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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.For advertising enquiries, email [email protected]

SIM Ep 891 Pod 271: Dating, TikTok and see-thru knickers

85 hours 44 mins; September 12, 2023

SIM Ep 890 Chops 271: A good Samaritan and some excellent company

41 mins; September 09, 2023

SIM Ep 889 Pod 270: Policing, poetry, and pooh-poohing

92 hours 45 mins; September 05, 2023

SIM Ep 888 Chops 270: Wifedom

25 mins; September 02, 2023

SIM Ep 887 Pod 269: To mickle or muckle, that is the question

71 hours 21 mins; August 29, 2023

SIM Ep 886 Chops 269: Shelina Janmohamed’s Story of Now

31 mins; August 26, 2023

SIM Ep 885 Pod 268: Names, games and flames

84 hours 5 mins; August 22, 2023

SIM Ep 884 Chops 268: Caroline Moran and the never-ending hen do

31 mins; August 19, 2023

SIM Ep 883 Flicking #40: Enchanted

26 mins; August 18, 2023

SIM Ep 882 Pod 267: Great wives, unforgettable girls, and Paul Newman’s face

90 hours 41 mins; August 15, 2023

SIM Ep 881 Chops 267: Two women get into The Arc

25 mins; August 12, 2023

SIM Ep 880 Outside The Box #57

44 mins; August 10, 2023

SIM Ep 879 Pod 266: At the fringe, in the ring and off your face

70 hours 58 mins; August 08, 2023

SIM Ep 878 Chops 266: Jo Caulfield talks the funny things about death

35 mins; August 05, 2023

SIM Ep 877 Pod 265: Put your knickers on and go home

84 hours 57 mins; August 01, 2023

SIM Ep 876 Chops 265: Fiona Allen is on the run

31 mins; July 29, 2023

SIM Ep 875 Pod 264: Boybands, girlfriends and horseplay

89 hours 57 mins; July 25, 2023

SIM Ep 874 Chops 264: A Ukrainian Family History

24 mins; July 22, 2023

SIM Ep 873 Flicking #39: Who Framed Roger Rabbit

29 mins; July 21, 2023

SIM Ep 872 Pod 263: Painting, doomscrolling and whale riding

85 hours 14 mins; July 18, 2023

SIM Ep 871 Chops 263: LalalaLetMeExplain(s) it’s probably not you

39 mins; July 15, 2023

SIM Ep 870 Pod 262: Teenage dreams, midlife joys, and yippee-ki-yay, melon farmers!

84 hours 36 mins; July 11, 2023

SIM Ep 869 Chops 262: Game On with Sue Anstiss

27 mins; July 08, 2023

SIM Ep 868 Outside The Box #56

39 mins; July 06, 2023

SIM Ep 867 Pod 262: 3D-ing the nipple, believing in football, and befriending some diamonds

78 hours 2 mins; July 04, 2023

SIM 866 Chops 261: Christie almighty!

25 mins; July 01, 2023

SIM Ep 865 Pod 261: Unsafe data, moist cakes and a woman trying to better herself

66 hours 55 mins; June 27, 2023

SIM Ep 864 Chops 260: Jude Kelly is a Primadonna

29 mins; June 24, 2023

SIM Ep 864 Pod 259: Love Island, Brokeback Mountain and Global Thermonuclear War

89 hours 15 mins; June 20, 2023

SIM Ep 863 Chops 259: McLennan & McCartney (Australia's Lennon & McCartney?)

