances of becoming our next Prime Minister. But does anyone actually care? And if so, why? We chat to two experts, political commentator Ayesha Hazarika, and host of the Say Why To Drugs podcast Dr Suzi Gage, about who is really driving the conversation on drug use in the UK, about whether honesty is the best drugs policy and about who, if anyone, is winning the war on drugs.

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This week we catch up with mental health writer Michelle Thomas about her debut book My Shit Therapist. Frances Ridout, director of the Legal Advice Centre at Queen Mary University London, pops by to tell us about the work she’s doing to help victims of image-based sexual abuse. There’s a sneaky taster of this week’s Sunday Chops with the absolute smasher that is Susan Calman, who's talking to Mick about her book Sunny Side Up.

There’s peak Trump, good news/bad news over at Nike, and some Nigey nonsense in the Bush Telegraph, leopard print barnets and football fever in Jenny off the Blocks, and Dunleavy Does Dystopia watches Demolition Man. Be well.

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With people finding it increasingly hard to make ends meet and growing numbers stockpiling in Brexit bunkers across the land, we caught up with food writer Jack Monroe to chat about her new book Tin Can Cook. Topics covered include massaging cows, the joy of tinned stewed steak, and why we shouldn't be celebrating food banks.

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Was May 2019 the best month of TV ever? Our Hannah thinks so. She, along with Mickey and Jen, talk HBO drama Chernobyl, Sally Wainwright's Gentleman Jack, Shane Meadows' The Virtues, the end of Veep AND the long-anticipated return of Deadwood. Welcome the fuck back.

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This week, we chat the battle for the right to bodily autonomy in the southern states of America with Staci Fox of Planned Parenthood Southeast. Jen meets Helen Edmundson to talk about her timely adaptation of Andrea Levy's Small Island. There's tennis and news about a free Standard Issue event in Jenny Off The Blocks, and Mickey's talking sweetie-flavoured foofs in Sexism of the Week. Wait, what? Plus, there's inter-generational strife as Dunleavy Does Dystopia watches Battle Royale. Like old people and young people are ever going to start hating each other. 

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Back in our magazine days, journalist and keen home edder Hazel Davis used to write a fortnightly column – Hey! Teachers! I’ll leave my kids at home – charting her adventures in home schooling her two little ones. 

The government is currently consulting on plans to launch a new register of children in England being educated at home. It’s estimated there are nearly 60,000 kids being home schooled, but no one really knows because so far no register. We thought it was a good time to catch up with Hazel to talk about the proposals and also to chat home edding pros and cons in general.

Whether you’re already home edding your kids or thinking about it for the future, this is a must listen.

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What a corker of a gigcast: Jess Phillips MP, Beverley Knight, the boss herself Sarah Millican, Mick and Hannah in the hosting seats, gambols, being bostin’, singing for the Queen, loving Prince, cannibalism in bunkers, Guns N’ Roses in Asda, fruit that’s too chowy-chowy, Scott Bakula, and some incredible signing. 

Recorded live in March as part of the first Birmingham Podfest. 

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In this week's episode Jen gets giddy abut the Women's World Cup as she chats to a host of excellent women about the upcoming tournament. She's joined by Kait Borsay, host of The Offside Rule podcast to give her top tips on who to watch out for in the England Squad; Manchester City and Scotland forward Caroline Weir talks rivalry with her English teammates; filmmaker Naziha Arebi talks about her film Freedom Fields and countries where women are fighting for more than the right to play; and former Arsenal and England defender Alex Scott, part of the BBC's Women's World Cup team*, talks about her experiences on and off the pitch and why it's a great time to get excited about women's football.

Throughout May, Jen's treating you to a selection of sporty Chops in which Jen chats to: Catherine Bond-Muir, CEO of the W Series –the brand new motorsport series for women - as well as drivers Alice Powell and Emma Kimilainen, to find out how the series got off the ground, and why it's so needed; Jacky Forsyth and Claire-Marie Roberts about their book The Exercising Female and the stunning lack of research into women's bodies and minds when it comes to physical activity; and Sarah Train from anti-discrimination campaign group Kick It Out about what they're doing to tackle racism and homophobia in football.

*Follow the World Cup on the BBC from June 7 across TV, radio and online.

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This week, Mick catches up with Standard Issue music guru Liz Buckley, to talk all things Miss Franklin thanks to Amazing Grace, the previously unseen 1972 recording of stone-cold soul legend, Aretha. Jen chats to Sandra Gamper and Katie Caiger, hosts of the new podcast, M's The Word, about the stigma and silence around miscarriage and baby loss. And we chat to podcaster, journalist, author and all-round multi-hyphenate Emma Gannon about the art of the side hustle.

Meanwhile, there's good and bad news for humanity in the Bush Telegraph, and Jen chats to outgoing head of UK Sport Liz Nicholl in Jenny Off The Blocks.

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Sarah Train, one of Kick It Out's professional clubs equality officers, tells Jen about the work the organisation is doing to end discrimination of all forms - including racism and homophobia - across football, and how football fans can help.

Throughout May, Jen's treating you to a selection of sporty Chops in which Jen chats to: Catherine Bond-Muir, CEO of the W Series –the brand new motorsport series for women - as well as drivers Alice Powell and Emma Kimilainen, to find out how the series got off the ground, and why it's so needed; Jacky Forsyth and Claire-Marie Roberts about their book The Exercising Female and the stunning lack of research into women's bodies and minds when it comes to physical activity; and there's a Women's World Cup Special featuring *gasps* Alex Scott. 

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