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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 691 Pod 187: Cassandras, unreliable narrators and a foot-high fringe

79 hours 10 mins; January 18, 2022

SIM Ep 690 Chops 237: Queens, cousins, rivals, opposites?

24 mins; January 15, 2022

SIM Ep 689 Flicking #21: Pan’s Labyrinth

27 mins; January 14, 2022

SIM Ep 688 Pod 186: Resolutions, life in the fast lane, and two very broken legs

75 hours 17 mins; January 11, 2022

SIM Ep 687 Chops 236: The 4th Country, the North country

24 mins; January 08, 2022

SIM Ep 686 Pod 185: Business and boulders

49 mins; January 04, 2022

SIM Ep 685 Blast from the gigcast past #3: Omielan, Millican, Garofalo and Pollard

61 hours 57 mins; December 28, 2021

SIM Ep 684 Blast from the gigcast past #2: Colman, Godliman, Millican and Eclair

60 hours 31 mins; December 28, 2021

SIM Ep 683 Blast from the gigcast past #1: Millican, Brand and Burke

64 hours 5 mins; December 28, 2021

SIM Ep 682 Chops 235: Jenny Off The Blocks review of 2021

32 mins; December 25, 2021

SIM Ep 681 Pod 184 Choosing love, choosing films and choosing to play the Pipes of Peace

57 mins; December 21, 2021

SIM Ep 680 Chops 234: No one puts Elf (Lyons) on the shelf

31 mins; December 18, 2021

SIM Ep 679 Outside The Box #40

53 mins; December 17, 2021

SIM Ep 678 Pod 183: Pregnant panto, hungry homes, and WTF is Capote?

85 hours 32 mins; December 14, 2021

SIM 677 Chops 233: Strong Female Leads goes Christmas shopping

28 mins; December 11, 2021

SIM Ep 676 Pod 182: Sewing, gifting and gatecrashers

83 hours 34 mins; December 07, 2021

SIM Ep 675 Chops 232: Caitlin Davies's Queens of the Underworld

39 mins; December 04, 2021

SIM Ep 674 Flicking #20: Jurassic Park

25 mins; December 03, 2021

SIM Ep 673 Pod 181 Finding commonality, celebrating difference and throwing a box of JD through a window

82 hours 42 mins; November 30, 2021

SIM Ep 672 IMD21 #5: Men’s Sheds

31 mins; November 27, 2021

SIM Ep 671 IMD21 #4: Giles Terera and Michael Balogun on Blue/Orange

46 mins; November 25, 2021

SIM Ep 670 Pod 180: Teenage angst, teenage dreams, and a purity spiral too far

85 hours 6 mins; November 23, 2021

SIM Ep 669 IMD21 #3 Matt Forde and the love Labour's lost

57 mins; November 20, 2021

SIM Ep 668 Pod 179: Get Off, get empowered and get watching

72 hours 55 mins; November 16, 2021

SIM Ep 667 IMD21 #2: Being a pro-feminist ally with Chris Green

40 mins; November 13, 2021

SIM Ep 666 Outside The Box #39

34 mins; November 12, 2021

SIM Ep 665 Pod 178: A bawdy woman, a murderous bunch and a big old bum toot

75 hours 29 mins; November 09, 2021

SIM Ep 664 IMD21 #1: Beating eating disorders

43 mins; November 06, 2021

SIM Ep 663 Flicking #19: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet

27 mins; November 05, 2021

SIM Ep 662 Pod 177: Extraordinary women, surprising sports, and bring back Buddy's Song, actually

