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5 days ago · Bonus

POM KLEMENTIEFF (Mission Impossible / Guardians... / Westworld) • Friday Rewind

emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Pom Klementieff, originally episode 521 from 2023-07-12. Original writeup below: An absolute treat of an episode as we meet Pom in full fighting form, ready for a full on packed conversation branching out onto so much of her inspiring career but leaving enough for next time too! Basically - the surface is scratched but the iceberg has much below the surface, to smash a couple of metaophors together. Pom's been involved in a lot of cinema and always delivers huge performances, obviously including Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, but along with the Guardians films, Suicide Squad, Westworld and loads more. Everything including process, hopes and dreams, basketball games with Spike Lee, working with Simon Pegg and Tom Cruise, and SO much more. Seriously - if you don't know Pom yet, get to know. A great one! PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature IMDB INSTAGRAM PIP TWITCH • (music stuff) PIP INSTAGRAM SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE PIP TWITTER PIP IMDB POD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

5 days ago · Bonus

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43 min
1 Jul

MARK WATSON • "You must be tired!" (Before It Overtakes Us / Murder Of A Famous Bastard / No More Jockeys) #678

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the very hilarious comic, writer and podcaster MARK WATSON! You can go ahead and add "long overdue guest" somewhere in the salutation there too, as Mark is someone who's been missing from the DPP alumni for way too long. Mark's been busy performing comedy all around the globe for a minute, and at some point you will have heard Pip proclaim his love for 'No More Jockeys' - the theme quiz with Tim Key, Alex Horne and Mark, so you'll likely know him from at least one point of entry. If not, fear not, as this is a lovely chat where no former knowledge is required! Pip and Mark go into several menu items including the perils of being 40+ (get your ailments bingo card prepped), peeing in odd places like a regular stray dog, getting lifts with parents as an adult, famous contacts in one's phone, riders at shows (ie backstage snax, beverages and more), surprise Mum spottings, squeezing material out of rugged situations when it might be better to just not have the situation, and his new podcast project (link below). Enjoy! PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature ONLINE MURDER OF A FAMOUS BASTARD THE INFINITE SHOW NO MORE JOCKEYS SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE PIP TWITCH • (music stuff) PIP INSTAGRAM PIP TWITTER PIP PATREON PIP IMDB Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1 Jul

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1hr 17min
26 Jun · Bonus

DAVID EARL & JOE WILKINSON (Chatabix & much more) • Friday Rewind

emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with David Earl & Joe Wilkinson, originally episode 99 from 2016-05-24. Original writeup below: Welcome, welcome, welcome to your 99th - NINETY NINTH - Wednesday-fresh instalment of the powerful, the savage, the almighty Distraction Pieces podcast. This week is a tag-team of sorts - it's the UK comedy gems David Earl & Joe Wilkinson! You probably know David Earl from his cringingly brilliant 'Brian Gittins' character, or 'Cumbo', and perhaps you've see Joe Wilkinson holding it down on '8 Out of 10 Cats' (and the Countdown cross-pollenation) and in various TV spots - well whether you do or not, now is your chance to get on a perfect level with the two of 'em, as Pip delves all the way into their backgrounds and presents in a lovely chat with a ton of awesome backstories, gossip, and the journey from the early days up to now and what the future holds. Naturally there is some good Ricky Gervais talk ('Derek' and so much more), UK comedy science as we hear from David and how Brian Gittins happened, and of course their new combined project 'Rovers'! So much. A full on entertainment showdown. PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature CHATABIX Chatabix Patreon PIP TWITCH • (music stuff) PIP INSTAGRAM SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE PIP TWITTER PIP IMDB POD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26 Jun · Bonus

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1hr 4min
24 Jun

ABUBAKAR SALIM • conducting a perfect symphony of acting and game design (House Of The Dragon / Raised By Wolves / Tales Of Kenzera) #677

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the awesome actor and now also game designer ABUBAKAR SALIM! What an absolute gem of an episode you have before you right here, as Pip checks in with Abubakar, one of the most power-move making-est actors in the game. You'll likely/surely recognize him from House Of The Dragon (Alyn of Hull), or Raised By Wolves (serving iconic costume realness), but chances are you might have also come into contact with his game 'Tales Of Kenzera' too. Even if none of those ring any bells, Abubakar is someone you'll get along with from jump, and has tales and perspective for days - working with Ridley Scott and what that process taught him, how the House Of The Dragon casting came about (crank call instincts on high alert), and how the inclusion of game design factored into life. A lovely chat with loads to enjoy for wherever you connect in those touchpoints, so enjoy! PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature IMDB INSTAGRAM HOUSE OF THE DRAGON RAISED BY WOLVES TALES OF KENZERA SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE PIP TWITCH • (music stuff) PIP INSTAGRAM PIP TWITTER PIP PATREON PIP IMDB Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

24 Jun

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1hr 5min
10 Jun

MARK JENKIN • a Cornish Affirmative from an audience of one (Bait / Enys Men / Rose Of Nevada) #675