31 mins; June 17, 2023

SIM Ep 862 Flicking #38: The Philadelphia Story

26 mins; June 16, 2023

SIM Ep 861 Pod 258: Three Women and a Rosemary's Baby

73 hours 23 mins; June 13, 2023

SIM Ep 860 Chops 258: Opening the window on the Shubbak Festival

25 mins; June 10, 2023

SIM Ep 859 Pod 257: Unbreakable, unlikeable and lousy with virginity

85 hours 17 mins; June 06, 2023

SIM Ep 858 Chops 257: Suzy Madigan on Ukraine, and on the rise of AI

33 mins; June 03, 2023

SIM Ep 857 Outside The Box #55

46 mins; June 02, 2023

SIM Ep 856 Pod 256: You can never have too much chat about witches

77 hours 5 mins; May 30, 2023

SIM Ep 855 Chops 256: The best queen we never had?

29 mins; May 27, 2023

SIM Ep 854 Pod 255: The great outdoors and a colossal prick

49 mins; May 23, 2023

SIM Ep 853 Chops 255: Cornwall, rural poverty, resilience and writing

29 mins; May 20, 2023

SIM Ep 852 Flicking #37: The Truman Show

28 mins; May 19, 2023

SIM Ep 851 Pod 254: Lost on your own phone, faking your own death and starting your own day care

86 hours 1 min; May 16, 2023

SIM Ep 850 Chops 254: Baz Moffat’s revolution in women’s health and fitness

42 mins; May 13, 2023

SIM Ep 849 Pod 253: Pod save the women and girls sector

79 hours 4 mins; May 09, 2023

SIM Ep 848 Chops 253: Messalina - libelled or libidinous?

28 mins; May 06, 2023

SIM Ep 847 Pod 252: Welsh strength, weird stuff in boxes, and we-ellll…

70 hours 22 mins; May 02, 2023

SIM Ep 846 Pod 251: Comedy royalty, centring netball and what's happening in Timeline B

91 hours 45 mins; April 25, 2023

SIM Ep 845 Chops 252: Gushing about The Dry

26 mins; April 22, 2023

SIM Ep 844 Outside The Box #54

50 mins; April 21, 2023

SIM Ep 843 Pod 250: Writing crime, killing joy, and no tits please, we’re dancing

90 hours 35 mins; April 18, 2023

SIM Ep 842 Chops 251: All the houses Kieran Yates has ever lived in

30 mins; April 15, 2023

SIM Ep 841 Flicking #37: Shaun of the Dead

28 mins; April 14, 2023

SIM Ep 840 Pod 249: Growing the fuck up, damning the ban, and a shit-tonne of mash

73 hours 35 mins; April 11, 2023

SIM Ep 839 Chops 250: Dina Nayeri on Who Gets Believed

40 mins; April 08, 2023

SIM Ep 838 Pod 248: You can never have too much Zoe Lyons (or too many celebrity court cases)

88 hours 16 mins; April 04, 2023

SIM Ep 837 Chops 249: Anita Bhagwandas wants our beauty standards back

24 mins; April 01, 2023

SIM Ep 836 Pod 247: Clean spaces, dazzling talent, and how close is the airport?

84 hours 13 mins; March 28, 2023

SIM Ep 835 Chops 248: Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton and The Gender Bias

31 mins; March 25, 2023

SIM Ep 834 Outside The Box #53

54 mins; March 23, 2023

SIM Ep 833 Pod 246: Does this taste like metal?

94 hours 43 mins; March 21, 2023

SIM Ep 832 Chops 247: Leah Hazard on the womb

27 mins; March 18, 2023

SIM Ep 831 Flicking #36: God’s Own Country

27 mins; March 17, 2023

SIM Ep 830 Pod 245: Embalming, boxing and SO MUCH SHOUTING

73 hours 29 mins; March 14, 2023

SIM Ep 829 Chops 246: Anna Motz and violent women

41 mins; March 11, 2023

SIM Ep 828 Pod 244: A superstar artist, soapstar queens, and a toe for everyone!

