Standard Issue Podcast Standard Issue
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By women. For women. About everything. Standard Issue is a podcast championing women's voices, and packed with interviews, news, film, opinion and humour.
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Isa Guha takes the lead
Isa Guha, former cricketer, member of England’s World Cup winning team, and the first South Asian player to represent the country in the sport, has carved out a successful role for herself as a presenter since she retired from the game. Now, through her charity Take Her Lead, she wants to help other young women and girls to get a foothold in the male-dominated arena. She chatted to Jen about the charity, diversity in women’s sports teams, and life as a woman in sports broadcast media.
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Bush Telegraph and sport: The right time to quit and skills for a modern soldier
Another roller coaster of a week, so strap in for the Bush Telegraph with Lembit Opik and ... no, away with you... with Hannah and Jen. This time they're talking about Hannah's new career as a freelance White House advisor and Jen's got Track & Trace PTSD. In Sexism of the Week, there's some horrifying figures on violence against women and in Jenny Off the Blocks, there's some questions about violence towards a horse. None of which is good. But there is also the modern pentathlon. There will always be the modern pentathlon!
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Rated or Dated: Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
How many women in this week’s Rated or Dated? ZERO WOMEN. Must be a Mickey pick, eh? Correct. But what a pick: 2004’s rockumentary classic/accidental comedy, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster from filmmakers Joe Berlinger and the late Bruce Sinofsky. And man, oh emotionally stunted man, does it raise a lot of questions about the human condition. And other questions, too. Such as, which Metallica did Jen fancy? And, how many times has Hannah accidentally seen them live? And, is that Mark Kermode? And also, can a human survive a pancreas explosion?
A bonus treat for any Metallica fans listening: Mick’s put some song title Easter eggs in there for you. Happy hunting!
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Rebekah Pierre on putting the care back into care
There are currently 82,000 children in care in the UK. What's life like for them and how will growing up in care go on to affect their lives? Hannah's been on the Zoom with Rebekah Pierre, editor of an excellent new book, Free Loaves on Fridays: The Care System As Told By People Who Actually Get It, to find out more.
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Ilaria Bernardini is happy being the forest
Italian author Ilaria Bernardini is a big deal in her home country. And rightly so. Her latest novel in English, We Will Be Forest, was longlisted for Italy’s presitigious Strega Prize when it originally came out in 2018, and she’s received a tankload of plaudits for her works for the page and screen.
In this episode, Mick’s chatting to Ilaria about the pain, hope and renewal of change, particularly in relationships and events that affect our physical health, the invisible lines that connect us all – and what part plants and nature can play in all of that.
We Will Be Forest is translated by Livia Franchini, published by Whitefox and out now.
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Flicking #51: Nyad
What’s this, not one but two older women with a lot to do? In the same film? There’s never been such times. Mick’s picked Nyad, the 2023 sports biopic from dream team Elizabeth Chai Vasarheluyi and Jimmy Chin about marathon swimmer Diana Nyad’s attempts to swim the 110 miles of open ocean from Cuba to Florida – in her 60s.
But will Hannah and Yosra enjoy this tale of endurance and hubris? And did Annette Bening and Jodie Foster earn those Oscar nods? Find out!
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Customer Reviews
Awesome: candid, refreshing and informative
No nonsense podcast with relevant topics. Refreshing to have a podcast where the podcasters aren’t obsessed with being the main character! Here, they research, discuss, theorise, ponder. Brilliant.
A bit sweary but so interesting
The podcast is full of so much info it often requires a rewind. Also loadsa jokes, even with the serious stuff but leaves you reflective,
I think Jenny has single handedly pushed women’s sports to the forefront and actually left me with a bit of eye fog when talking about the inspiration for young women in sports.
If everything else is a miss for you, try “Rated or Dated”, or whatever else fills the film slot. Basically there’s something for everyone, if you can get past the sweary bits,
which, to be fair, is usually influenced by specific subjects 🫣
Always a great listen!
Great pod-hosts and so many interesting interviewees, and it covers everything : sport, entertainment, history, literature, politics etc. This is the podcast I listen to as soon as it drops!