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by Cornwall's finest and UK film making royalty MARK JENKIN! A total gem of an episode here, whether you are a heavyweight devotee of Mark's film output or if this is the first time you're hearing about him. Mark's got many years in the game, and in an era where almost every single thing feels digital, his approach to film making is almost as aesthetically radical as it comes - using all analogue gear, and a truly unique attitude to post-sync sound too. This chat gets into many eras and processes, including the origins of Bait (2019) which stem back to decades ago, how to tour a film, making films for an audience of self, representing the working class in an honourable way, Cornwall stereotypes, falling in love with the film making process again via Super8 cameras, the music making process and how said sync work happens. Genuine good stuff for the films heads (and, as said, those not familiar - everyone will get something from this). Oh and just TRY not to incorporate the Cornish Affirmative into you daily parlance. You can't eat the view! –––––––––– ROSE OF NEVADA is still showing in UK cinemas and on Monday 13 July will screen at BFI IMAX, Britain’s biggest screen, with a live score performed by The Cornish Sound Unit (Mark Jenkin and Dion Star). On 24 August it will be released on BFI Blu-ray/DVD and streaming exclusively on BFI Player. A BFI Blu-ray box set, THE CORNISH TRILOGY, containing BAIT, ENYS MEN and ROSE OF NEVADA is released the same day. –––––––––– PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature ROSE OF NEVADA ENYS MEN BAIT ROSE OF NEVADA SOUNDTRACK (and more • Invada Records) PIP x TOMO CAMPBELL @ HARRY STYLES MELTDOWN • SOUTHBANK CENTRE SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE PIP TWITCH • (music stuff) PIP INSTAGRAM PIP TWITTER PIP PATREON PIP IMDB Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

10 Jun

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1hr 16min
25/08/2015

Carla Valentine - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #55

Welcome welcome welcome to episode 55 of the Distraction Pieces Podcast.This week’s guest is qualified Anatomical Pathology Technologist Carla Valentine. Carla and Pip discuss everything from the cultural and scientific links between sex and death to observations on the culture of mortality and so much more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

25/08/2015

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1hr 18min
8 May · Bonus

STEPHEN FRY (thou shalt not question Stephen Fry) • Friday Rewind

emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Stephen Fry, originally episode 440 from 2022-05-02. Original writeup below: Simply using the term ‘national treasure’ doesn’t do any kind of justice whatsoever to who or what Stephen is, does and has done, of course. But it’s pretty tough to dispute. Long term (and casual) Pip listeners will already know the line ‘Thou shalt not question Stephen Fry’ - well, Pip breaks the holy rap commandment and does just that, and it’s a joy to behold. Naturally there’s only so many tips of icebergs one can introduce in an hour, but rest assured that you get the full Pip and Fry experience including pandemic times, social media, Greeks and Romans and history as a whole, tattoos, religion, politics - it’s like if you had a dinner party with him but condensed into a lunch break. So enjoy this hang time with Stephen and let’s hope that it only leads to more! Enjoy. PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature ALL STEPHEN LINKS HERE! ONLINE TWITTER PIP TWITCH • (music stuff) PIP INSTAGRAM SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE PIP TWITTER PIP IMDB POD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

8 May · Bonus

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1hr 4min
15 Apr

ED GAMBLE • get your tickets now for his 2027 'Fresh Hell' tour (Off Menu / Traitors: Uncloaked / Taskmaster) #667

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the always welcome and always funny ED GAMBLE! Ed Gamble in the building! It's always a great day when Ed comes knocking. This is one of those episodes where topics could have been randomly picked out of a hat and it would have still been fantastic, but of course that's not how things went down (and topics remained organic to the conversation). Whether you know Ed from Off Menu or more recent ventures, or you've been a fan since the good old days, it's a lovely chat which factors in all sorts including early nu-metal days, the almight companion show 'The Traitors: Uncloaked' and the always cooking 'Taskmaster', the process of comedy and showmaking, being in support of comics, the consistently top 10 podcast 'Off Menu' with co-host genie James Acaster, the whole pivot to video movement within podcasting, and wrestling. And so much more! But that's for you to discover. ENJOY! PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature ONLINE & TOUR DATES ONLINE STORE (vinyl still available) INSTAGRAM OFF MENU SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE PIP TWITCH • (music stuff) PIP INSTAGRAM PIP TWITTER PIP PATREON PIP IMDB Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15 Apr

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1hr 7min
17 Apr · Bonus

NORMAN COOK (aka FATBOY SLIM!) • Friday Rewind

emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim, originally episode 268 from 2019-05-15. Original writeup below: “Fatboy Slim? Just a band…” It’s so great when these music based episodes come around, especially when Pip has had previous dealings with the guest in question which is exactly the case with Norman. In fact you will hear the evidence of which at the very end of the podcast so keep that in the treat bank for now eh! A truly great chat with the two down on the coast in Norman’s Brighton home, where they catch up on all sorts covering the past, the present and the future of his career. As you’ll hear, it’s really quite a monumental career at that - indeed, he goes decades deeper than a few hit singles. From an early start with his band The Housemartins, he’s had more pseudonyms than Kool Keith and played to more people than - well, you name em… The very definition of a superstar DJ, let’s say! From some podcast chatter up top, to some light Millwall vs Brighton banter, to his early days in Reigate being a punk up against a sea of teddyboys, the homogeneity of culture these days, the relationship dynamics of being in a band, how he’s always been into indie and dance music when the two were not as mixed up as the present day, that insane Brighton beach show, collaborating with previous DPP guest Ryca, being very much in the public eye via his marriage to Zoe Ball and SO much brilliant music talk throughout. Immense! Listen and love! PIP'S PATREON PAGE if you're of a supporting nature FATBOY SLIM ONLINE (everything is here) PIP TWITCH • (music stuff) PIP INSTAGRAM SPEECH DEVELOPMENT WEBSTORE PIP TWITTER PIP IMDB POD BIBLE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

17 Apr · Bonus

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1hr 15min
20/10/2015

Tom Robinson - Part 1 - Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #64

Welcome welcome welcome to Episode 64 of The Distractions Pieces Podcast.Pip's guest this week is Songwriter and one of the most influential radio presenters today, Mr Tom Robinson.In this massively insightful two-parter, Pip and Tom talk sexuality and the oppression of being gay in the 60s, how creating music weaved it's way back into Tom's life via the radio and his amazing, life changing experiences.Do not miss this one!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20/10/2015

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1hr 23min

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