77 hours 49 mins; November 02, 2021

SIM Ep 661 Chops 231: The many "a-ha!" moments of Cecelia Ahern

30 mins; October 30, 2021

SIM Ep 560 Gig 60: Millican, Wonfor and Ramsey

54 mins; October 26, 2021

SIM Ep 559 Chops 230: Forced adoptions

39 mins; October 23, 2021

SIM Ep 558 Pod 176: Fear, a Ford Focus, and 50 shades of shit

77 hours 2 mins; October 19, 2021

SIM Ep 557 Chops 229: The joy and importance of working-class writers

40 mins; October 16, 2021

SIM 556 Pod 175: Flushed, free and on the picket line

71 hours 26 mins; October 12, 2021

SIM Ep 555 Chops 228: Lynsey Hanley has class

38 mins; October 09, 2021

SIM Ep 554 Outside The Box #38

39 mins; October 07, 2021

SIM Ep 553 Pod 174: NDAs, Antigone and – shit me! – it’s David Bowie

82 hours 7 mins; October 05, 2021

SIM Ep 552 Chops 227: Sarah Solemani likes good questions

24 mins; October 02, 2021

SIM Ep 551 Flicking #18: Rocks

28 mins; October 01, 2021

SIM Ep 550 Pod 173: Awkward laughter, being your own champion, and sentient fuckholes

71 hours 3 mins; September 28, 2021

SIM Ep 549 Chops 226: Pepsi and Shirlie are still friends

39 mins; September 25, 2021

SIM Ep 548 Pod 172: Widows, Twitter fame and a poor, neglected cat

82 hours 34 mins; September 21, 2021

SIM Ep 547 Chops 224: Sophie Willan's not "not normal"

35 mins; September 17, 2021

SIM Ep 546 Pod 171: Sex talk, para sport, and Old Jedediah Burgundy

79 hours 5 mins; September 14, 2021

SIM Ep 545 Chops 223: Making space for girls

32 mins; September 11, 2021

SIM Ep 544 Outside The Box #37

44 mins; September 10, 2021

SIM Ep 543 Pod 170: Landmarks, lockdowns and literally stepping on people to get what you want

80 hours 39 mins; September 07, 2021

SIM Ep 542 Chops 222: First love, dangerous ideology and Camp Siegfried

28 mins; September 04, 2021

SIM Ep 541 Flicking #17: Almost Famous

24 mins; September 03, 2021

SIM Ep 540 Pod 169: Mending hearts, Kissing Emma, and big love for Tennessee Williams

58 mins; August 31, 2021

SIM Ep 539 Chops 221: Chasing your dream (and some Olympic medals) with Bianca Walkden and Anna Hopkin

26 mins; August 28, 2021

SIM Ep 538 Pod 168: Violence, Deceit, and Beefy polymorphs

83 hours 18 mins; August 24, 2021

SIM Ep 537 Chops 220: The Best Most Awful Job

44 mins; August 21, 2021

SIM Ep 536 Pod 167: Billie Holiday, accidental up the duffery and terror everywhere

78 hours 44 mins; August 17, 2021

SIM Ep 535 Chops 219: Pandora Colin on women, TV, theatre and pirates

35 mins; August 14, 2021

SIM Ep 534 Outside The Box #36

35 mins; August 12, 2021

SIM Ep 533 Pod 166: Ghosts, regrets, soul and tiny feet

79 hours 48 mins; August 10, 2021

SIM Ep 532 Chops 218: Testosterone with Dr Carole Hooven

44 mins; August 07, 2021

SIM Ep 531 Flicking #16: Little Shop of Horrors

27 mins; August 06, 2021

SIM Ep 530 Pod 165: Ice cream, allotments and a (terrifying) chocolate factory

83 hours 43 mins; August 03, 2021

SIM Ep 529 Chops 217: Sylvia Lancaster on hate crime

26 mins; July 31, 2021

SIM Ep 528 BONUS POD: Stop! Coffee time!

