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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 sales@auddy.co

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26:18

Jess Baxter on Tracey Emin's Second Life

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2026/03/23

Dame Tracey Emin burst onto the art scene in the 1990s and controversy has followed her ever since. Like in 1999, when her Turner Prize-nominated My Bed caused a media frenzy. Emin's raw, autobiographical and confessional work is very personal yet also platforms the wider female experience through its themes of abuse, sexuality, poverty, and reproductive rights. Jen chats to Jess Baxter, assistant curator of major new exhibition Tracey Emin: A Second Life at the Tate Modern, about the artist, her

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28:24

Relatively speaking, with Catherine Carr

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2026/03/20

Some 80% of us have at least one sibling, which makes it so commonplace we don't often give it much thought. But we should, says journalist Catherine Carr, and in today's podcast, she talks to Hannah about memory, loss, estrangement, birth order and her new book Who's The Favourite? The Loving, Messy Realities of Sibling Relationships.* You can buy Catherine's book here * Listen to her podcast, Relatively, here * And support Standard Issue here: Standard Issue Podcast | creating a magazine for

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24:49

The Bush Telegraph: Better not get a Travelodge

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2026/03/19

Hannah and Mick have braved this week’s onslaught of fresh hell. They’ve even tried turning it off and on again, but no, the news keeps newsing. And so they’re chatting the timescales of “immediate” change, archaic criminal law going through the Lords, ice cream and landmines in Croatia, and the sad slaying of the Buffy reboot.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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28:56

Rated or Dated: Jack & Sarah (1996)

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2026/03/18

Dench, McKellan, Atkins, (Richard E) Grant! Who doesn’t love a bit of Tim Sullivan’s weepie ‘90s romcom? Hmmm, maybe Mickey and Hannah. Maybe even Jen herself. But can its sublime cast or Simply Red save this week’s offering?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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24:51

Helen Bain on Syliva Plath’s daffodil days

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2026/03/17

For her debut novel, Helen Bain chose one of her heroes as her focus: poet, author, arch-confessionist and genius, Sylvia Plath. The Daffodil Days spans a year and a half in Plath’s life, during which she and husband Ted Hughes head to Devon seeking the idyll of country living. During that time, Plath completed The Bell Jar, gave birth to a son, Nicholas, and wrote the poems that would be posthumously published as Ariel. But she also threw herself full-heartedly into the Devon life, and it’s this

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26:05

Washing up with Isabel Daly

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2026/03/16

Despite very little experience in feature filmmaking, director Isabel Daly teamed up with writer Issy Brett and actor/writer/producer, Carys Glynne, to make Washed Up, their debut feature film on a shoestring budget. The delightful story of a Cornish artist who accidentally falls in love with a selkie premieres at this year’s BFI Flare, the British Film Institute’s annual LGBTQIA+ film festival.Jen caught up with Isabel to talk about filmmaking, queer representation in film, Airbnb culture, and

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38:05

Flicking #71: I Swear

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2026/03/13

Kirk Jones’s biographical drama based on the true life story of John Davidson, the man who taught Britain about Tourette Syndrome, is currently no 1 in the Netflix UK charts. It bagged lead actor Robert Aramayo the best actor gong at the recent Baftas, an awards ceremony that led to the film having a fourth act no one was expecting. Hannah picked it as her next Flicking choice waaaay before any of that occurred. She, Yosra and Mick chat about this frank, powerful, gut-wrenching and funny account

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25:15

The Bush Telegraph: Reports of our cognitive decline...

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2026/03/12

Turns out we all just need to be a little more Linford, a little less Peter. Just one life lesson from Mick and Jen’s look at the news this week. There’s also the issue of savings versus compensation, former politicians you probably do not want to find in your mate’s bathroom, an important Mumsnet report into medical misogyny in Sexism of the Week, and news on the Iranian women’s football team in Jenny Off the Blocks.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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30:15

Rated or Dated: Lone Star (1996)

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2026/03/11

Long regarded as the peak of American indie filmmaking in the 1990s, John Sayles neo-western/murder mystery has a cracking cast and asks a huge moral question. Hannah thinks it's way ahead of its time but will Mickey and Jen agree?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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26:07

Poorna Bell wants more

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2026/03/10

When she turned 40, journalist and author Poorna Bell decided she’d had enough of being told her best years were behind her – not least because she was seeing so many older women absolutely killing it in their various and varied arenas. With that in mind she set about looking at the rules set for women by society, questioning how and why they’d come to be, which in turn became the basis for her new book: She Wanted More: Reimagine your future and live by your rules. Jen chats to Poorna about why

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28:04

Paula Varjack on Nine Sixteenths and changing the...

