Episodios

  • The Cost of Trust

    The Cost of Trust
    Apr 3 2026
    Surgeon Ian Paterson was jailed in 2017 for conducting botched and often unnecessary operations on his patients, who were predominantly women. Hannah chats to Deborah Douglas and Tracy King about their new book, The Cost of Trust: The Butcher Surgeon and the Scandal that Shamed British Medicine, their experiences of being "cared for" by Paterson and the battle to ensure it can't happen again. This episode contains some pretty graphic descriptions of surgery You can buy The Cost of Trust here: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-cost-of-trust/deborah-douglas/tracy-king/9780008712938 To hear the full interview, join the Patreon supporter gang here: Standard Issue Podcast | creating a magazine for ears, by women for women | Patreon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 m
  • The Bush Telegraph: Is that a really long scroll, or are you just pleased to see us?

    The Bush Telegraph: Is that a really long scroll, or are you just pleased to see us?
    Apr 2 2026
    What could go wrong in an unregulated fertility clinic, asks our Jen while discussing a BBC report on families seeking fertility treatment in Northern Cyprus. Mick has better news about guidance aimed at making public spaces safer for women and girls, and there's a glimmer of hope from the Middle East. Elsewhere, the Daily Mail invites us to play a Guess Who? of “bodycounts” in SOTW, and there’s some uplifting news in Jenny Off The Blocks about sports science for female athletes, and the upcoming Women’s FA Cup quarter-finals. Donate to the British Red Cross’s Gaza Crisis Appeal here. You can find out more about the University of Portsmouth’s research group in breast health here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    32 m
  • Rated or Dated: Chariots of Fire (1981)

    Rated or Dated: Chariots of Fire (1981)
    Apr 1 2026
    Is it the Devil's work to run on a Sunday? Who's even heard of Cambridge University? And who will win a mini-break with Nigel Havers? Find out the answers to these and many more questions as we watch the classic '80s Oscar (and God) botherer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    34 m
  • Samira Ahmed’s inside the box

    Samira Ahmed’s inside the box
    Mar 31 2026
    Journalist, writer and broadcaster Samira Ahmed is a busy woman. Through the Square Window, her new(ish) podcast with Graham Kibble-White guides listeners through UK TV of decades gone by. It’s nostalgia with a keen critical eye, examining what TV reflected about and indeed brought to British culture. With telly very much still at the forefront, Samira’s also penned the forthcoming BFI Film Classics volume on 1964 Beatles’ movie A Hard Day’s Night. She chats to Mick about TV, its role in our daily life, how her mum taught men to cook, and what the telly can tell us about a social moment. And of course, the Fab Four’s first film and what makes it such a great ride. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    29 m
  • Elinor Cleghorn on the radical history of mothering

    Elinor Cleghorn on the radical history of mothering
    Mar 30 2026
    The work of mothering has been undervalued for centuries, relegated to the sidelines thanks to patriarchal control of history. In her new book, A Women’s Work: Reclaiming the Radical History of Mothering, acclaimed author Dr Elinor Cleghorn brings stories of mothering out of the shadows to show how the women in them shaped history. Jen chats to Elinor about the book, the denigration of mothering as “women’s work”, and the lessons we could learn (as well a few we could forget) from the past. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    27 m
  • Outside The Box March 2026

    Outside The Box March 2026
    Mar 27 2026
    In this month's round-up of the best and worst TV, we're talking about A Woman of Substance, Gone, Rooster, The Lady, DTF St Louis and Louis Theroux: Inside The Manosphere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 m
  • The Bush Telegraph: Because we got high

    The Bush Telegraph: Because we got high
    Mar 26 2026
    Hannah’s been looking for light at the end of the endlessly depressing news-tunnel and found it in the case of seven Adams County sheriff’s officers vs Joseph “Afroman” Foreman, as well as some delightful canine antics. There’s less happy news about top schools excluding SEND pupils, but a little Brucey bonus if you like not retraumatising victims of domestic abuse. Elsewhere, a gold rush ensues at the athletics, and Jenny Off The Blocks also ponders new FIFA rules on coaches in women’s football. Want to support us and enjoy additional content? Of course you do. And you can: patreon.com/standardissue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 m
  • Rated or Dated: Best In Show (2001)

    Rated or Dated: Best In Show (2001)
    Mar 25 2026
    Christopher Guest’s second time in the director’s chair involved him putting on a dog show. Co-written with Eugene Levy, this fake documentary about the people getting their pooches ready for the prestigious Mayflower Dog Show (and then the show itself) stars Michael McKean, Catherine O’Hara, Jane Lynch, Parker Posey, Fred Willard, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock and Jennifer Coolidge. And loads of dogs. Will Mick, Hannah and Jen give it a blue rosette or send it home with its tail between its legs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    37 m