31 mins; July 29, 2021

SIM Ep 527 Pod 164: Asia, medals and inappropriate dancing to Super Freak

65 hours 21 mins; July 27, 2021

SIM Ep 526 Chops 216: Blue Plaques for women

37 mins; July 24, 2021

SIM Ep 525 Pod 163: Comedy writing, channel swimming and Olympic rumpy pumpy

75 hours 34 mins; July 20, 2021

SIM Ep 524 Chops 215: The joy of divorce? Damn right, says Helen Thorn

37 mins; July 17, 2021

SIM Ep 523 Outside The Box #35

47 mins; July 16, 2021

SIM Ep 522 Pod 162: Innovation, inclusion, and ick, what just happened to his head?

65 hours 34 mins; July 13, 2021

SIM Ep 521 Chops 214: Who you calling a lesser Bronte?

41 mins; July 10, 2021

SIM Ep 520 Pod 161: Sport-fuelled, haunted and Furious

79 hours 24 mins; July 06, 2021

SIM Ep 519 Chops 213: Hey America, what’s happening?

47 mins; July 03, 2021

SIM Ep 519 Flicking #15: Clueless

23 mins; July 02, 2021

SIM Ep 518 Pod 160: The joy of cats, the power of periods, and #FreeBritney

73 hours 17 mins; June 29, 2021

SIM Ep 517 Chops 212: Melissa Febos’s Girlhood

34 mins; June 26, 2021

SIM Ep 516 Pod 159: Computers, rights, and a rusty spoon.

82 hours 35 mins; June 22, 2021

SIM Ep 515 Chops 211: Amelia Dimeldonberg on caring, content and chicken

27 mins; June 19, 2021

SIM Ep 514 Outside The Box #34

43 mins; June 18, 2021

SIM Ep 513 Pod 158: Yarl's Wood, the Euros and David Bowie's wang (walk into a podcast)

61 hours 57 mins; June 15, 2021

SIM 512 Chops 210: charting Mary Wollstonecraft's love and fury

38 mins; June 12, 2021

SIM Ep 511 Pod 157: Unwell women, Hill without Bill, and RELEASE THE KRAKEN!

82 hours 14 mins; June 08, 2021

SIM Ep 510 Chops 209: Jane Thynne is in Widowland

34 mins; June 05, 2021

SIM Ep 508 Pod 157: Isolation, celebration and parents who need to stay divorced

77 hours 4 mins; June 01, 2021

SIM Ep 506 Pod 156: We are the stigmatists, journalists and weirdos, mister

66 hours 47 mins; May 25, 2021

SIM Ep 505 Chops 207 Transforming drug policy

35 mins; May 22, 2021

SIM Ep 504 Pod 155: Myths, panic, secrets, and lies

81 hours 44 mins; May 18, 2021

SIM Ep 503 Chops 206: The joy of Rakie Ayola

30 mins; May 15, 2021

SIM Ep 502 Outside The Box #33

48 mins; May 13, 2021

SIM Ep 501 Pod 154: High hopes, low take-up and driving off a cliff at the end

83 hours 43 mins; May 11, 2021

SIM Ep 500, Chops 205: In the picture with Dr Catherine McCormack

38 mins; May 08, 2021

SIM Ep 499 Pod 153: Slugs, space and the need, the need for speed

82 hours 52 mins; May 04, 2021

SIM Ep 498 Chops 204: Magic, pum-pums and the glory of fuck

42 mins; May 01, 2021

SIM EP 497 Flicking #13: Airplane!

26 mins; April 30, 2021

SIM Ep 496 Pod 152: Embracing sadness, overturning assumptions, and Big Billy Two Dicks

81 hours 56 mins; April 27, 2021

SIM Ep 495 Chops 203: Survivor Stories

30 mins; April 24, 2021

SIM Ep 494 Pod 161: The outside world, the outside gym and the friend only you can see

72 hours 45 mins; April 20, 2021

SIM Ep 493 Chops 202: Eating Disorders, self harm and The Fear

28 mins; April 17, 2021

SIM Ep 493 Outside the Box #32

39 mins; April 16, 2021

SIM Ep 492 Pod 150: Bigamy, bigotry and... Brian?

87 hours 36 mins; April 13, 2021

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