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2026/03/06

A “wardrobe malfunction” during the 2004 Superbowl halftime show caused a huge furore and changed the course of Janet Jackson’s career for decades, while her fellow performer, Justin “Trousersnake” Timberlake thrived. Multidisciplinary artist Paula Varjack’s play, Nine Sixteenths, examines the impact of the infamous “Nipplegate” incident.Jen chats to Paula about the play, the forces of racism, sexism and ageism that conspired to derail Jackson, and the hypocrisy that underlines pop culture. As

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24:58

The Bush Telegraph: Just because you still have your...

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2026/03/05

Sure, the news is all about the Middle East, but what else is going on? Quite a bit. In this week's Bush Telegraph, Hannah and Jen talk about how "baby brain" is actually good for women, the Telegraph's literally unbelievable school fees story, good news about homelessness in Wales, and sexism in the workplace. And in Jenny Off The Blocks, there's ice hockey, tennis and football. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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35:58

Rated or Dated: The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

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2026/03/04

Fava beans and Chianti all round as Mick’s picked Jonathan Demme’s Oscars-dominating 1991 psychological horror. Or is it a thriller? Other questions addressed include: how’s Hannah feeling about Scott Glenn; does the film have feminist credentials; what’s with the stereotyping, and how much ham is simply too much ham for Jen’s mum Cath? Fffffffffffffff. Etc.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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24:48

Annabel Port is adrift but singing

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2026/03/03

Talented multi-hyphenate Annabel Port’s The Other British Museum is a joyful collection of potted histories of recognisable items and our Mick cannot get enough. And so, she got Annabel on the Zoom to chat museum entries, the smell of Imperial Leather, the genesis of weekends, podcasting with Geoff Lloyd, and making a career out of your social awkwardness. As ever, there’s more available for our £5 and above patreons, and you can become one of those by visiting patreon.com/standardissue. Learn

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27:34

Understanding Tourette's, with Jess Thom

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2026/03/03

If the ongoing furore surrounding last week's Baftas has proved anything, it's how poorly understood Tourette Syndrome still is. Hannah chats to campaigner, comedian and the woman behind Touretteshero, Jess Thom, about living with oppositional tics, why everyone supports the disabled community (until they don't), and how the vital Access to Work scheme is being neglected. Find out more about Touretteshero here: https://www.touretteshero.com/about/ And more about supporting Standard Issue here:

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46:29

Outside the Box: February 2024

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2026/02/27

In this month's round-up of the best and worst TV right now, we’re talking about Under Salt Marsh, Small Prophets, How To Get To Heaven From Belfast, Reality Check: Inside America’s Next Top Model, Dirty Business and Lord of the Flies. And a surprising amount about caravans. Just because. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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26:50

Putting Sister Rosetta Tharpe back in the spotlight

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2026/02/26

Marie & Rosetta, which opens at London’s Soho Place on Saturday, tells the story of legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist Sister Rosetta Tharpe, and her friendship and creative partnership with Marie Knight, a gospel singer. Hannah chats to Monique Touko, the play's director, about music that makes you feel stuff, working with Beverley Knight and a lot more.Tickets for Marie & Rosetta are here:

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22:37

Rated or Dated: Wildcats (1986)

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2026/02/25

A sports comedy? Starring Goldie Hawn and featuring the big-screen debuts of Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson? OK, we’ll bite. But will director Michael Ritchie’s tale of a single mum coaching a men’s American football team score a touchdown, or will Jen, Mick and Hannah send it for a gratuitous early bath?Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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24:28

Deborah Cohen explains how the internet hijacked health

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2026/02/24

When it comes to health, award-winning broadcaster and expert medical journalist Dr Deborah Cohen knows what she’s talking about. Unlike a lot of people on the internet. And that’s because she puts the work in. Unlike a lot of people on the internet. In a world where wellness influencers and podcast bros hawking wearables and supplements are becoming more trusted than the NHS, Deborah’s fascinating book, Bad Influence: How the Internet Hijacked Our Health, is an essential exploration of modern

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27:37

AK Blakemore and Natasha Rickman shalt not suffer a...

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2026/02/23

England's witch trials remain a fascinating and relevant subject. They're the foundation of AK Blakemore's 2021 historical novel The Manningtree Witches, which has now been adapted for the stage and premieres later this month at Colchester's Mercury Theatre – a stone’s throw from the town where infamous Witchfinder General Matthew Hopkins persecuted, tortured and executed local women. Jen got on the Zoom with AK and the Mercury's artistic director Natasha Rickman to talk about the importance of

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