91 hours 9 mins; March 07, 2023

SIM Ep 827 Chops 245: Nell Frizzell’s tracksuit years

48 mins; March 04, 2023

SIM Ep 826 Pod 243: Perfectly reasonable, historically sinkable, and dramatically flappable

85 hours 2 mins; February 28, 2023

SIM Ep 825 Chops 244: Dr Marieke Bigg on how medicine fails women

26 mins; February 25, 2023

SIM Ep 824 Outside The Box #52

44 mins; February 23, 2023

SIM Ep 823 Pod 242; Big Women, brilliant Bukky and back to 6am - again

71 hours 24 mins; February 21, 2023

SIM Ep 822 Chops 243: The White Rose and Sophie Scholl

34 mins; February 18, 2023

SIM Ep 821 Flicking #34: Everything Everywhere All At Once

23 mins; February 17, 2023

SIM Ep 820 Pod 241: Mums, mutts, mates and Mandy

83 hours 57 mins; February 14, 2023

SIM Ep 819 Chops 242: Tracy-Ann Oberman comes from sturdy stock

31 mins; February 11, 2023

SIM Ep 818 Pod 240: Sonnets, sh!ts, and a serious lack of skills

63 hours 16 mins; February 07, 2023

SIM Ep 816 Chops 241: Jo Todd and the need for Respect

29 mins; February 04, 2023

SIM Ep 815 Pod 239: Sarah Millican, Oscars and Cliff Richard on a bus

80 hours 43 mins; January 31, 2023

SIM Ep 815 Outside The Box #51

49 mins; January 26, 2023

SIM Ep 814 Pod 238: Sort your sewing out, Sort Your Shit Out, and sort your massive cock out

83 hours 26 mins; January 24, 2023

SIM Ep 813 Chops 240: Teching CTRL? Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon leads the way

30 mins; January 21, 2023

SIM Ep 812 Flicking #33: Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

25 mins; January 20, 2023

SIM Ep 811 Pod 237: Burning, lobbing, and staying away from the blackberries

89 hours 41 mins; January 17, 2023

SIM Ep 810 Chops 239: Cariad Lloyd wants you to know You Are Not Alone

27 mins; January 14, 2023

SIM Ep 809 Pod 236: Happy Valley, happy together and happy listening

88 hours 3 mins; January 10, 2023

SIM Ep 808 Chops 238: Dr Lisa Sugiura talks online harm

34 mins; January 07, 2023

SIM Ep 807: The Gospel according to Rina Raphael

29 mins; January 03, 2023

SIM Ep 806: Jenny Off The Blocks review of 2022

53 mins; December 27, 2022

SIM Ep 805 Chops 237 Tania Hershman isn't doing it by halves

37 mins; December 24, 2022

SIM Ep 804 Pod 235: Robotic Spice, Cultural Spice, and Superfluous Spice (The Movie)

90 hours 23 mins; December 20, 2022

SIM Ep 803 Chops 236: Hannah Khalil is a woman of many stories

24 mins; December 17, 2022

SIM Ep 802 Outside The Box #50

50 mins; December 16, 2022

SIM Ep 801 Pod 234: A rap icon, an England prop, and pure Muppet magic

81 hours 48 mins; December 13, 2022

Ep 800 Chops 235: Ruth Sheen does what she likes

26 mins; December 10, 2022

SIM Ep 799 Flicking #32: The Death of Stalin

27 mins; December 09, 2022

SIM Ep 798 Pod 233: Who am I, why have I never heard of that person, and why is that guy always shouting?

86 hours 6 mins; December 06, 2022

SIM Ep 797 Chops 234: Miki Berenyi talks some not-so lush times

35 mins; December 03, 2022

SIM Ep 796 BONUS POD: Love Actually gets Rated or Dated

21 mins; December 01, 2022

SIM Ep 795 Pod 232: Neurodiversity, charity, and deffo not a Nazi

89 hours 37 mins; November 29, 2022

SIM Ep 794 Chops 233: Kate Nash is Positively Purple

27 mins; November 26, 2022

SIM Ep 793 Pod 231: Brexit fallout, lung power, fast women, and cats

71 hours 58 mins; November 22, 2022

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